To think I'm not the keeper of milk

[TellingTelephone]

There is a story behind this but it is dull and so I'll keep it to the bare minimum.

DP has essentially told me it is my fault he didn't get any milk when he popped into the local one stop for "supplies". He claims he didn't know we needed milk even though he has been making cups of tea today. "How was he suppose to know" he asks... because he has eyes and a brain too, surely?

It's not a massive deal but him telling me it's my fault due to my poor communication skills has filled me with silent rage.

I was always the milk buyer... now, we have milk delivered. At first there was “too much milk!” So I reduced the order. Now we are apparently always “running out of milk” - to which I say “use the long life milk” but apparently “that shit is disgusting”. There’s no pleasing some people

My partner had 4 pints of milk in his cereal last week and then complained there wasn't any left for coffee and shouldn't I have two in the fridge to make sure

He then said he thought that the dinner I had made had given him a bad belly

Who has 4 pints of milk with cereal 🤣 I feel like this should have been on his dating profile as important information

@MsVestibule

I had exactly this problem, so I made DH Keeper Of The Milk and we no longer have this problem. Actually, we do, but now I’m the one who says to him ‘why don’t we have any milk?’ in an accusatory fashion. It’s great.

I have done the same with feline consumables. DH is now the Keeper Of The Cat Litter

My H believes I am Keeper of Clean Undies. Usually, I have a laundry rota, to make sure DD has clean school uniform. This ensures plenty of underwear for all too. However, due to no school and lots of casual wear for the past 4 months, the rota has gone to pot. I wash when the baskets are full, and if it's raining and I have to dry indoors, then it's a load every 2-3 days rather than daily.

Hence, H ran out of clean pants. He realised one morning when rummaging through the drawer. "I've run out of clean pants" he announced. "Mmm" I replied. He glanced at me, and I gave him a Paddington Hard Stare. "I'll put a wash on, how do I set the machine?". He's lucky the patio is only 5 years old and I don't want to replace it yet.

Oh gosh yes, living next door to one's other half is a dream I have long held - even more since I got married!

I am the Keeper of Putting Empty Toilet Roll Tubes in the Bin. If I didn’t do it we would be living in a toilet roll tube Eiffel Tower, in space, reached by a ladder made out of toilet roll tubes.

I am Toilet Roll Monitor.

I'm not relinquishing that title - there's no way we're running out of that stuff if I can help it.

off subject slightly but at the beginning of "this" I ordered dried milk, tinned milk, LL Milk & fresh plus my lacto free - we had difficulties getting deliveries or click & collect(10 miles drive to the nearest)
We have a now have a store cupboard in my (emptied out) sideboard with lots of varieties of tomatoes (tins boxes tubes) & of course - toilet rolls
I am prepared for the next lockdown or brexit or Christmas

@blacksax. You mean you're not still ploughing through your lockdown toilet roll stockpile...Shame on you! We filled the bath, spare room, under the beds and lined the corridors with it. Even if we bulk our breakfast porridge out with the stuff, we're not scheduled to run out until 2030.

I’m in charge of main shopping but DH will ask me if I want anything to pick up from the shops on the way home.
He was told ages ago that if he takes the last of anything he either has to buy it himself or ask me to buy it.
Our shopping consists of stuff one of us doesn’t use- he likes coffee, I like tea.If he runs out of coffee(usually in 200g jars) it’s his problem. 200 g lasts him 2 weeks.

Why is your rage silent? Mine would not be

This really bloody annoys me! I don't drink milk, drink green tea, don't eat cereal, don't drink protein drinks etc. But, every time we run out of milk, all eyes on me 🙄 fucks me right off! Pointed out if we run out of green tea, would anyone notice? Of course they wouldn't! Think they then realised 🤷‍♀️

The answer to ‘there’s no X’ is ‘did you put it on the list?’. I have a running list in the kitchen and a weekly shop. Anything on the list gets bought, otherwise not. I trained up the children by explaining that if they wrote ice-cream, I would buy ice-cream...

@MrsGrindah 😂

You need fridge magnets to handle this matter politely ... or not so politely ...

@CrazyToast I didn't want an argument because I know I wouldn't be able to be calm about it at the time.

@OutwiththeOutCrowd we're not allowed fridge magnets

@TellingTelephone

Why aren't you allowed fridge magnets? Here I am the cold meat Monitor despite the fact I don't eat it.

They're untidy.

My lovely dh would never do this. If anyone uses the last bit of milk in my house, their life will not be worth living, trust me.

One of my neighbours came round to see if we needed any milk. She's trained her DH that milk doesn't go wrong so if he ever nips to the shop to just get some along with whatever he's buying. Which worked fine until he did the main shop & bought 4x 4pints, then had to go back for a few other things he'd forgotten so bought 2 x 4 pints, then took the kids for ice creams and came back with another 2 x 4 pints.

I hate this too. DH will say ‘where’s the XXX’ I’ll say ‘top shelf of the fridge’ Cue loads of rustling before I hear ‘can you help me find it’ Which basically means ‘can YOU find it’ given the placement of the fridge In our kitchen. I’ll then find it in under 10 seconds. So bloody annoying.

I presume at some point after living at home and living with you he must have had to sort his own milk (amongst other things!) So he is capable.
Why do think he hasn't done it?

Wow that is a lot of milk! I just don't understand how it isn't on his radar. Ah well. Today's a new day and it brings with it the joy of a mini weekly shop later (to escape the house for a bit!).

@Apple31419 because all the house things are my domaine it would seem.

@kingdomcapers 😂