Aibu to think the husband on eat well for less this week is a controlling arse?

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Watching on catch up. The mum was basically doing 4 different meals every night as they were all so fussy but I think the daughters are following dads lead.

He scores the evening meal out of 10, at one point he told his wife she couldn't have any more chocolate (they'd only had a square each) and she just accepted it - I don't mean that as a criticism of the mum but suggested to me that she's quite conditioned to doing as she's told.

He came across as supercilious and over critical and slightly threatening.

Anyone else see this?

I’d still call it hyperbole and you’re projecting on to a woman on the tv
Your past experiences/knowledge doesn’t automatically become hers because you deem it so
The family some questionable habits (that’s point of the programme) and she enabled a lot of it by cooking multiple meals, buying pineapple for display.

Victim blaming? It was a tv programme, edited in a way to provoke a reaction.

Indeed it was, that’s the point.highlight their questionable habits, swoop in save em
Big leap to see that and project it as a cowed fear ful woman with a brutish dh

I buy a pineapple every week. But every week I cube it up, pop it in 5 tubs and take one to work every day :) I am acutely tuned to the cost of a pineapple in each store I visit.

I can't get my head around 'I always buy this but no-one ever eats it'. What happens if you just stop buying it then?

He was vile. I suspect he was controlling in all areas of their lives. She was probably only mid forties, dowdy, bowed down, frumpy. I suspect he likes her like that.

I've just watched it. What an arse!!!!

I can't get my head around 'I always buy this but no-one ever eats it'. What happens if you just stop buying it then?

Didn't she say that the dh got cross/upset if she didn't buy one? Yet nobody wanted to peel and slice it!

She seemed very on edge to me, as though she was desperately trying to justify herself. She seemed so lovely.

I'm always shocked surprised at the lack of cooking skills in this programme.

Mid forties....??

Haven't watched this yet but based on the scoring meals - WTF - YANBU

I've just traveled through the pages to find this thread as I've just started watching it on catch up. Poor woman!

Marks out of 10....!!?? I would have placed it delicately on his bloody head.

BrutusMcDogface me too started watch on catch up thought what a twat and thought must come onto Mumsnet as they will all think the same!