Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

A LARGE box of chocolates.

171 replies

tokirara · 26/03/2019 00:46

Just discovered that my DH scoffed the entirety of a large box of Lindt assorted chocolates over the weekend by himself (bar two pieces that he offered me on Friday).

I feel... Repulsed. We rarely buy 'treats' (his idea) because he has poor self control. He bought these on Friday with the excuse reason that it was an anniversary weekend.

I only know about the choc demolition because I had a peek inside the box just now only to find a few empty wrappers Shock. It's also the fact that the box is left in place...

AIBU to feel this way? Genuinely conflicted .. I feel somewhat controlling .

A LARGE box of chocolates.
OP posts:
Hamsterdancer · 26/03/2019 05:52

I would be repulsed too those ones wre disgusting.

donajimena · 26/03/2019 05:57

I'd be bloody annoyed too. Those would last me 3 weeks.

MaybeitsMaybelline · 26/03/2019 06:00

I could do 3/4 box in one night, I would feel a bit sick though. As long as they weren’t your chocolates I think this is a non issue.

Bluntness100 · 26/03/2019 06:01

Repulsed lol. 🤣🤣🤣

MaybeitsMaybelline · 26/03/2019 06:05

Just buy your own treats and hide them, I do it all the time.

Rubusfruticosus · 26/03/2019 06:06

300g of chocolate over three days is like eating a block of chocolate a day, that's a lot. It sounds like he could have a sugar addiction.

ThroughASashWindow · 26/03/2019 06:08

Repulsed? Don't be silly. He's a grown man, he can eat as many chocolates as he likes. It's not a moral issue for goodness sake. There will be something about you that "repulses" him, but he puts up with it. Remember that.

Mmmmbrekkie · 26/03/2019 06:12

Repulsed? no

Baffled that he would want to do that? Very much so

But clearly us of this view are in the minority!

Teddyreddy · 26/03/2019 06:13

Repulsed is an odd choice of words, but I'd be annoyed if DH ate all of a joint box of chocolates in a weekend and then left the empty box sitting in the cupboard.

I love chocolate but can't eat very much of it at once and often don't feel like it, it can take me months to finish a box of chocolates. DH is a scoffer. DH and I have come to the compromise that we now mostly buy separate boxes. I get truffles (which are expensive) bought very infrequently which he isn't allowed to touch as he'd scoff them before I'd had more than a couple, and boxes of stuff like Lindor bought more frequently for him that he can do what he likes with.

Birdie6 · 26/03/2019 06:13

Repulsed ? Odd word to use . You already know he "lacks control" so really, why were you so shocked and repulsed ? 23 Lindt balls over a weekend is hardly a huge amount - most people would easily consume that amount over a weekend.

Nacreous · 26/03/2019 06:20

Obviously it's rubbish not to have had your fair share, but I think separate boxes is the best way to go for this, because it means everyone gets to consume that same amount over different times.

It would also be quite mean to insist he could only have e.g. one chocolate every other day because you wanted to make them last a month. If there isn't a money problem with buying more (I think Lindor are usually about £3.50 for that many in Asda) then I'd probably just buy another box that's just for you.

If he'd still eat all yours in a two box scenario then that's really not cool.

finn1020 · 26/03/2019 06:24

Thanks, you reminded me we have some rocky road chocolate hidden from the kids somewhere...

YesimstillwatchingNetflix · 26/03/2019 06:34

Do you have issues with food and eating generally OP?

I'd be annoyed he didn't share, but repulsed is a strange word to use in this context.

Don't buy chocolates if you're going to use it as a test and loath him got failing.

....happy anniversary 🤷🏻‍♀️

chocatoo · 26/03/2019 06:35

I understand. It’s the greediness and the fact that he hasn’t left any for OP. The only thing I can suggest is that he should buy another box and that OP hide them away and bring them out a couple or so at a time.

JenniferJareau · 26/03/2019 06:38

We rarely buy 'treats' (his idea) because he has poor self control. He bought these on Friday with the excuse reason that it was an anniversary weekend.

Sorry OP but I cannot believe you are surprised by this in any way. You live with a self confessed greedy guts and you knew he used an excuse to buy the chocolates. There was no chance he wasn't going to scoff them quite quickly.

WitsEnding · 26/03/2019 06:50

YABU to buy a treat for an anniversary weekend and then not indulge in it during that weekend - that's not how celebrations happen!

Boulshired · 26/03/2019 06:51

I would be annoyed, I like to wait until I wanted one and to find an empty box would anger me. I have a “save me some” plate. If on offering I do not fancy it then but would like it later, my share goes on the plate and then everyone knows it’s mine.

RedRiverShore · 26/03/2019 06:51

Those boxes aren't that big, they are on offer at Tescos at the moment, I regularly buy them and eat them quite quickly, I also buy the big packs from Amazon when they are on offer and scoff most of them as DH isn't so keen on them.

londonrach · 26/03/2019 06:52

Thats a small box. Surprised it lasted so long especially over a weekend. Dh and i would have eaten that in one day. Saying that not a fan of those chocs too sweet so let dh have most. Yabu as if you can wait that long you not really into chocolate 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

WitsEnding · 26/03/2019 06:52

Sorry, he bought them. You didn't appreciate them which in itself would have annoyed me enough to eat the rest of the packet.

RedRiverShore · 26/03/2019 06:56

I did click the thread and expect to see something like the 40 quid Lindt ball selection not some poky little assortment box..

Singlenotsingle · 26/03/2019 06:58

So buy yourself a box. He gets none on pain of death.

TotalNoob · 26/03/2019 07:00

If I’d bought a box of chocolates on Friday as a treat for an anniversary weekend, I’d assume they were to be eaten over the weekend. You didn’t look for them until Monday night. I’d assume you weren’t interested in them tbh.

And it’s not a huge amount of chocolate to eat. And pretty much a one off.

Buy your own chocolates next time.

Paddington68 · 26/03/2019 07:01

LTB

TinselAndKnickers · 26/03/2019 07:08

What a great thread to wake up to Grin