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Original poster

To not walk down the shop to buy an icecream for my DH?

130 replies

Knobblybobbly · 05/04/2020 16:06

My husband has taken himself off to sulk because I have refused to make the non-essential visit to our corner shop to buy him an icecream as part of my 1hr exercise.

I have point blank refused and he thinks I’m being over the top and ridiculous. He wont go though.....

OP posts:
NearlyGranny · 06/04/2020 18:54

The onvious answer to his moaning is,

"Don't you know there's a pandemic on?!“

Zoejj77 · 06/04/2020 18:55

Mine on Sunday said he wanted to go to the shops for an icecream I was like no ffs you aren’t going

toxic44 · 06/04/2020 18:59

Could you make some ice cream?

BonusMamaJ · 06/04/2020 19:01

he should have put it on the shopping list last time you did the grocery shopping

cuparfull · 06/04/2020 19:01

He's an arse. Tell him to grow up!
People are dying an he's worried about an ice cream. Perhaps he should consider joining the NHS Volunteers then he'd have justification to go out and at the same time do some good for others.
And show him this!

cuparfull · 06/04/2020 19:04

Yes do get him to make some icecream... Only requires several mixings to break up the ice crystals. He can research recipes instead of sulking.
We all feel s....t atm but lets just try.

Cheerbear23 · 06/04/2020 19:08

I wouldn’t just for an ice cream. If I wanted bread, milk, cat food too then I would buy ice cream at the same time.

Richwitch · 06/04/2020 19:19

Gosh! There are some vile nasty people on here at the moment. Does it make you feel good to be as vile to others as you possibly can? God forbid someone should disagree with you! Maybe being stuck inside with your own company has turned you bitter and twisted. I dunno. Wasn't it all #bekind only a few weeks ago?

Not everyone is going to agree with you, but that's no reason to call people thick or insinuate they're the dregs of society. Take a look at yourselves!

Devlesko · 06/04/2020 19:22

It's not essential, but even if it wasn't why does he treat you like his gopher. Thanks

Devlesko · 06/04/2020 19:23

was.

Appuskidu · 06/04/2020 19:25

Why couldn’t he go to get his own ice cream?

Harls1969 · 06/04/2020 20:29

It's not about whether you're walking past the shop is it? It's about non essential contact. If you're going to the shop for essential shopping and you pick up some ice cream, that's fine. Popping into the shop just for that isn't. Yes, it's harsh, but so is people dying and their families not being able to be with them or give them a decent send off.

CheshireChat · 07/04/2020 01:04

It's not essential, but even if it wasn't why does he treat you like his gopher.

The comment above sums it up!

Durgasarrow · 07/04/2020 03:36

I agree with you. You don't need to carry around ice cream on an exercise walk. The point of these walks is to be solitary.

CrapAndInfirm · 07/04/2020 05:40

We're all doomed. The more serious this situation gets the more stupid people seem to be getting.

NoSauce · 07/04/2020 06:58

Did you really need to start a thread to ask this OP?

Original poster
Knobblybobbly · 07/04/2020 08:30

@NoSauce

Gosh. I guess not.

Is this your job then? To question the validity of all the threads on mumsnet?

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ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 07/04/2020 08:39

OP was it an essential thread. We can’t have people popping in to start threads willy nilly there is a lockdown on you know...Wink

NearlyGranny · 07/04/2020 09:31

I think if your DH is a wheelchair user or is temporarily immobile after breaking a lower limb or having a knee op or similar, you might have considered whether cheering him up could be balanced against the extra risk, especially if there were actual essential items to make it a proper shopping trip. But I guess you'd have told us if he were incapacitated in any way.

Assuming his legs work like yours do, HWBVVU. At the next opportunity, sit him down and spoonfeed him several litres of mint choc chip until he begs for mercy. That should put a stop to his demands!

T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 07/04/2020 09:52

you might have considered whether cheering him up could be balanced against the extra risk

The balance is a grown man, incapacitated or not, verses the extra stress put on extra or risk of passing on the virus to a shop worker. He can do without his bloody ice cream!

bemusedmoose · 07/04/2020 10:06

He won't do it because 1 he knows he shouldnt and 2 because he doesn't want it enough to go there himself.

Leave him to sulk because you are right.

NoSauce · 07/04/2020 10:13

It’s not my job but it doesn’t mean I can’t roll my eyes at yet another meaningless thread right now.

billy1966 · 07/04/2020 10:14

Of course you are right OP.

@Shouldbedoing
Loving that icecream recipe 👏👍

Shouldbedoing · 07/04/2020 10:25

The icecream recipe is not a personal recommendation. It was just an idle Google. But it does look good and easy.

Applejaxx · 07/04/2020 10:42

Our local convenience store are refusing to serve people who are just popping in for bars of chocolate or fizzy drinks etc and nothing else.