Maltesergate

[boats]

Last night, DP was popping to the shop and asked if I wanted anything. I fancied some Maltesers, so made my request and off he went. He returned with a pack of Maltesers Buttons, because he 'saw me eating some the other day so thought I meant them'.

I do like Maltesers Buttons, but that's not what I asked for. I am not really that annoyed, but slightly exasperated that after 5 long years he doesn't realise that what I ask for is what I actually want. I know the difference between Maltesers and Maltesers Buttons, as does he, so why would he assume that when I said one thing I meant another??

hopefully its lighthearted but he made a mistake does it matter

@BuzzShitbagBobbly yes! Another one I hate is Wetherspoons, where people add an A as in Weather.

@Squitface my DH does the same. I have now taken to asking 'What bit didn't you hear' more of then thn not he will mumble 'All of it'
Luckily he is handy with an iron and a cooker so I'll keep him for now

This is the trouble with DPs. LTB. Get another one that listens. Oh wait.

LTB

Seriously though, dh does this. On the very rare occasion he goes to the shop and I ask him to get me something he always gets it wrong.
So at the weekend I was ill and asked him to get me some original flavour lucozade. I then reiterated, as I have done several times before in the past, that I ONLY like original flavoured lucozade. So what did he come back with? Orange flavoured lucozade ffs!
I used to think he did it on purpose, maybe so I don’t ask him to go to the shop etc but I’ve realised now it’s more likely just that he doesn’t pay that much attention when he’s in the shop - he just wants to get in and out and doesn’t read the labels properly etc.
No excuse though!

@ShesGotBetteDavisEyes buying orange instead of original flavour lucozade is under the patio territory! I will gladly give you an alibi!

Oh and OP, he maybe could've been worse with a Malteser Bunny?

I hope they weren't the new mint malteasers buttons - I'd take serious offence to those.

@Spied WTF mint Maltesers, totally wrong and I'm glad not to have stumbled across them!

I think he is gaslighting you and is a narcissist .

My DH does shit like this too. I can send him with a solid list of things we need and he will always return missing at least one or two things or he’ll buy something completely different expecting that to suffice. I think it’s laziness tbh, he can’t be bothered finding the actual things so gets the first ‘substitute’ he sees. He’d be a terrible supermarket packer!

Spied No, but those sound so wrong that I must try them! Where are they?

@boats I agreed with you, I retract that if you're going to start supporting mint maltesers! Er can't be friends now.

Er = we

To put the minds of the "Does it really matter? He tried" posters at rest - please don't worry about poor DP, I graciously accepted the buttons and did not shout at him. But to answer your question: yes, yes it does.

I imagine that Malteser buttons are similar to a bar of Malteser chocolate which, whilst lovely in it's own right, is just not the same.

I wanted a sharing bag of Maltesers when in Asda this week and there weren't any at all. Bars/buttons but no bog standard Maltesers. The world has gone to pot!

YANBU

I want Maltesers now.

Feel ya OP!!! My husband is amazing, and I love him so much, but he does this all the time just purely because he doesn't listen when I speak 😂 he will ask me what I want from the shop and then genuinely not listen to my answer and make it up as he goes along when he gets there 🤦‍♀️ but it's one tiny little gripe, and the good FAR outweighs the bad so like you I just eyeroll to myself and let it go

I love st augur cheese on cheddars, dp going to shops i ask for a packet of cheddars and some st augur. I explained that i planned to eat as biscuits and cheese. He bought mini cheddars as they were on offer. I was quite cross got crosser as i sat with my mini cheddars faffing about puting cheese in the teeny tiny biscuits.

BullshitVivienne "yes! Another one I hate is Wetherspoons, where people add an A as in Weather."

My eye is twitching...

@BullshitVivienne it's Wetherspoon, not Wetherspoons

Shortened to ‘spoons’ though. At least where I live.

Anyone tried these? www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/foodanddrink/malteser-biscuits-where-to-buy-a4334046.html%3famp