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AIBU?

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To think DH should have just made the fucking dinner?

232 replies

IncrediblyHangry · 27/09/2019 18:01

Username may have some bearing on my feelings on this matter.

DH works until 2 today. I work until 4. We have a baby who is a year old. I have a half hour commute from work and do all childcare drop offs. DH has a five minute walk. I work four days a week, DH five. Usually he gets home later than me, so I do most bedtimes, make dinner five days out of seven.

On Fridays my mum very kindly takes the baby,and I'll often stay for a chat when I call in after work, which DH knows. I am never home later than half five.

Often I will meal plan, or leave eg marinaded chicken breasts in the fridge for dinner on Friday, which DH cooks, but not always. Today I came home at quarter past five, and DH was grumpy- he had tried to call me to see what I wanted to eat,I had not replied. I checked my phone, he called when I was driving. Bear in mind he has been home for three hours. I said I didn't mind and as it was his night he could choose what he wanted. He said "but you didn't leave any meat out, I didn't know what you'd want"

I told him that i didn't care what I ate, I just wanted, for one night of the week, not to think about it. I wanted to come home to a hot dinner which required zero effort or input on my part, as he does every other night of the week. Neither of us are fussy eaters, both are good cooks. I refuse to do his thinking for him. We live three minutes away from a well stocked shop. He marched out to said shop in a huff, and has just returned with fucking ready meal lasagne and waffles. I manage to cook from scratch. Baby can't really eat salty crap like that and really needs to be in bed for half six, she is hungry so he'll have to make her porridge. Aibu to think this is a fucking joke?

I, however, am saying nothing. I absolutely refuse to take this on, it's his job

OP posts:
Annasgirl · 28/09/2019 13:59

Hi OP, just to give you 100% of my support - I know exactly how you feel.

As to all the other people who are criticising you - well they are all out on this forum to-day.

Annasgirl · 28/09/2019 14:02

And OP, I just read your post from 19:47 - epic - I'm going to remind myself of that some day!

bluegreygreen · 28/09/2019 15:07

Not quite sure why Indian take-away is morally (or nutritionally) superior to readymade lasagne...

BigChocFrenzy · 28/09/2019 16:26

YADNBU OP:

I suggest you tell him this is the new system:

  • He takes care of the meals - including all the planning & shopping - on the 3 days Friday to Sunday.
  • You keep 3 of your 4 cooking days
  • but the 4th day now becomes the weekly takeaway

From the OP's posts, they have never eaten convenience food before, so it is not within their norms
He wants the OP to continue doing his thinking, as his brain apparently dissolved during her maternity leave

SherbetSaucer · 28/09/2019 17:06

Why don’t you just cook for yourselves? I don’t understand the need to cook for someone else all the time.

Fraggling · 28/09/2019 17:07

Why don't families just cook for themselves rather than cooking once for everyone?
Hmm tricky one. Baffling.

73Sunglasslover · 28/09/2019 17:13

*Except all the people on this thread who've said they'd be quite happy with that....

Most people have said they eat them when they’re tired/skint/can’t be arsed cooking, not that they would be their preference for the only meal their husband has to cook every week when he’s just sitting about for three hours beforehand.*

Your point was that no-one would be happy with a ready meal lasagne, not whether it was their preference or not. I'd always prefer a meal from a michelin starred restaurant but am happy with a ready meal.

And how do you know he sat around for 3 hours?

CookPassBabtridge · 28/09/2019 17:16

I love mumsnet. I and most people I know would eat readymade lasagne and waffles (maybe not together)

WhoKnewBeefStew · 28/09/2019 17:17

Haha to the people telling the op to batch cook Shock the op's dh has 3 hours to batch cook for the entire week ffs!

SherbetSaucer · 28/09/2019 17:19

Why don't families just cook for themselves rather than cooking once for everyone?
Hmm tricky one. Baffling

So long as children are fed I don’t see why this would be a problem. Why is there such a compulsion to cook for your partner or have them cook for you!? Causes more trouble than it’s worth!!

Fraggling · 28/09/2019 17:40

It's not a compulsion to cook and eat together in families it's totally normal!

Everyone looking after their own stuff would be a waste of electricity gas, everyone getting in each other's way in the kitchen, more dirty pots and pans etc.

It feels impractical, antisocial, and a pita tbh. Two people having effort rather than sharing the work.

