AIBU to put 'DO NOT EAT' labels on food in the fridge....

[spacewitch99]

No, I am not talking about being in a flat share with inconsiderate flatmates eating my food....I am talking about my DP who eats all the food planned on our meal planner when he is working from home...
I spend ages on a weekend planning a week's worth of meals ...budgeting and also time saving having to cook meals...well...that is the plan anyway!
I write a meal planner...stick it on the fridge door...often I cook the meal the evening before and when it is cooled, stick it in the fridge to be reheated quickly the next day...
When my DP is working from home (which is often) he blindly opens the fridge door, reaches in and takes out whatever is there...and scoffs it...
Leaving that evenings meal missing...and I have to cook more ...
He always apologies...and looks quite humble about it...but it is really starting to drive me mad! Even our DD asks, 'Has daddy eaten our dinner again?' when she sees my face on opening the fridge door and noticing our dinner is no more....
I suggested to him that I label things 'DO NOT EAT' and leave snacky things for him to have during the day but he said 'There's no need' and got quite offended I want to treat him like a wayward flatmate instead of my DP?
Anyone else in this situation? What do you do to stop it??

How does he eat 3 persons worth of food in one meal?
What else is there in the fridge he can eat?

If he objects to labels, could you both agree to a designated place in the fridge that is where you will put anything that is for the evening. Sane effect, buy less boost than "do not eat".

I would leave anything like that in one place in the fridge and agree that the top shelf (or wherever) is meals, anything else can be snacked on

Would a label honestly make any difference?

If he hasn't got the brains or the self-control to see a pre-made lasagne (or whatevs) sitting in the fridge and understand that he can't eat it because it's for dinner, then I don't honestly see what difference a bit of sticky paper will make TBH.

So he's eating THREE portions of dinner every day for lunch when he's working at home? That's a bit much, if so.

I think a designated place in the fridge for 'Do Not Touch' stuff and anything else he can have, is possibly the best way forward as posters have already suggested.

Why doesn't he make himself an omelette or egg on toast of some description for lunch? Neither of those things takes long - beans on toast too. He really doesn't need to eat the dinners prepared for the evening, for lunch.

'Tbh it's his food too and there doesn't seem to be enough of it in the house. That said, I understand the irritation'

Are you and he incapable of going to a shop and buying food? Or ordering it online? Wow.