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.

YANBU OP, he sounds selfish. You may have to resort to hiding stuff until he gets his head round the fact that things are not normal.

YANBU, that sounds annoying!
It's not about there being a shortage of eggs, it's about not being able to just "pop to the shops" for random bits and pieces any more. It's great to be spontaneous under normal circumstances, but these days require a little more planning.

However I'd try to avoid rowing too much over it right now. Maybe point out consequences "what a shame, no cake today then!" Then let it drop.

Could you bake or make something without eggs? Flapjack, refrigerator cake, crumble, a pie, even rice crispie/cornflake cakes?

Surely you are not supposed to just "pop to the shop" every time something runs out? He was being selfish.

I don’t think you’re being unreasonable. He’s obviously got form for eating everything he wants and not giving a toss about anyone else. Least of all you. And you’d think, given the current climate, he might be more considerate.

And eggs are like gold dust round here, too.

I’d suggest getting some lovely pet chickens but it sounds like there’s a chance he’d cook them and eat them...

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I live near a farm that sells eggs. I bought eggs, DH bought eggs and now I'm left with too many eggs.

There are eggs, just don't go to the supermarket to get them. Go to a farm shop. They have fresh produce too.

Wonder why some areas can get eggs and some can’t ? I kept checking my shop to try and add more but no joy

Round here we have plenty of eggs simply because we are in close proximity to many smallholdings and big farms that sell to local shops direct.

If you are in the middle of a city i’d expect fewer chickens therefore fewer eggs in shops?

YANBU

It is selfish to eat all of something without first checking with other familiy members if they want some
Especially atm, when we have been told to stay home as much as possible

He should go out - alone - and do a big shop, since he has been gobbling up everything

then come home, wash hands thoroughly

• and stay the fuck home for the next few days

(apart from once daily exercise outside)

It’s about managing your stocks as well.
Our rice bin was empty, so I took a bag out of my stores and DS said ‘ Oh, that’s where it’s kept, I’ll know next time.’ I pointed out that I need to be the one in charge of stores, so I know what we’ve got, what’s low and what’s out. I don’t want ‘help yourself’ to become a thing.
That said, OP, you need to be talking and compromising with your family so that things are fair. He left you and dad with no eggs, that’s greedy and selfish. It’s going to be hard changing his attitude if he’s always been like that. Good luck.

No eggs in shops here either!

My 'D'P is similar OP, will eat everything in sight regardless of what I tell him it's for... I bought DS2 a pack of cocktail sausages as he loves them and they'd keep for a few days. DP ate the lot in one go

He's still out working at the moment (for a utilities company, essential work) but I'm dreading if that finishes soon and he's home all day eating us out of house and home...

Sounds he hasn’t grasped that you aren’t supposed to be popping out every five minutes. Put eggs on your list for when you do a proper shop.

That said, no one needs eggs. Search for egg free cake recipes online and get creative!

You might need to sit him down for a proper chat. He is putting you all at risk if he is popping out unnecessarily.

That said, no one needs eggs. Search for egg free cake recipes online and get creative!

It’s not as if anyone needs cake though....

Eggs are scarce here but fortunately I buy them 60 at a time for my business (cakes) so have approximately 100! I have been sharing with my neighbours but I'm going to make lots of cake mix and freeze so they wont last long. Have you got a local farm shop that's delivering?

To your point, selfish behaviour even when life is normal!

Eggs are in short supply where we are. I’d be fuming.

I had the discussion yesterday

The less we need to go to the shops the better.

If we can buy 3 days worth in one shot we only need go out twice a week.

He needs to change his thought process

AND I bet it’s you that goes to the shop to replace his greed

I think eating 2 eggs each, when they are in limited supply (in your fridge, not nationally) and you are avoiding shopping is selfish and greedy, yes. One egg is enough for breakfast when we are managing our food supply.

But I think you need more of a shared understanding of how this managing needs to work.

Crumble needs no eggs.

I'm using some tinned pears expiry date 2016 and crumble mix from the freezer.

If I disappear send help.

(No eggs on the shelves here....)

Not everyone lives near a farm shop either.

Regardless of the cake thing, he could have cooked them for all of you, instead of just half.

I get my eggs delivered by "the egg man" who comes round every 2 weeks from a local farm. Mine are due tomorrow, I wonder if I will get them. I'm not using as many due to GC not being here after school/staying over so if I get my usual order I was going to offer them to the family across the road, I thought it must be hard shopping for a busy family with children. I hope she can use them.

DH and our two sons when the are at home don't seem to have the cognitive powers to think through food supplies issues at all.
Sometimes I'll buy something because I need it for a recipe and when they see something in the fridge that is not normally there they just eat it anyway. Sometimes this is makes me mildly annoyed, sometimes it fills me with rage. There are lots of eggs around here (Gloucestershire) the farm shops are including them in the boxes they now seem to sell a lot of.

Yes he was greedy and thoughtless. You don’t eat the last of anything without checking with other members of the household.
No eggs around here either when I did my big shop yesterday. I thought we weren’t supposed to be going to a supermarket and then to a farm shop?

I'd be raging too. Eggs are rarer than hens teeth atm. I have various crisps foodstuffs stashed the garage.

YANBU - my DH and I went through the cupboards, and worked out how much food we have of each type (x days tins, y days fresh fruit etc).

Cooking and preparing is 50:50, but I do the rationing of resources per day (have been on a diet and lost six stone, so am good at portioning and nutrition - DH was on another diet which isn't sustainable on available foodstuffs).

We have a shelf in the fridge for 'eat today' and a spot on the side - but all of it is split between both of us, and we wouldn't just nab all of something.