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Original poster

To not have to be in competition for bloody food!

108 replies

sayerville · 31/08/2018 21:21

Alright, this is petty.
My DH is so greedy. All I want is a glass of wine and packet of crisps on a Friday night after a crappy week at work, not much to ask. I go to get the crisps and he's eaten the bloody lot.
Pissed me off that he's so selfish and inconsiderate.

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divafever99 · 31/08/2018 22:02

I hide stuff in the vegetable drawer in the fridge as dh never goes on their!

topcat2014 · 31/08/2018 22:03

In all honesty, I would actually prefer it if we didn't have any of this in the house - as I cannot resist it.

But, we do, as it would be unfair not to on DW and DC.

I struggle with willpower though.

Mrsbclinton · 31/08/2018 22:05

Yip my DH is the same. I buy something nice when Im doing the weekly grocery shop & go looking for it a few days later & he has it gone.

I suppose I should be grateful for all the calories he has saved me fromSmile
I hide anything I really want for myself.
Magnums are hidden under the frozen veg & chocolate in a vanity case in my wardrobe!!

StopCloudSeeding · 31/08/2018 22:05

Oooo. I'd so have to win over this! I'd buy a lockable box and keep it all in there! Keep it in the boot of the car. Bring it in with me each evening. Hide it in the garden shed. Hide it under my bedroom pillow, airing cupboard, under the bed, undies drawer, back of the wardrobe, dressing gown pocket, windowsill behind the curtain.

🤔 Oops. Given myself away here haven't I? Lol. 😄

bangourvillagebesttimeever · 31/08/2018 22:06

My OH can be like that. It really pisses me off and is selfish and inconsiderate. I can go into the freezer and he has eaten the whole tub of ice cream. All crisps eaten as he thinks he better get in there before the DC . But I always get left with nothing. So I have started buying things I know no one likes apart from me. I hide crisps etc. Shouldn't have to but I have a family of gannets

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sayerville · 31/08/2018 22:12

Thank God I'm not alone, some great ideas here, Yes mini magnums all gone too.
It seems every time I look at him he;s stuffing his gob, no wonder he's 17 stone.

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ny20005 · 31/08/2018 22:13

There's a shelf to one side under the sink. I keep stuff I want hidden there & cleaning stuff is in front. No one ever goes near it 😊

Fluffyears · 31/08/2018 22:14

DH is terrible to share anything with, if we buy a giant bag of crisps for example he takes massive handfuls and shoves them in his mouth. He doesn’t even taste things as he shovels it down so fast. It really pisses me off that I get 15 crisps and he gets 95% of the bag. If i refuse to share i’m The selfish one.

AnnieAnoniMoose · 31/08/2018 22:15

I actively discourage anyone else in the house gaining a taste for olives 🤣

It sounds like separate snack boxes are the way forward in your house.

AJPTaylor · 31/08/2018 22:18

I kept stuff in the car boot when i had teens.

WorraLiberty · 31/08/2018 22:19

Hell would freeze over before I'd resort to hiding food in my own home.

I just couldn't live with someone so selfish and greedy.

Besides, what sort of message does it send to the kids? That if you want to keep any kind of treats in the house, you either have to hide them or scoff them down immediately before someone else takes them?

Lambzig · 31/08/2018 22:21

DH eats all the ice cream after I have gone to bed. And doesn’t tell me. So I go to make a cone for the kids and he has eaten it all (say three different flavours) but left the empty containers in the freezer, so I think there is some left. Drives me crazy, and then when the DC (5 and 8) call him on it, he gets really cross.

I have tried buying some for him, saying that’s yours but please leave the choc and strawberry for the DC and he just eats it all.

No option to hide it because it’s in the freezer.

Jeippinghmip · 31/08/2018 22:22

I fancied a biscuit from the packet we bought today. DH has eaten the whole bloody packet! I called him a greedy pig and he just laughed.

SockMatchmaker · 31/08/2018 22:22

I have to hide things too, it’s very tiresome. My sofas the perfect height to slip a chocolate bar under, enough to not be seen, high enough to be able to retrieve it.

CrabbityRabbit · 31/08/2018 22:27

Do you think he suffers from binge eating? One of the symptoms can be not being able to stop thinking about food you know is in the house until you've eaten it.

You would probably be best buying your treats on the way home from work. Keep a multipack of crisps in the car etc.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 31/08/2018 22:28

I rarely say leave the bastard, but - Leave the Bastard.

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sayerville · 31/08/2018 22:30

I was mad because I rarely eat them and you know when you just fancy something and expect it to be there?
I agree with shouldn't have to hide, ridiculous because the minute he knows I'm doing it he'll go all out to find it to shame me. But he's the one who should be ashamed. I don't like being sneaky but....

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kaytee87 · 31/08/2018 22:33

I doubt yabu but how many packets did he eat in what timeframe?

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sayerville · 31/08/2018 22:35

He just can't stop, I get up in the morning and find biscuit and sweet wrappers.
Same with tea, I made spaghetti Bolognese last night, he had a huge fucking portion and said 'what'? When I looked at him and suggested it was way too much, he was greedy, it wasn't healthy to eat so much and we could have had another tea with the amount I'd cooked.
He turns it around on me says he I'm being controlling.

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IHaveBrilloHair · 31/08/2018 22:35

I used to get furious with Dd for doing similar, she's ASD and yet she's managed to stop doing it.
Your husband is a greedy, selfish man.

MissTerryShopper · 31/08/2018 22:35

I have to do this with the nice cereal bars. DH eats three in one go.

My friend used to write ‘Reserved - Fuck off’ on bananas with a biro so her DH didnt take them to work with him.

Original poster
sayerville · 31/08/2018 22:36

It was a pack of 6 not many I know but just the fact he ate them without regard for anyone else.

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rosablue · 31/08/2018 22:37

Have you ever asked him why he thinks he deserves all of something and you deserve none? Ask him what he would think if he got home and had been looking foward to something and discovered that you had eaten all of it rather than just your share of it.

COuld you ask him that going forward, when he has a bag of crisps/bar of chocolate or something that is a treat, that it's there for both of you so he needs to get two bowls/plates out and put half out for each of you. or a bag/bar/etc on each plate so that you always get a treat each...

kaytee87 · 31/08/2018 22:41

A 6 pack in what timeframe though? A day? A week?

He does sound like he has issues with food. You need to decide if you're happy to stay with him or not i suppose.

QueenArseClangers · 31/08/2018 22:42

I find it quite telling that some posters have suggested hiding places where their DHs will never look. Behind cleaning stuff: does that mean that blokes are not expected to go there to get stuff?
Behind tinned stuff/veg drawers etc: does that mean that blokes don’t go in the cupboards/fridge to get food out to prepare for their family?
I understand hiding stuff in ‘private’ places like in the car or a vanity case but not anywhere that I’d expect a fully functioning adult man to regularly access to do household chores?

Honestly, I’m not trying to be a goady fucker but I’ve seen this on quite a few ‘greedy shite DH pinches all the treats’ threads and it makes me wonder.

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