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DH is making himself ill because he always has to be right

337 replies

Whereisthechicken · 25/12/2019 12:27

After a bit of a hunt this morning, I've just located a whole raw chicken in our car after DH obviously forgot to bring it in with the rest of the food shopping on the morning of the 23rd December (I had gone out to a different shop for a few more little bits in my car so he was left to do the unpacking from his car).

I am clearly annoyed and insisting the slightly green chicken is bad now but he is adamant it's fine as leaving the chicken in a cold car for two days is as good as leaving it in the fridge apparently. No idea on the temp here but it's been raining/a bit sunny here in Wiltshire during these last two days.

I'm certain he's just saying this because he's a stubborn person who, if I said the grass was green he'd argue that it was pink. Doesn't do it to anyone else, just me. He always has to be right. I've said the chicken is bad and so he's insisting it's perfectly fine to eat and is now cooking it. I'm pissed off knowing there's a strong possibility he's going to ruin boxing day being sat on the toilet the whole time which is just great when we have two young children. Is he bu for eating it or aibu (it is safe and I should leave him to it)?

OP posts:
Abraid2 · 25/12/2019 16:11

completely put me off children in general. I rarely eat it now

I still like a toddler fricassee. Once they get to teenage they need stewing for longer.

WhoTheFuckIsGail · 25/12/2019 16:11

What a twat he is! He'd better not be ok or he'll see himself as totally vindicated.

TooSweetToBeSour · 25/12/2019 16:12

I know it’s wrong to wish ill fortune on someone, especially on Christmas Day, but I really hope he shits his pants for being such a sanctimonious arse Xmas Grin

MrsT1405 · 25/12/2019 16:16

I ended up with Guillian Barres syndrome after champhalora poisoning. It's a paralysis, not pleasant and can be fatal. Put it in the bin.

1CantPickAName · 25/12/2019 16:17

NRTFT but very interested in an update

Pinkstars2501 · 25/12/2019 16:26

Ooo what a knob.

I think I'd pour a drink and wait for the poonami to strike....

NorthernLightsInWinter · 25/12/2019 16:34

I hope he's severely ill, the idiot.

TheLittleBrownFox · 25/12/2019 16:41

Another who is just here for shitmageddon Xmas Envy (not envy)

I use the garage as a walk in fridge extension at this time of year - for veg, milk and any drinks bottles or cans. I've rescued cheese from the car if it fell out of a shopping bag and spent the night in there and it's been cold outside. The are things that only a fridge will do for though, and chicken is right up the at the top of the list.

Whereisthechicken · 25/12/2019 16:50

He's fine at the moment although he's gone for a sleep (the kids woke us at 5am and I had a quick nap after breakfast). Who knows how he'll feel this time tomorrow after a few chicken sandwiches though.

We do have two toilets luckily although the downstairs one is a bit unpleasant at the moment. We've just moved in not even a week ago and it just feels cold, dark and horrible but that's the one he'll be temporarily living in if it affects him.

I didn't see the chicken wasn't in the fridge simply because I wasn't looking for it until earlier today. DH had also put all the meat and veg piled on top of each other on one shelf and I had assumed it was behind the wall of food.

I'm concerned the kids and I will be contaminated reading about how some bacteria can be airborne (is that right?). I put our oven stuff in straight after he took the chicken out and was preparing food a few metres away. I'm quite strict about food hygiene and very over the top when it comes to checking meat is cooked properly but I didn't know some of the stuff I've just read so now I really am worried for us. Not him, just the kids and I.

I think next update will be in the morning which will give the chicken time to really settle in his stomach. Hopefully he doesn't shit the bed during the night with me in it!

Have a lovely evening everyone!

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FrivolousPancake · 25/12/2019 17:00

I can’t believe anyone would be so pigheaded!

Spitsandspots · 25/12/2019 17:03

Idiotic and I would say he is going to regret it.
It will be annoying if he’s perfectly fine.

BursarsDriedFrogPills · 25/12/2019 17:05

Yuck. Can't imagine wanting tk be right so much I voluntarily risked food poisoning.

Also, doesn't your car now smell a bit like a butchers?

keepingbees · 25/12/2019 17:11

This reminds me of the thread a while ago about the man who fished very out of date sausages in a swollen packet out of the bin and ate them. I believe he was fine but chicken is much more risky.
I don't get why you'd want to risk being so ill!
Hope nothing affects your or the DC op.

Ninkanink · 25/12/2019 17:14

Ah yes the fizzing sausages...

Apparently the fizzing was a good sign!

RhinoskinhaveI · 25/12/2019 17:17

Cooking will kill pathogenic organisms but it may not destroy the toxins excreted by those organisms

IHaveBrilloHair · 25/12/2019 17:17

Gizzing sausages?
WTAF?

Italiangreyhound · 25/12/2019 17:19

I've had loads of food poisoning, I'm susceptible to it I think (never from anything I cooked, I hasten to add), he is a fool.

But still hope is OK.

Milquetoaster · 25/12/2019 17:22

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Rachelfromfriends1 · 25/12/2019 17:25

If he’s military, I reckon he might be able firm it to be honest! He’ll at least try and outwardly minimise any ill effect

SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 25/12/2019 17:30

That’s utterly disgusting.

Catsick36 · 25/12/2019 17:51

That would be straight in the bin not sat in my fridge

blubelle7 · 25/12/2019 17:51

Are we married to the same man? Except if my idiot DH got ill he would blame it on everything else but the chicken, even if everyone else is perfectly fine and he is the only one that ate the chicken.

OlaEliza · 25/12/2019 17:58

Placemarking for the fallout of his arse 🤮

earlydoors42 · 25/12/2019 18:06

I am another one who has had campylobacter food poisoning - my EX husband didn't know to use a different chopping board for raw meat! It felt like a horse kicking me in the belly and I was so, so ill. I lost a stone and a half and ended up really ill for the following 6 months too as it affected my liver function.

So I hope he is lucky! A day on the toilet would be getting off lightly!

LeekMunchingSheepShagger · 25/12/2019 18:06

He totally deserves to have the raging shites. I bet the bugger will get away with it though. His type always do.