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To think I don’t need to be told how much bread to order

93 replies

Mamsnetter2020 · 09/12/2019 21:23

DS has been having cereal instead of toast for the last few nights so we have around half a loaf more than we usually would, DP told me I need to keep an eye on the bread situation.

AIBU to think I am a grown adult who is quite capable of this and it really does not need to be commented on!

OP posts:
mummmy2017 · 09/12/2019 22:39

Give him beans are on toast for tea, as you know he is worried about the bread issue.

Majorcollywobble · 09/12/2019 22:41

Crumbs.

mumwon · 09/12/2019 22:45

sigh dh has whole big loaf to himself - me, I have that tiny little gluten free dry cotton wool loaves... not fair! I lust after French bread, crusty seeded artisan style loaves which are just out of the oven...

Frenchw1fe · 09/12/2019 22:45

My mil once found a note from fil after he'd left for work. It simply said.
'The clock is right.'

MyMajesty · 09/12/2019 22:47

Biscuit Biscuit

^ A biscuit each for OP and DH.
(in case you didn't work that out)

ilovepixie · 09/12/2019 22:53

Is anyone else not worried about the milk situation as more cereal is being eaten thus more milk being consumed!!!

Hirsutefirs · 09/12/2019 22:59

Tell him:

Tiredandgrumpytonight · 09/12/2019 23:02

@Michaelbaubles In this house that would be code for ‘don’t eat them all you greedy cow, make sure the kids get one’ Grin

(Not that he’d actually ever call me that, I’d eat him)

1Morewineplease · 09/12/2019 23:05

Just asking.. why is he eating toast or cereal in the evening?

messolini9 · 09/12/2019 23:07

DP told me I need to keep an eye on the bread situation

"Of course I don't DP, you obviously have better intel on the bread situation, so thanks for managing that one."

Then DO NOT BUY BREAD.

OlaEliza · 09/12/2019 23:11

@1Morewineplease Maybe he's a teenager and it's a last snack before bed, or before his dinner.

messolini9 · 09/12/2019 23:13

Jeepers this is a corking bread thread - some Classic-worthy responses, a bonus Dr Feelgood track, & another fan of my fave author on MN! -

^(@BeeFarseer, did you know there is an Althea Vestrit here?
The Wolf of the West lives!)^

MarianaMoatedGrange · 09/12/2019 23:13

Clearly you need to create a bread spreadsheet to monitor The Bread Situation

Please report and update your analysis here.

fligglepige · 09/12/2019 23:14

He sounds a bit pompous! If DH started getting uppity with me about the bread getting low I'd tell him he knows where the shop is! And if he yapped about having too much he'd get toast for his dinner.

elephantoverthehill · 09/12/2019 23:19

I don't have a Dp but Ds has to keep an eye on the bread situation as I am GF. If he says they are running out I will glady buy more, but no warning=no buying.

MarianaMoatedGrange · 09/12/2019 23:19

ilovepixie Obviously there is now a Milk Situation too, but the primary cause for concern for OP's DP is the Bread Situation. Let's address the milk concerns once we have a grip on the bread.

elephantoverthehill · 09/12/2019 23:21

Oh ditto the milk sitch. I don't use it, so tell me if you need it.

PremierNaps · 09/12/2019 23:24

I'm voting YABU simply because it sounds more of an observation rather than your DH thinking you don't know how much bread to get.

Jimjamjong · 09/12/2019 23:27

Tell him to freeze it.

messolini9 · 09/12/2019 23:34

@PremierNaps
I'm voting YABU simply because it sounds more of an observation rather than your DH thinking you don't know how much bread to get.

It was either of those though, was it?
There is no way he believes OP doesn;t understand Bread Management.
And it was not an observation, it was an instruction. Because clearly owning a penis excuses him from making his own Bread Purchases.

messolini9 · 09/12/2019 23:35

ooops sorry "WASN'T either of those"

SheSaidHummingbird · 10/12/2019 00:07

I would have to be a childish bitch about this if it were me... Giving him daily reports on 'The Bread Situation' in army slang in my most serious voice with a spreadsheet. It would escalate each day, the reports would become longer, the situation more critical and eventually would involve a military map of the local area spread over the kitchen table with 'Baked Goods Depots' marked and I would be pushing models around the board to map the logitiscs of Plan Bread. Continue until he concedes he is an idiot.

katewhinesalot · 10/12/2019 00:14

It sounds as if he has a right old cob on. He'll have to use his loaf to think about how he speaks to his wife and roll with it.

katewhinesalot · 10/12/2019 00:14

He needs to think about which side his bread is buttered.

NearlyGranny · 10/12/2019 00:14

Anything else he asks you to do, you're currently at full stretch managing the bread situation which had been identified (by him, 'Gold Leader') as priority no 1. Until you receive instructions to stand down, nothing else can happen unless extra support is called on.

Job done, make toast, feet up and issue bread situation update no 47.