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!!

@dancingdirty that is fantastic. I'm going to remember that one!

I hide food.... my DH and kids eat everything in sight! Chocolate goes in the back of the salad drawer in fridge....they never, ever find it. Other chocs and treats go in the drawer in the hallway with all my scarfs in... no ones ever found them either!

“ 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.”

Do people really behave like this in relationships??

I'd be mixing laxatives into the treats and watching the culprit suffer the consequences. The greedy bastards.

@Rhayader My ex-h did that too. Ate my whole big bar of Dairy Milk and read the book I had packed. Absolutely no help.

I’d go apeshit at DH. He would know without any shadow of a doubt that he would never do it again! Excuses? No way!

That can happen here and would annoy me as well.
What I also have is everything I buy I am expected to share as I do the household shopping but everyone else can buy themselves things and don’t share
I have rebelled though recently and didnt share the lindor!

"Do people really behave like this in relationships??"

No. It would all be done and dusted with a quick moan, then settle down to watch Antiques Roadshow with no crisps.

We all have our own snacks. Dh and the dc would not consider finishing ‘my’ snacks - and I keep an eye on their snacks and buy more when they’re getting low. Shows a complete lack of respect if your family members are eating all 4 crunchiest in a multipack, or all ‘your’ crisis.

You need to talk to dh/kids about fairness and asking before they eat your snacks.

Crunchies and crisps - but there would be a crisis if my h ate my crisps!

I love the mn ideolgical discrepancies. Your crisps,not his,not shared.no way
Male wage = family money.shared.of course it’s shared.you're entitled

Can’t get worked up about this,hide your stash better if it matters to you

@gwackywacky yep. I got to the absolute end of my tether of finding the chocolate I'd been looking forward to had been eaten because I'd had the audacity to keep it for a few days.

The excuse was his medication makes him hungry, so I got the safe and lock it away now. It's not a great thing to have to do, but I do get to eat my chocolate now

I've noticed that in general women will be 'greedy' without it impacting anyone else - buying themselves a huge bar of chocolate or like OP a big bag of crisps, but men will be greedy in a totally selfish way - eating their own treats then eating their wives/partners stash. It's like they're food psychopaths with no thought or care for other's disappointment. Weird.

I can never believe this sort of thing.

I love crisps....when I buy a big bag I just share the buggers! With everyone in the house.

When they buy something nice...they share too!

The idea of eating crisps a bloody handful at a time....ALONE seems very odd indeed.

This is why I hide my treats in my car. I don’t indulge often so I like to have something there when I do feel like it.

I really don't understand relationships which are so distant that you would have "my crisps".

We are a family. We care for each other. We share with each other.

I just can't understand the selfish mindset of buying something nice and wanting to keep it all to myself. Seriously, hiding some crisps in the cupboard and helping yourself to sneaky handful here and there without sharing? Horrible behaviour. The reasonable thing to do is to open the packet, put in a bowl, and share with the family.

YANBU.

My ex never knew there was an alcove in the larder wall. I did. And that’s where the good stuff was hidden.

If my DH did this, I would kill him dead in his sleep. Not really. Yes really

DP does this and it drives me up the wall. But @Rhayader I would have done an ACTUAL MURDER

@PanamaPattie if I could volunteer for jury duty it would be for this case.

MrsM me neither! It's so weird! I'm a crisp and chocolate fanatic as much as anyone but to keep a bag privately is just weird! It's not as if they're a luxury really....how much is a big bag these days? I live in Oz now...

I hide our treats in the garage for this reason. I ask the kids and husband what they want for the week and it goes into the garage. When they want some I go and ration it out! That way no one pigs out on someone else's treats!

I hate the idea of "my treats"

Wtf?

I'm not saying I never eat a bar of chocolate when the kids are in bed...of course I do...but it's random...I certainly don't think "this is my treat"

I just eat it. And that's that! If DH is with me, he will too. Crisps...cheap. Big bag...open it up and share them!

Leave the bastard

I rarely crave sweet things (once a month really) but when I do the fucker has scoffed the lot. It seems reasonable to hide treats in tampon boxes surely?

I have to hide ”treats” as DH will scoff them without a thought.

I might fancy some green & blacks chocolate 6 days after shopping and don't want to find that DH scoffed it because it was there.

He enjoys meals a lot more now that olives, salami, breadsticks are there as part of the meal I planned and not just a walk by scoff session.