To just want my DH to answer the question he's been asked?

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This drives me mad.

Just now he said there was no melon left. I said "who ate it?" He replied "there were only three pieces left."

He does this all the time. I ask a question and he answers a completely different one.

How can I make him stop? Does anyone else's DH do this?

Yes, mine does.

Me: What would you like for dinner ?

Him: Something nice !!

Your DH knows what he's done and is trying to cover his arse. My DH has done this for years. He knows it, but can't control his impulses and uses distraction to cover his guilt. Examples:
Staying with PIL who'd left us a six pack to have while watching footie. DH chuggeded the lot down while I was putting the children to bed. When I flopped down beside him and asked him to pass me a beer he tried to distract me with footie talk. When I finally got him to admit his selfishness he said 'we can get some more tomorrow'.
Oh.
One Christmas evening at PIL's house he ate a massive plate of left-over cold turkey and stuffing intended for everyone's Boxing Day lunch. Once we'd broken through his attempts to distract us he said 'there's plenty more food in the house'. Really?
I've lost count of the number of refrigerated little toddler meals he's been told were not for him but he's just necked in moments. They were obviously prepared and set aside for our toddlers to help me feed them in a hurry. Once we'd broken through his attempted smoke-screen - again - 'I'll go and buy something/there's plenty more food'.
He never apologises and your DH won't change. I have resorted to hiding things, exploiting another man foible of never being able to find something unless it's right in front of his face.

My DP does this! How i havent throttled him i dont know.
He also will tell me something in tiny fractions and jumble it up so i have no idea what hes talking about until i snap "what are you on about! start from the beggining!"

Surely "there were only 3 pieces left" IS answering the question?? Just a shorter version of "there was only 3 pieces left so I ate them" ?

Beanii he didn't eat the melon though. He threw it away.

My DH does this all the time, and floof’s long-winded and unnecessary specifics.

Mine also does the whole the-future-is-a-completely-unpredictable-mystery thing.

Me: what shall we have for dinner, chicken or steak?
Him: But we’ve just had lunch! :incredulous face:
Me: yes, but I’ll need to take whatever we’re having out of the freezer now.
Him: I don’t know, I’m not hungry! :walks off:

52-years-old and he still hasn’t learned that some time after digesting his current meal, he will need to eat again.

Same with my husband. He never seems to answer what I ask. And he will NEVER simply says he doesn't know something. I think this is a male thing. It is infuriating. Q:What time are you leaving? A:I need to be at the London office today.