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.

No. That's not what happened. He used the last 4 eggs for him AND their son for breakfast.The OP thinks making a cake with them for the family is better than a breakfast of protein-filled eggs

Yes but only 2 people in the house had this amazing breakfast 2 days running! Op.and her other son got nothing!

Hardly man of the year is he?

Op

Genuine questions.

How do you cope with life in general? Have you ever had anything really serious happen (and I appreciate your serious may not equate to my serious!)

Very difficult to get eggs around here atm.

*No. That's not what happened. He used the last 4 eggs for him AND their son for breakfast (although he and the son did have eggs for breakfast yesterday).

Leaving the OP and the youngest without and without asking first.
I was pointing out to you that the husband did not eat all those eggs as you incorrectly stated in your reply.

There is no egg shortage

Eggs were literally the only thing I couldn’t get when I went out to shop. There might not be a shortage but there is a supply issue.

YANBU, regardless of cake or not, it’s greedy to be eating all of one food stuff when you may not be able to get more easily, especially when you know someone else might like some!

I was pointing out to you that the husband did not eat all those eggs as you incorrectly stated in your reply

Granted.

But he's still fucking selfish because he left two family member scompletely without.

Those of you having trouble getting eggs - try catering suppliers. Lots of them switching to domestic supply of eggs, meat etc. as the cafes and restaurants they supply are closed.

I was in A&E on Tuesday morning. Not virus related. I asked for a pillow.
“Rarer than eggs in the shops” they said. But lovely nurse found me one.

I think this is less about the specific foodstuff and more about the selfish attitude.

I’m 39+6 and terrified my DH won’t be allowed with me at the birth of our first child if he’s symptomatic.
As a result we got a sensible shop in and have been distancing to the point of almost fully isolating for almost two full weeks now. We don’t isolate from each other but have only left for essentials since 13th March.
Anyway back to the matter in hand. I love him. Dearly. But if he complains once more about wanting a bloody snack or needing a bigger portion, or using excessive amounts of ingredients I’m going to divorce him.
I’m with you OP, we are fortunate enough that we can pop out and purchase more of anything based on finances, we are very lucky in that respect.
We are not however as a result immune from the virus or importantly from transmitting it to anyone else should we be incubating it.
He also asked me if he could go out for a little drive rather than a walk as his “trip out”. This was the point I flipped and shouted at him “it’s not a bloody trip out, your choice isn’t a jog around the block or a day at Thorpe park you are distancing for Christ’s sake. Sit down, learn to tolerate it and stop eating everything in sight!”

Think he got the message!

People can’t buy eggs as you’ve got to wait for many chickens to lay more, they can’t magic them out of thin air so supply will take a while to build up.

He shouldn’t eat everything in sight, that is just good manners really isn’t it at any time.

However now is dire and living with someone who counted eggs, watched my food consumption would drive me mad.

OP were you left without food? Were you actually intending to eat eggs for breakfast? If you had plenty of other food and had already planned to have a different breakfast, then I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. They've eaten more eggs, but you've eaten more of whatever else it was that you had for breakfast instead.

2 eggs per person is a reasonable and healthy breakfast. Its not greedy or excessive. I really can't imagine getting cross with my husband or child about that.

I would get cross with someone wanting to bake cakes when eggs are limited and need to be used for healthy meals rather than sugar laden snack foods.

I've said to my boys just check before using the last of anything because its not easy to replace at the moment. Normally people can eat what they want

Whoever asked if I had experienced anything really bad? Yes I have. Lots and therefore don’t need egg stress to add to it? Eggstra stress if you will- I’m still humorous albeit cross.
I was making cake as an activity with my youngest - not for the end result but for the time it would fill and time I could spend with him and he likes cracking eggs - or trying to. Yes I can make something else but it is sheer selfishness to use all 4 eggs without asking if I or youngest wanted any. I stand by that. And yes we have an issue here. I’m just finding it harder whilst in lockdown and can’t just sent him out to replace it all. He also ate a mars bar i was saving yesterday. “Because there’s no yoghurt”. He’s annoyingly me immensely and I needed to vent today.

Being annoyed about the bigger issue of him being thoughtless and greedy is fair enough. He needs to start thinking about what he's eating; and he needs to start communicating to ensure there is enough for everyone. But saying he and your son cant have eggs because you want to make a cake kind of undercuts your point. You can buy cake, but eggs are harder to get so it really is wasteful to use them up for a cake.

2 eggs per person is a reasonable and healthy breakfast. Its not greedy or excessive. I really can't imagine getting cross with my husband or child about that.
It is when you have them 2 days running and leave none at all for 2 other family members.
When were op and her other son supposed to get thier "reasonable and healthy breakfast"?

So eggs are the new bog roll in terms of being super hard to find? I hadn't noticed since I never buy them.

As someone said, this is not about those 4 eggs specifically, this is about a pattern of inconsiderate behavior and the OPs feelings about it reaching boiling point because we're all under stress and working around the inconsiderate behavior becomes a lot harder when there are restrictions on how often you can go out, whether or not goods are in ready supply, etc.

He also ate a mars bar i was saving yesterday. “Because there’s no yoghurt”. He’s annoyingly me immensely and I needed to vent today.
He sounds a prize dick op. Hope you can get through to him that taking things that arent his is shit behaviour. No excuses.
Next shop buy yourself treats and hide them in your undies drawer then eat them in front of him 😉

But saying he and your son cant have eggs because you want to make a cake kind of undercuts your point.

So op cant make cake which would last several days and be a good activity for her small son but her oh can let her and her 3yr old go without those same eggs because he is a greedy git?

Cake is eating sensibly?

I think your food wars are being replicated all over the country - I have a greedy DH and we’re staying with my parents and they are already tense that he is just eating stuff he fancies without considering if it’s the last one or it might be used in a meal that evening or whatever. I don’t have any answers I’m afraid except for 100% meal planning which is quite extreme.

Cake is eating sensibly?

Fuck yeah.

An egg sandwich uses less ingredients than a cake and doesn't use flour which you could use to make bread.

You can't use cake (self raising) flour to make bread.

Can you???

OMG - you can!!!!

Cancel everything, I am baking today. recipes.sainsburys.co.uk/recipes/baking/easy-plain-flour-loaf

You can use orange juice as a substitute for eggs in cake.

www.yummly.co.uk/recipes/self-raising-flour-bread