Chocolate reindeer incident - who was bu?

[EscapeFromHubby]

Last night I was eating a chocolate reindeer. Had bought it a few days ago but DH wasn't overly pleased I hadn't got him one as well. Ate part of it then left it on the living room side table as I had to go out to the kitchen to do something.

One of the dogs then comes running out of the living room with foil in his mouth chased by DH was says dog has eaten reindeer. Great! My fault, shouldn't have left it on the side. But then DH and DD1 keep giggling about something.

DH and DD1 can be quite the jokers so I think they've eaten the reindeer and are blaming dog. This goes on for a while with them saying it was the dog, no it wasn't, they might've had a bit and got carried away and now it's gone, no they didn't really eat. So I don't know what they've done with it! I start looking around to see if it's hidden anywhere and DD1 starts warm/cold/hot etc. By this point I'm getting really pissed off. It's my chocolate and I want it back.

Then I have the bright idea that if DH has taken my reindeer I'll tip some of his beer away. I tell him this and head to the kitchen, get the bottles out of the fridge and open them. DD1 tells DH she thinks I'm serious and perhaps he should stop me but he doesn't, just more chuckling. So the beer goes down the sink. DH storms out, clearly pissed at me for tipping his beer away. Back in living room reindeer has magically reappeared on table untouched with DD1 trying to say it was there all along. DH then went to bed with the raging arse.

So WIBU to tip DH beer away in return for taking my reindeer (he did have plenty of chances to stop the joke before it got to that point) or was he BU for then getting arsey with me?

Or we do, but we just 'dog proof' the room before we leave dogs alone in it! Common sense surely?*

My comment was clearly in reply to all the people suggesting vet calls and the dog on a death bed because it ate half a small chocolate reindeer.
Yes I didn't "dog proof" the day she got an eater egg off the worktop out of a bag inside a bag and then out the box, I'm human, I have 3 kids and 3 dogs and sometimes I get distracted, so shoot me. Maybe you could come over and school me on how to be perfect? 🙄

Y are both bu for letting your child be in the middle of what seemed like fun and games but was actually making digs at each other. Very confusing for her.

I think it's fucking depressing there are so many idiot owners who either don't train their dogs not to "scrounge" or have the mental capacity to separate their pets from toxic foods. My friend's lab is on diabetic medication for life because it ate 1/4 box of after eights - it isn't worth the risk not even to be goady on MN*

Get a grip! Accidents happen. Iv had lots of dogs, some scrounge, some don't, some can be trained out of it and others are a nightmare no matter what. This scroungy dog happens to be a rescue, so obviously has issues around food. Don't you think Iv tried to sort them? Nobody is saying feed your dog a Toblerone a day but the chances of a dog being on diabetic medication for life is ridiculously tiny and I'm pretty sure there was other factors to your friends dog.
You sound like one of those parents that think because YOUR child was able to be taught not to touch x y and z they all can. I had one kid that could and 2 that just gave no fucks. Just like kids, all dogs are different.
Ps have you told your friend you think she's an idiot?

Y are both bu for letting your child be in the middle of what seemed like fun and games but was actually making digs at each other. Very confusing for her.
She's 18 I'm sure she'll cope

My mum's Yorkshire Terrier had a Freddo every day until he died aged 13 in the 90's. I also regularly eat chocolate in front of my DH. If he wants any, he can get his own. He would never, ever consider it rude

Finally here your post reminded me of my old late aunt bless her. She used to go to a local social club with a group of female friends. They all smoked and she didn't so her thing was a bar of chocolate. She was too polite and gentile to ever say anything but she used to complain bitterly that every week they would all sit puffing away all night enjoying their cigarettes but when she offered her chocolate bar round every one of them took a segment leaving her with one bit. I suggested she buy a bar not in segments such as a Mars bar or not pass it round at all. But a different generation and was so ingrained in her that you offered everything round that she couldn't do that. So she just stayed bitter and resentful every week

Massive drip feed there OP!

A Lindt reindeer is 100g of chocolate and 550calories, which is an average meal in our house. I would think it gross to eat an entire one and beyond greedy to do so in front of your entire family without offering to share.

I just can't get my head round this! My record was 3 x 2kg bars of dairy milk over 2 days one Christmas - I may have given one of the kids a square!

A Tesco 50p reindeer is surely no better bigger than a Freddo

Bahhhhhumbug

I call Reverse and it's the dog who is posting

If OP did that after a childish prank with some chocolate that she should have been sharing in the first place, I hate to think what she'd do if her DH did something really bad, like eaten the last Rolo.

Genuine question - why would you buy an advent calendar just to open and eat all the chocolates? A 150g bar of Lindt chocolate would be vastly cheaper, and generally the chocolates in advent calendars aren't quite as nice as the blocks.

There's always threads at Easter over people buying Easter eggs then scoffing them all themselves before Easter - it just seems a waste of money to spend often twice as much for the same quantity and same (or lower) quality of chocolate just to have it in a fancy packaging/shape, if you aren't getting the chocolate for a gift for someone else (to justify the extra cost for fancy packaging).

I also rolled my eyes at the "grossness" of eating a whole 100g Lindt reindeer in one sitting. I can eat a whole 250g Lindt bunny in one sitting no worries.
I'd probably struggle with the 500g one though.

OP sounds like an absolute idiot. Your poor DH.

I thought dd was about 4 when I read this not 18. Sounds like wayyyyyyy to much drama in your house.

Sorry OP but you sound dim. Get a life and learn to share!

Is this for real? Fuck me - you all need to grow up.

OP wherever the chocolate reindeer was hidden, you might want to go look and see if your sense of humour is there too!

Really?

You fell straight into that trap and you both acted immature.

Try buying one for everyone next time, Aldi and Lidl have great Christmas chocs whichbare cheap enough for everyone to have their own.

were you never taught to share??

YANBU. I'm with you OP, we don't automatically share everything. I want my children to be brought up to respect other people's property and that they don't have the right to have or be involved in everything. We have our own treats here too. DD will automatically share, DS doesn't always, I don't make either share their food, it's their choice. I also don't expect anyone else's food either.

This went beyond a joke when they kept it up. Your DH was told what would happen, he should have ended it then, he didn't so tough shit.

Personally, I dislike jokes at other people´s expense and they pushed this one too far. Maybe pouring his beer away was a bit of an overreaction, but on the other hand they might reconsider next time they want to play a "joke" on you. It might not be your finest hour, but I also don´t think you were being unreasonable.

Don't fight over food; share it.
Don't throw food away; it's wasteful.
Take a joke as it is intended.
How could you possibly ever not share a piece of chocolate with your dd? (And most is the time, your dh.)

I’m worried about the foil in the dog’s mouth. And the wasted beer!

Can everyone lay off with the anecdotes about dogs eating vast quantities of chocolate with no ill effects, meaning chocolate is clearly never a problem for any dog. It's completely irresponsible.

As others have said there is a dose dependent toxic effect of theobromine which is found in increasing concentrations as cocoa increases (ie more in dark than milk).

When I get contacted about a dog ingesting chocolate (I'm a vet) I'll calculate based on weight of dog, type of chocolate, quantity thought to have been ingested, any pre-existing health condition of the dog and then advise. Indeed it might be "don't worry and be more careful next time!". Where it is "bring your dog in immediately so I can make it vomit" it is not because I enjoy dealing with chocolate dog puke enormously, or even because I'm a money grabbing vet who only wants to line my own pockets.