I've had a really long day juggling work, kids, school run and after school activities. No food left in the house after cookings kids their tea - we seem to have gone through our food really quickly this week and I hadn't realized - and DH comes in and makes himself a cheeseboard for tea which I don't fancy.
DH has to nip out anyway as he forgot to take out some cash which he needs. He has to walk past takeaway A. Takeaway B is also nearby if he chooses another route. I ask if he would mind picking something up for me to eat on way back as he has to walk past anyway. There'd be no waiting time as he can call ahead. He asks what I want. I said item X from Takeaway A (first choice) or item Y from takeaway B if he decides to take the other route home.
DH arrived home. I was starving. He went to Takeaway B. That's fine, I appreciate that he picked something up for me but not sure why he didn't go past my first choice as it's also the quickest route home. I open it up. And he's bought me something else entirely. I asked him why he didn't order what I asked. He replied "Oh, i changed it". When I asked why, he replied "because you've had it before and liked it".
DH is now aggrieved that I am upset. Yes, possibly I'm now just hangry and disappointed. And also baffled as to why he would do this. He feels that I am ungrateful because he bought me another item on the menu that cost more. Misses the point that I didn't actually want it. And I'm still hungry but it rely don't want fancy what he's bought.
Have I lost all perspective because I'm hungry and tired? For context, DH usually has form for being quite oblivious to things I say - in one ear, out the other, and usually has good intentions. In this case, he seems to genuinely think that he chose a better dish for me and that was a nice thing to do. It gets really frustrating.