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!!

He ate the remaining, max, half a bag of crisps. It's hardly compulsive eating, 🤣

It seems to be a thing on Mumsnet that you are not allowed anything for yourself. Absolutely everything must be shared. Food, drink, money.

DH, DD and I have treats between the 3 of us occasionally but we also have our own treat bags. Which we allow ourselves to have at the weekend. DH will always finish stuff from his before we do. He wouldn’t dream of helping himself from our bags unless offered.

We will offer each other stuff as we’re eating it so don’t assume it’s a sharing issue but there’s an understanding that we have our own.

I don’t see why a grown adult can’t control themselves enough to not eat someone else’s food and it shouldn’t matter how long its been sitting there.

These stories of adults stealing food from kids lunches are fucking disgusting and these people should be ashamed of themselves.

When you live with someone like this, they eat until it's all gone, regardless of the amount. If there is half a bag, they'll eat half a bag. If there are three bags, they'll eat three bags

Exactly, and right now, so if you think 'I'll have some of them tomorrow/at the weekend' you've no chance. And for those saying 'just buy more' well believe it or not, some people don't have infinite money for food and have this thing called a food budget, that needs to be stuck to.

OP if you're still around, you might enjoy this thread.

Yeah but I'm the hoover in our house.
Last Xmas DP had a big tube of smarties next to his chair would eat 2 at a time then forget about them. Every time I hoovered I saw them and would scoff a handful. A month later he queried where the tube had gone.

My excuses were - 'they were going soft' (they weren't) or 'you'd forgotten about them'
Soz OP but I'm with your husband.

I agree with you that it's avaricious and greedy.

But one of the few times I've ever had a go at DP was on the third Friday I had got home after a foul week at work, looking forward to my one bottle of German beer that I had left chilling in the fridge, only to find that he'd had it in preference to his 2 vile cans of supermarket brand cider that he left out on the worktop. And no, telling me he'd go to the corner shop and get a me a can of lager in a minute was not the same.

Man eats crisps
Buy more crisps
Nothing to get upset about
I don’t understand having an open bag and going picking at them repeatedly. I expect your dh doesn’t either. If I get a large bag, the family eats it all in one go, together. Perhaps your h is used to that.

Yeah but I'm the hoover in our house.
Last Xmas DP had a big tube of smarties next to his chair would eat 2 at a time then forget about them. Every time I hoovered I saw them and would scoff a handful. A month later he queried where the tube had gone.
My excuses were - 'they were going soft' (they weren't) or 'you'd forgotten about them'
Soz OP but I'm with your husband.

But why? They weren’t yours to have. Buy your own if you’re so desperate for chocolate it drives you to steal someone else’s.
It didn’t matter how long they’d been there they weren’t yours.

Would you do the same if he’d left a tenner on the side? Or someone at work had left some food in the fridge or on their desk.

I had some morning sickness when I was pregnant and bought some ginger nuts to help with that (not what we normally have in the house). My OH ate them and to this day can't see what the big deal was. At that point we lived one minute walk from a shop which sold all manner of sugary crap but not always ginger nuts.

You've got to share. Just buy more

a) most people don't have an unlimited budget, and
b) it doesn't matter how much you buy, selfish greedy bastards like this will eat all you buy no matter how much.

Thanks everyone for the replies - didn't realise this would be so polarising! Some of these posts are hilarious 😁. I love it!