I mean you do you, but it's odd to call the way that families eat all over the world every day since forever a 'compulsion' :D

thismaybeadrill · 28/09/2019 17:42

Usually when a man prefers a woman to do his thinking for him, it means he’s spent a great deal of time being told that what he’s thinking is wrong...

Bugbabe1970 · 28/09/2019 17:43

Not of an over reaction I think!

starfishmummy · 28/09/2019 17:49

Lolling at fraggling (page one).
My dh would happily eat pot noodle, crispy pancake or beans with sausages in given half a chance. In fact he has the latter with sunday brunch every week!! (He also has separate pork sausages with them Hmm)

patq1967 · 28/09/2019 17:53

why not do the sensible thing and apologise to your husband , tell him you are sorry for what happened and in future you will eat what he cooks on a Friday as long as it is not a ready meal , that you trust him and know he will make a lovely meal for his family safe in the knowledge that is ingredients are not in the cupboard he will get them from the shop
Then smile
it`s called reverse psychology

FamilyOfAliens · 28/09/2019 17:59

sherbetsaucer

That’s a good system in a student house.

In a family - not so much.

formerbrosfan · 28/09/2019 18:13

Sounds to me like you are a bit hangry?! Grin

timeforawine · 28/09/2019 18:15

How was the curry OP? I'm jealous, would love take away curry but i have a Gastro bug so cant eat anything right now Angry

MrsRufusdog789 · 28/09/2019 18:24

Yanbu
I'm sure you love him and vice versa .
But it's so unfair and infuriating.
I always cooked from scratch as I was first home - we always had good food and both DH and DD ate well and were appreciative .
Always there was the appellation from DD - " Mummy's done it again " as in produced a lovely meal as if by magic .
Retirement - he retired before I did - sat like a baby bird gaping till I got home . Cooked blisteringly hot curry regularly which I can't eat and constantly told me beamingly that he had eaten already - are you sure you don't want some ?
If I cooked something like shepherds pie and left instructions what to do he'd do daft things like leave a lid on the casserole and wonder why it didn't crisp up - this from an ex engineer and someone aware of heat convection and conduction . My fault for not spelling it out .
Fast forward to now I'm retired too .
And downsized home . He would buy a ready meal and ask me how long to microwave it !
Tried Gousto . Very successful when I cook but he crashes and bangs saucepans when it's his turn and overlooks / burns everything .
I cook from scratch still and now it's a case of You haven't lost your touch !
And whole fault is all this ? Mine of course. His turn to cook - reheating an M & S curry for him and a meal for me with extra veg .
He's in the kitchen now crashing pots and pans . Asked me about the sprouts I've left out and what should he do with them ? I would love to tell him .

MyCatHatesEverybody · 28/09/2019 18:25

I told him I was more than happy to eat such food and was impressed that he'd finally seen the light re shit convenience food

This is the key statement qas to why IWBU for the DH to get a cheap ready meal. If he'd always been happy with ready meals himself but refrained from having them because of the OP then it would be unreasonable of OP to turn her nose up when she told him she'd eat anything. But if he's been banging on about how shit it is then he's being a CF suddenly expecting to change things only for that one night in the week he's responsible for cooking.

And as for it being unfair that OP changed the rules...wtf? He wouldn't get very far at work if he's unwilling or unable to be flexible or think on his feet. Absolutely pathetic.

Fbnick · 28/09/2019 18:34

I love the “if I eat this it sets a new precedent” talk.
Well done. I don’t think you’re a fussy eater and I think you handled him brilliantly.
Love the convenience cards.
I’m in bed with a headache I’ve tried to shake all week and can’t. OH is cooking for DD. He woke me to ask what to cook. I said don’t care anything as long as I don’t have to do it. Waiting with bated breath!
If I was given readymade lasagne and potato waffles I’d not eat it either. You’re right- horse meat and tastes vile. Xx

mcmooberry · 28/09/2019 18:43

Hope you enjoyed the curry! I wouldn't eat a cheap readymade lasagne and waffles either.

CaMePlaitPas · 28/09/2019 18:48

This is really out of order, I'd be upset too.

CaMePlaitPas · 28/09/2019 18:49

Sorry OP, I didn't read the full thread before commenting, I see there are updates so I'm going to read it now Grin

GPatz · 28/09/2019 19:14

I can't believe some people are so offended that the OP (and others) don't want to eat convenience food. Calm down.