To expect DH to do this for me

[TheMustressMhor]

Every weekend DH cooks breakfast.

And every weekend my fried egg is too hard.

I only like dippy eggs. If he's going to go to the trouble of cooking bacon, black pudding, square sausage, mushrooms, eggs and toast, he could at least get the eggs right.

AIBU to expect him to take more care?

Cook them yourself then

Take your turn cooking breakfast and make it the way you want?

Does he know?

That's harsh.

I’d not be cooking again if DH complained or moaned about my cooking.

Cook your own breakfast then you can have them how you like.

@Blurby

I have mentioned it, yes.

Maybe I need to be more vocal?

LTB

Cook your own eggs

I do all the cooking the rest of the week.

It's only two meals out of fourteen that he does.

@LaMarschallin

That's a bit extreme!

I don't think my marriage is that bad.

Maybe you just need to cook the egg yourself OP? if it is of such importance. It's not a restaurant is it, no need to treat it as such.

OP, I'd suggest being clearer or offering to make the eggs. Otherwise, suggest he leaves them till last to cook.

I do all the cooking the rest of the week.

And do you cater for his fussiness, or does he happily eat everything you make?

YABU for having square sausages

Blurby thank you for your good advice.

I do think it's an issue of timing.

DP can never cook my eggs how I like them so when he cooks a breakfast at the end I cook my own eggs.

OP is, apparently, serious. Wow.

@WaterSheep

He eats everything I cook without complaint although he does add prodigious quantities of brown sauce

Am I being unreasonable?
Yes you are, mostly.
No I’m not.

Why are you asking if you don’t want the answer. You’re being ungrateful. Offer to cook the eggs yourself. I can’t do fried eggs runny either even if I try- the white never looks cooked and then when it does the yolk is not runny any more. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Surely if someone is being kind like this and going to this much effort to Cook you breakfast the least you can do is be grateful and Cope with a harder egg than usual.
If I went to that much effort for some one and they complained like that I'd tell them to stick it up their arse quite frankly.
There's nowt quite like saying I know your doing this for me but it's not good enough, try better......

@TheMemoryLingers

The square sausage is the best bit!

Our splendid local butcher (whose prices are very reasonable) makes it on site.

I'm afraid I complain about DH cooking my eggs and leaving them too runny. It doesn't seem to help much though - he still cooks them how he likes them. I think why we are not being unreasonable is - they should know us well enough to know how we like our eggs and love us enough to make the effort.

waiting for abuse as dare to expect anything from a man who should be worshipped for entering the kitchen once a week

I can’t cook fried eggs, So when I make breakfast I will only do scrambled as I ruin fried eggs (and the pan). If anyone moaned I’d tell them to do their own damn eggs

@PityParty4one

I suppose I could just do the eggs when he's got the rest of the stuff ready.

It seems a lot of hassle though.

He eats everything I cook without complaint

How would you feel if he complained about something on a meal every time you made it?

I'm guessing you'd be annoyed that he was being persnickety after all your effort. Then if he continued to moan each time you made it, i'm sure you'd soon end up telling him to do it himself.