Biscuits - WIBU?

[Notmytelescope]

So for starters I accept this is a ridiculous, petty thing but I’d appreciate some outside perspective.

The backstory: On Thursday DH went shopping and bought a packet of biscuits ( nice ones with stem ginger in - the kind that come in a box...).

Friday AM before I went to work there was almost the whole packet left. DH was at home all day.

Saturday AM, I fancied a biscuit with my coffee and they were all gone. I called him a greedy piggy.

Sat PM I rumaged in the freezer for some cookie dough I had stashed away and there was enough for 6 small ‘biscuit muffins’. Come tea time I shared these with the DCs. I said DH couldn’t have one as he’d eaten all the biscuits yesterday. (DH has a habit of always eating anything if is opened)

He is now sulking and not talking to me. I think he is being ridculous and I am pissed off with him for his over reaction. Or am I being harsh?

Who is being unreasonable?

I’d say you were both BU. He was wrong to pig all the biscuits without considering that you might like one at a later point; you were wrong to call him greedy and police his food intake (especially in front of kids). You need to buy more biscuits on a regular basis!

I'm sure you're not @NotTonightJosepheen!

When I read my post back it does sound very small in isolation. But this was a man who ate the last slice of my birthday cake (which I had made), just because he fancied something sweet. Who would pour the entire half pint of cream on his apple pie and leave my mum with none for hers. Who would take the multipack of crisps I'd bought for my week's packed lunches into his study and eat the lot. Who once ate a curry sauce (with meat in it of course, not just sauce!) intended for four people for his lunch, because he didn't want a boring sandwich, and who then had the audacity to sulk for two days because we wouldn't make him beans on toast for dinner (which is what I had to have) because he'd already eaten four people's dinners.

It's supremely disrespectful, greedy, and just out and out horrible behaviour.

So whenever I see an OP complaining that someone in their house has eaten all of X thing the red mist descends

But in all seriousness, this behaviour wears you down and eats away at you. I can't tell you how happy I was when I moved out, just to know that if I bought something it would still be in my cupboard when I went to get it, and I didn't have to keep food in my bedroom or hide things under the vegetables.

You sound controlling. Who cares how many biscuits he ate? 1 pack, 5 packs. It's his choice.
My dh eats a pack of biscuits regularly it's his downfall.. I always make sure there's some in. And if I want some and they're gone.. I go to the shop.

Get a grip

You actually called your husband a "greedy Piggy" is he 6?
And then he's not allowed a cookie? ffs - grow up and buy more biscuits.

I'm with OP. I have a greedy husband too. If we have nice food it's eaten by him straight away. 😡 I have to hide food. Or ration it out if me and the kids are going to get any! It feels ridiculous but after 19 years of living with it it is incredibly frustrating!

Well he is a greedy pig though.

And for relevance to the thread, (this will be my last example I promise!) when we bought those nice packs of M&S chocolate biscuits for Christmas - you know the variety ones with the chocolate rings and cream fillings etc - he'd eat all the dark chocolate ones (which make up about 20% of the box) first.

My mum can't eat milk or white chocolate. He ate the only ones she could have first. He never once thought maybe he'd choose something else so she could have a nice biscuit too.

And to be honest I'm not sure why I'm writing this in the past tense, because I guarantee he'll do the same thing this Christmas.

to be fair those posh boxes have about 6 biscuits in them

to be fair those posh boxes have about 6 biscuits in them

My dh eats a pack of biscuits regularly it's his downfall.. I always make sure there's some in. And if I want some and they're gone.. I go to the shop

You absolute doormat.

its hard because yes idealy he would think of the others in the family.but then when is too long for a pac of biscuits to be allowed open before it can be finished.if you keep going back to them and they have not changed emptiness then how long should you wait before you can dig in.its very very tricky :D

I have my own stash of food hidden away for this reason.

@Lockheart there was a thread no so long ago where the OP's husband was like your father and she got lots of support.

I wish this was all I had to worry about.

this is why being single is great.

only have to share with myself. lol

sorry op - you are not being unreasonable, hes very greedy! and quite selfish really!

Yep he was absolutely a greedy pig.

Like a previous poster we self police in our house if we have nice treats in. There are currently four of us living at home (sometimes six) so if it’s a box of four we‘ll have one each.

But I expect a bit of self control to be honest. When my kids were younger we had a one biscuit a day rule which everyone just followed. And gratifyingly they don’t eat loads of crap as young adults now.

I’m not sure that DH even eats biscuits.

He bought them for god's sake.

I'm with you op. Oh eats everything, like a packet of biscuits a night as soon as he gets home from work, there's none left for me and the kids and it really winds me up. I do sometimes hide stuff but why the hell should I?
He's a grown man he should be considerate.

So he can have most or all of a packet to himself & Op & the kids can't have six between them??!!

He is a greedy pig-Op shouldn't have to buy double or hide stuff away because he stuffs his face & is too selfish to leave some for others.

To all those people saying OP is treating her DH like a child - perhaps he stop acting like one! Guzzling all the biscuits is something I’d expect from a 5 year old.
And for all the PP saying he bought his biscuits - next time the OP does the grocery shop should she simply eat everything and leave nothing for him, then point out she bought it?
@Lockheart , my absolute sympathies to you. I had an ex who used to pull this crap constantly and it does wear down your soul.

Guzzling all the biscuits is something I’d expect from a 5 year old.

what's the acceptable ration of biscuits for an adult alone in his own house over a day then?
I miss the rules about what people are allowed to eat or not...