It’s become clear to me over the past week that my neighbour has a big problem with the fact we get takeaways and deliveries. It was obvious to me when our delivery driver went to their house by mistake. Our doors are very close together so I heard her say ‘oh yeah it’s for them, they get them all the time’ in a nasty, sarcastic sounding tone. She’s clearly watching who and what comes to our house on a daily basis which is quite unnerving but I suppose there isn’t much else to do right now!
We have a 2 month old and a 4 year old. We’ve only just managed to get regular food delivery slots and we don’t have a car. DH commutes to work and works full time. We have takeaways once maybe twice a week when we’re exhausted or need a pick me up. I don’t get more than a couple hours sleep as newborn is very fussy. I cook us very fresh, healthy meals in general. Lots of proteins and veg. I’m a bodybuilder so am used to eating healthy and still do the odd workout when I get a bit of spare time.
We only get ‘healthier’ takeaways that serve fresh food like Nando’s and a local Greek place. We don’t get anything like Dominos or McDonald’s. We also use Ubereats and Deliveroo to get shopping from local shops such as baby milk and toilet roll. I tip at least £1 every time I order to give the delivery drivers extra cash during this pandemic. We have a double driveway so they’re not blocking anyone in or disrupting people. We don’t order them at antisocial hours either as we have small children.
We’ve just had a Nando’s as it fits my macros well for my diet. Our 4yo has a lot of veg with hers and no chips. Overheard the neighbour talking to her daughter when she was out front putting rubbish in her bin straight after (can see from my sofa) and she said what sounded like ‘they’re lazy and obviously can’t cook’. It’s really infuriating that she feels she has a right to comment on our eating habits. She’s also clearly doing it on purpose in earshot as she’s very loud as well. Wouldn’t surprise me if she went out to the bins on purpose to see what came to our house. I have no idea what they do or eat in their daily lives as I don’t have any time to be concerned, and I don’t care quite frankly!
Is a ‘healthy’ takeaway once or twice a week too much?
AIBU?
Too many takeaways/deliveries?
silvercrowntail · 13/07/2020 13:43
Am I being unreasonable?
148 votes. Final results.
POLLSome people do judge. Especially the older generation. As they didn't have takeaways during their upbringing. They automatically assume you can't cook and are feeding your family junk food.
Yes, the older generation certainly can be extremely judgemental. They should take a leaf out of your book and not make ignorant, sweeping generalisations based on automatic assumptions 
Wow well done on your body building and macros (whatever they are 
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With all your justifications, are you implying that if you were fat and had no macros, you’d not be entitled to takeaways?
Just eat what you like. Don’t worry about the neighbours
Who cares what neighbours think about your diet, why does it get to you?
Agree with pp you are way overthinking and perhaps a little paranoid.
If your delivery drivers regularly go to hers get a better number plate for your door.
And congratulations on being physically fit even though not relevant to the thread at all
@ BigBadVoodooHat
I realised it was a shit idea after I posted. I suppose it could be done by asking sex toy company not to use "discrete" packaging. I am wasting far too much time thinking about this
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