To be angry that my husband ate them all?

[M0nkeybutler]

Petty I know, but this has really annoyed me. I had a big bag of crisps in the cupboard that I bought on Friday and have been having a little handful here and there. They are my favourite crisps. Have just come down from the bath and 'd'h has eaten them all. He doesn't see anything wrong with this even though if I did it with something of his he would go mad. Then instead of apologising when he sees it's annoyed me, he comes up with all kind of arguments as to why I'm being u reasonable about it. 'They've been there for ages', 'there weren't that many left', etc etc. It's just not right to take something and have all of it. I wouldn't have minded if he'd had some, happy to share. But to eat them all and not see anything wrong with it?? Aargh!!

I regularly hide the crisps/chocolate in our house for that reason. My husband has no self control. I nearly posted the same kind of thread today but about ice lollies!! We were out last night and ice lollies are our hangover cure so we bought a load yesterday. But he ate his share before we even went out then wanted me to share mine this morning 😡

I hide my special treats. because H eats his fav food, then goes on to eat mine.
If he sees me eating something, he will ALWAYS want it.
Not going to fight about it.
Just hide your stuff.

I’d be fuming.

My oh does this but with my chocolate and Iv hit he roof in the past.

I don’t care if it’s half open and been there for days! It’s mine! Not yours, I bought it for me to eat as and when I want! Not to put in the cupboard and some pig eat it all in one go. If you want a bar of chocolate then go out and buy your own and I won’t touch it...

That’s me ranting 😂

Hide them in future , I have my own kitchen drawer no one goes in has my bits & bobs in like hand cream , hair brush etc also my chocolate. I like to have a piece every now and then , if I get it out dh says what you got there so I just save it for me .

Buy more tomorrow, and buy twice as many so you can both eat loads of them. It's just crisps, and those big bags are made to be shared.

I can see it's annoying because you were looking forward to them and they're your favourite. But as far as your DH is concerned they were probably just an open packet of crisps.
I don't think he was selfish to finish a packet that you'd already opened. It doesn't sound as though you offered him some when you were sneaking little handfuls.

We’re they your crisps?

When was the last night you hand a “small handful”?

YANBU my DH can be like this. I now make it very clear when I buy MY favourite food items they are off limits unless I am there and offer them to him, I also buy his favourites and the same applies to me.

A packet of crisps? You're annoyed about a packet of crisps?

If you're 'happy to share' as you say, then there's no issue, is there. You've had some, he's had some. Non event.

Write down each and every 'defense'. Write out, in brief, on large pieces of card. Next time you eat something of his and he gets arsey, retrieve pile of cards. Stand silently in front of him, displaying each card for long enought to read, before dropping to the floor. Repeat.

I've bought a food safe for this very reason. It's ridiculous that I have to lock my treats away, but if I don't they get eaten before I have a chance to have any.

I got this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07HS5J3DH/ref=cmswwrcppapiii_d73ODbEKW9MM4

@igglu A food safe? This is completely insane. People should respect you, respect your treats

@ igglu

Don't crisps go stale once you've opened the packet?

I wouldn't be bothered, it sounds like you have had half anyway. Get him to go to the shop now and buy some more if you are feeling desperate for crisps.

My DP is a greedy snacker. He thinks anything in the cupboard is fair game. I bought myself some nice, expensive chocolate because he was going away for the weekend, and he scarfed it before he went. Now I keep things in my work bag, or buy dark chocolate because he doesn’t like it.

Are they crisps that he particularly likes or is it more that he ate them for the sake of it just because they were there?

LTB

YAABU = All of you.

Context is everything here.

Squares, Pringles = No problem eat the lot and the Pom Bears.
Walkers = Hmmm, but not a deal-breaker
Two Farmers, Burt's Crisps = LTB

Similar situation, I bought a chocolate orange the other week and was telling DP how the middle bit was my favourite part so I was save it. Next day, I go to have a piece and see that the segment the middle was attached to, was gone. I rang DP at work to tell him how upset I was. I actually found it hilarious, mostly at how annoyed I was over something so stupid

So which brand were they?

Only one thing for it.

Booby traps.
I'm thinking spring snakes in a peanut tin

marmite in the chocolate spread

soap on the cheese level of traps.

Mix sawdust in an empty crisp packet with some dandruff then reseal it

Maybe buy a mousetrap.

I hide stuff from the teenagers. In my kitchen we changed the oven and had room for an extra drawer. I never put a handle on it and they have no clue it's a drawer 😂

"They've been there ages" is not an excuse to eat other people's things!

I would be angry, too.

In our house, we have a treat drawer (naughty treats, crisps, chocolate, sweets etc) which we are all welcome to take from - DSS is allowed so long as he doesn't take the piss. We generally have a healthy diet, but have the snacks there for occasional treats or quick nibbles.

We also all have our own treats, so like DSS might buy something from the shop, or I might, or my partner might. It's etiquette in our house that if it's not in the treat drawer, it's NOT fair game (and nobody is ever going to starve in this house, trust me). I will pay for everyone to have three square meals a day, and provide a reasonable amount of snacks and drinks, but after that, I've always said DSS can buy his own extras if he wants them.

I keep a few Oreo chocolate bars in my office drawer and have a 4 pack, and I treat myself to one every now and again as it's my absolute favourite. Went to get one over the weekend and there were none left. Asked DSS. He said "Oh you weren't eating them so I thought you didn't want them." There is NO time limit on how fast I have to eat MY snacks. He would have something to say if I went into his room and ate sweets he'd bought with his pocket money. I don't even know how he knew I hadn't been eating them, or how long they'd been there, seeing as they were in my drawer, in my office.

Totally unfair, totally reasonable to be pissed off.

My husband did something similar recently. MIL bought us 2 tubs of ice cream, one vanilla, one chocolate. My husband's favourite is vanilla so I told him I won't eat any of that-he should enjoy it all. I had about 3 tablespoons, tops, of the chocolate one. He ate the rest within a few days when I wasn't there (he arrives home from work before me).