COVID 19 induced food rage (lighthearted)

[Littlemissdaredevil]

I’m currently 39 weeks pregnant so I’m very fed up.

Did the past 6 weeks I’ve been doing an online food shop rather than going to the supermarket. I’m used to going to the supermarket or shop a few times a week but DH doesn’t seem to realise I can’t do this any more. He moans every week that i do a Sainsburys shop as it is too expensive but they are the only supermarket I can get a slot with every week

Yesterday I come downstairs and find a almost a whole packet of cream crackers and a whole block of cheese missing. DH has eaten it for lunch despite there being a number of different options available. I don’t mind him having cheese and crackers but was it really necessary for him to eat a whole block of cheese? I confirmed my online order on Friday and received it yesterday so I cannot get a delivery for another week so we now have limited cheese left for for the whole week. He’s also done things like eat a whole packet of ham (15 slices) as a snack leaving no ham for anyone else for the rest of the week. He just doesn’t seem to realise i shouldn’t be popping to the shops every five minutes.

It’s been raining all week here and the weather forecast in bad. The sun came out for a whole three hours and DH complained that I didn’t have bbq stuff (buns, burgers, sausages, etc) immediately available. I told him that the weather forecast was meant to be dire for the whole week so bbq stuff hadn’t immediately popped into my head to get and he hadn’t told me to add bbq stuff on to the shop!

Taking deep breathes!

Can DH not get to the shops?

He sounds greedy and selfish. My DH regularly whinges about not having enough "snacks" in but frankly he doesn't need to eat anymore than he already does so I don't buy more and just ignore his moaning.

I do the food shopping because it is convinient and I like doing it (even in covid times) I still go out to the supermarket I am 28wks Pg.

I would be pissed off if he ate a whole block of cheese though as that can be used for meals etc. Ham not so much as I don't eat meat and he is only making himself suffer.

Do you meal plan? Do you involve your husband in it? Mine is lazy, just tells me to get whatever and then complains when we don't have what he wants. I just tell him to get knotted in that situation....

It is harder on lockdown as we can't just "pop out" for top ups.

I have no point to this response other than I feel your pain!

Very selfish of him not to mention greedy. Does he have form for this? Eating a packet of crackers and a block of cheese in one go is fairly extreme.

Send him to the shops to get some more.

Yes he can but that involve effort on his part (and much huffing and puffing from him).

This should be husband rage.. He's being ridiculous!! My husband also finishes snacks very quickly.. But he has his own snacks and when they're gone that's it. The rest of the week if he's hungry outside of meals he makes a pb&j or porridge! Whilst I am enjoying my snacks that I've managed to save 😁

I feel your pain. I get a similar thing. But the whole block of cheese is just piggy. I thought whole packs of biscuits was bad but who eats a whole block of cheese and packet of ham. That's so incredibly selfish. Send him to the shop for more.

To be honest he does have form but usually it’s for junk food rather than essentials so it’s far less frustrating!

We used to have a corner shop about 1 min walk away but we don’t anymore so previously (pre COVID) it was easy for me (or him) to pick things up all the time.

DH will just have to get used to doing top up shops! He just doesn’t seem to compute that if you eat all of one food item in one sitting there is none of it left and other people may want some!

That would drive me insane. How will he manage when the baby arrives, lockdown is still very much in place and he has to provide for his wife and child?!

Or will he expect you (recovering from birth) and your newborn baby to regularly put themselves at risk so he can eat whatever piggy shit he fancies?!

I’d be tempted to meal plan and then ONLY buy the ingredients. And I’d freeze them all so he can’t eat it.

Cheese and ham have been hidden. I can’t see DH am having the patience to add the items one by one to an online shop. He can go to supermarket and wait 30 mins to get in. I think he will have a shock about how much change in the past couple of months.

We only have a standard size fridge/freezer which is full atm.

I empathise (x100 since you're also PG).

My DH is the same. Has no notion of moderation. It's like WTAF? When lockdown started I gave him dire warnings about what would happen if food portions were mistreated . It's starting to get tiring now with all the permission-seeking, but at least the rations are lasting!