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Original poster

Is this acceptable or should I do time for murder?

187 replies

Busyworkingbee · 01/10/2018 16:43

Been at work all day and OH has been home.
I usually cook but he asked if I wanted a jacket spud. To which I replied "yes please."

He shouts in..
Do you want mayo? Yes
Do you want cheese? Yes

5 minutes later he handed it to me.
Jacket spud with a tin of tuna slapped on top, and I mean straight from the tin, still the shape of the tin. A few sprinklings of cheese on top and mayo squirted on top. The worst bit is there was no butter on my spud at all!

I was speechless!
He doesn't cook so didn't want to hurt his feelings, but surely this form of spud is a known abomination Grin

OP posts:
AsAProfessionalFekko · 01/10/2018 18:43

I microwave mine - a la Jamie Oliver - them crisp them in the oven.

Leighhalfpennysthigh · 01/10/2018 18:44

I buy a pack of ready baked ones that just need heating up. Then cheese, sour cream and bacon.

Lizzie48 · 01/10/2018 18:44

It's nowhere near the worst thing I ever heard. There was a couple I knew in our previous church; never mind not being able to boil an egg, the husband actually phoned his wife to ask him what he should do with an egg that was already hard boiled. Grin

Pissedoffdotcom · 01/10/2018 18:44

No microwave?! Like, how??! So no cake in a mug? No easy peasy scrambled egg?? No microwave popcorn 😱

SparklingSaskia · 01/10/2018 18:44

OH is away for a few days. My dinner treat tonight was Toast Hawaii. The 70’s called and wanted be back, how could I possibly resist?

Changedforpost · 01/10/2018 18:46

Cake in a mug sounds worth getting a microwave for... I feel like I've missed out on so much Sad

AsAProfessionalFekko · 01/10/2018 18:46

Oh yes - cake in a mug is like magic!

AnneProtheroe · 01/10/2018 18:47

I buy a pack of ready baked ones that just need heating up

Am dithering between saying that's sheer laziness or inspired. Confused

Pissedoffdotcom · 01/10/2018 18:51

Cake in a mug is the ultimate sweet treat when you need one. It is amazing!
Micro jackets are the bomb.

Changedforpost · 01/10/2018 18:57

You have persuaded me to Invest. I'm excited for the future. Altho if I gain like 2 stone in mug cake weight I know who to blame Grin

SquitMcJit · 01/10/2018 18:57

Sparkling Toast Hawaii - what is this? I need to know (feel it might be delicious...)

PassMeTheHaribosAmego · 01/10/2018 19:00

Is it toast with a pineapple ring on it sparkling ? Grin

Pissedoffdotcom · 01/10/2018 19:02

changedforpost i take absolutely no responsibility for anything that happens once you buy it 😂 my microwave is daily lambasted for making me put on weight alongside his co-conspirators the fridge & the kitchen cupboards

Bastards they are

TheOnlyAletheia · 01/10/2018 19:17

Men who can’t cook are so unsexy.

Wellfuckmeinbothears · 01/10/2018 19:29

Good God...there are people who do things differently?!! PinguDance, what are we to do? My dh does washing better than me, should I leave him? I’m so confused. I make better jacket potato’s and he’s better at deep cleaning, neither of us want to sacrifice one another, surely something is wrong here? I should be stomping around demanding he does everything exactly as I think he should or he would be sexist?

If you could grow a sense of humour garden centres would be making a killing here.

Original poster
Busyworkingbee · 01/10/2018 20:24

Thanks so much to all the posters who got the humour and made me wet myself a bit laughing. You are the reason I made this thread you have a sense of humour! If he was incompetent at everything I would get the other pp.
The anxiety has settled after reading some of the replies!
Oh and yes it was a micro jacket spud yes 😂

OP posts:
Pissedoffdotcom · 01/10/2018 20:29

So come on OP, what did you do with his body & did you leave him a token jacket to take on his journey to the afterlife?

Original poster
Busyworkingbee · 01/10/2018 20:31

If I told you, I'd have... Wink

I have infact been plotting my revenage using some of these replies however. The deconstructed coffee has a nice shine to it 😂 brilliant!

OP posts:
Amirite · 01/10/2018 20:32

My DH can’t cook for shit but cleans my house top to bottom every weekend. I’ll take that!

Starlive23 · 01/10/2018 20:35

I can feel your disappointment Wink

Original poster
Busyworkingbee · 01/10/2018 20:36

@Amirite
Exactly I hate washing clothes and have cocked it up a few times so now leave it to him! People are just good at different things I suppose.

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Changedforpost · 01/10/2018 20:55

Wet tissue in the shower for the win!! Grin

goforkyourself · 01/10/2018 20:56

There was once a woman called Busy
Who wanted a potato so cheesy
He fucked it up
Now it's ltb
He remembers when life was easy
Grin

Lizzie48 · 01/10/2018 20:58

My DH is good at washing clothes as well, @Busyworkingbee and he actually isn't a bad cook. The only thing is, he expects me to plan all the meals. So when I ask him if he could prepare the meal, he always asks me what I've planned for that day. I mean, why doesn't he just look in the fridge and freezer and see what's there?

MissSmiley · 01/10/2018 21:54

Never be any good at anything you don't like doing is the phrase I think