AIBU to be so enraged about reckless egg usage??

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D(debatable)H made himself and son eggs yesterday for breakfast despite my slightly worried “have you counted how many we have?” He’s just cooked 4 more for himself and son leaving youngest and me (I’m always last to be thought of anyway) with none. I wanted to bake today. Eggs last longer in a cake right?! . He’s so selfish with food. Just takes what he wants even if it’s the kids’ stuff. Never thinks to replace it or if it might be needed e.g. drinks all the milk then wonders why there isn’t any for coffee. He thinks I’m being a drama queen as he can just pop to shops. And this is why I’m stressed. I don’t want any of us going out unless we have to. And we don’t HAVE to if we eat sensibly. We had a huge row on Monday so I may still be harbouring rage about that. Tell me if any of you have selfish partners. I’m thinking about one previous OP whose OH ate all the treats and her posh biscuits.

Wow. Poor fella!
Maybe you should label things he can and can't eat?
It must be awful to not be able to eat without fear of recrimination for eating the wrong thing.
Would you have checked with him if he wanted them before making a cake?? I seriously doubt it!

Maybe he shouldn't eat whatever the fuck he likes when we all need to be more careful with our resources atm.

I'm with you OP, would drive me round the bend! Especially since you had already pointed out you were running low.

My little sis used to do this all the time, drink a pint of milk before bed, oops, no milk for breakfast before school never mind our DPs coffee before work. My Ex wasn't much better, probably worse in fact, but I'd had more than 16 years of practise by the time we met. If I were to spend lockdown with either of them I'd be arrested for murder! Thankfully my current partner is totally different thank god. Just yesterday we were down to one banana when we both normally have one for brekkie. I'm working from home because a) I'm pregnant, and b) we had so few staff left in the building it was ridiculous, so he'd left for work before I got up (sneaky MF that he is) and left the banana and a cute little note - me I'd have cut the thing in half and left his half in the fridge so in comparison to him I'm the selfish one.

As for OPs other half he's clearly totally self-centred but it's not really about that, it's about the fact that we are on lockdown. Yes strictly speaking no one needs cake, but the whole house could have had some cake and it would have been a treat that boosted morale, instead morale was brought even lower by his disregard for other members of the household. He also seems to be struggling with the idea of only shopping once a week, there should be no more popping to the shops because you selfishly consumed all of something without any consideration. It's like all the people who flocked to the beach last weekend, yes we hadn't been placed officially on lockdown but there was already a ban on non-essential travel, what part of essential do people not understand! I really feel like a genius these days because I know the definition of words like essential, necessary and once.
Though maybe I too am a little edgy already having had a massive argument with my 95 year old grandmother this evening who's still been going to the shop every morning for her paper - all started with her telling me how annoyed she was at having to go into different shops each morning because the shopkeeper at her usual one told her off and said if she came back again before her week was up he would refuse to serve her. She thought he was in the wrong, I thought he was perfectly justified in his reaction especially since he did offer to have his daughter drop one at her doorstep during her daily exercise but seemingly it was all about some mystical principal. Batty cow (sorry nana but true)

Don't get these constant rants about food why the hell do you not all eat together instead of going to the fridge and feeding yourselves in cribs and drabs

My dh ate 3 eggs, in an omelette, it was our last 3 eggs, didn't think to ask if they were part of a meal plan, as we have 5 children how can 3 eggs be useful?!!! Ugh. Not something I'd normally be annoyed about but I'm in the high risk stay home for 12 weeks category and really can't see why he'd make it so we(I don't go) need any other trip to the supermarket. Although found a local farmer who delivers cheap enough so not too angry now.

Sounds like a selfish tosser. Send him to the supermarket.

YABU
I’d be more annoyed at you using them for a cake rather than letting the family eat them for breakfast if I were your OH ... I mean he should have included you in said breakfast (were you having a lie in maybe so he assumed you’d sort out your own breakfast later? Could have saved you an egg or two for your own breakfast) but I think eggs for cake are a more reckless waste than for breakfast...

I'm buried under eggs as the chickens keep on laying and we're not eating enough. I normally sell some in work and the money goes into the charity pot. Wish someone would need some around here so I could share!!!

Certainly an egg shortage here. We have a small Sainsbury's and a slightly bigger co-OP next to each other. No eggs in Sainsbury's or bread so when dp went put much later in day he tried co op and managed to get bread and even eggs but he said there were only 3 boxes on shelf and he felt he could only take 1. They were the expensive Happy Eggs too.

YANBU OP. 4 eggs is a lot for one person

I am just amazed you could get flour. Eggs and flour out in Morrison's and Aldi here before lockdown. I am staying at home for 12 weeks and will make do with whatever online shop brings me. When it arrives on April 8th I will have been 3 weeks without shopping as no earlier slots. I am excercising on bike at home. You need some escapism op, people will get testy if cooped up together and under stress.

Yes he is being selfish. Here is one egg a head untill the situation in the supermarkets improve. I did bake the other week because it bring us all some happiness and everyone had cake and enjoyed it. So I don't think it is selfish to bake

You are definitely not being unreasonable. We’ve had to ration eggs here for the last week as there were non available. Finally found some more but we are being considerate about using them. Sorry you had a row, it’s stressful being cooped up. Hope you can have chat at a good time for both of you and clear the air. Still, YANBU here

To be fair 6 eggs between what 4 people, not enough for a few days even

We talked (I lost it) and he said he could eat what he wanted because he doesn’t have time to eat eggs normally. He went out and bought some. Yesterday. And has eaten them all. He raged and said he’d put his name on them if that’s the way I feel. I may put my name on the ones left over from the Tesco shop. He’s lost the plot at the kids today, shouted at me, stormed off to our room. ...it’s exhausting

No eggs to be had on Asda today

Your problems are greater than eggs mate

No eggs for us either and he thinks can pop to shop for something every five minutes I feel like I am locking him in the house like a naughty puppy ! We are arguing about it non stop !!! Same with the food well apparantly it's there to get eaten else it goes off 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 don't get me started but your not alone !

There’s certainly an egg shortage here and I don’t want to go out unless I absolutely have to. Inconsiderate if you ask me.

The supermarket where I work has been so short of eggs this week, we are now restricting them to one box per customer (either a box of 6 or one of 12) but the boxes of a dozen sold out very early. Farm shops around here are only letting regular customers reserve them and are selling out. When they have their own free-range flock on site they can't magically increase production.

Go to your corner shop then, they have everything there, including eggs, loo roll, paracetamol.
There isn't a shortage but the farms have laid off staff, the ones that supply to supermarkets pack thousands.
Hens are still laying eggs, don't panic.

I know this isn't really about the eggs, but I have some powdered egg in. They are rank if you make scrambled egg or an omelette but they are great for baking.
It might be worth seeing if you can order some.

He’s eaten all the yoghurts now. Youngest had 1 but he’s eaten all the others and when challenges just shrugged
I am now in a food war so will buy only things I like and hide what I really want to get some of. He bought himself a box of eggs in a peevish fashion after I posted here and ate them all within 2 days. So we can conclude my dear people that he is just selfish

You can use the water from chickpeas cans as an egg substitute

There you go OP, your poor deprived DH can eat the water from chickpea cans. Sorted.

He's been selfish the whole time, you concluded that a few pages ago. The question is, do you want to carry on living with someone so selfish?