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to suggest that half a baguette is enough?

333 replies

CoralFish · 18/08/2020 15:29

Preparing a super-healthy (not really) lunch for me and DP of pork pie, cheddar cheese and that bread that comes part baked from the supermarket.

I comment that the bread is packaged as two small baguettes together, so I will have to freeze one once opened. DP says he "could have" a whole baguette. I ask him if he really wants a whole one - we normally share one. He says the same thing again. I read out the suggested serving and calories and say if he really wants a whole one I can freeze half of one, as I definitely don't. He goes off in a huff because I have apparently called him greedy and he only wants half. I cook one baguette.

My point is that at no point did he say he wanted a whole one just that he "could have" a whole one. I thought this was just a suggestion to make it easier wrt freezing.

Me checking the suggested portion size and calories was for myself. I concluded I did not want a whole one, so him having one would make no difference to ease of storage. Admittedly I did not explicitly state this, and I did not need to read it aloud to him, but I was labouring under the misapprehension that he was making a suggestion to try to make things easier, not that he actually wanted a whole one. I did not at any point use the word greedy or mean to imply it.

Was the whole thing just a misunderstanding on both our parts (and he should at the very least snap out of his huff), or am I being unreasonable and should apologise for 'calling him greedy'?

OP posts:
tigerlilly22 · 19/08/2020 18:35

Wish I had the time to ponder scenarios like this... this is a joke surely!!!

kennycat · 19/08/2020 18:44

It’s a tricky one because they are a stupid size. They are much thinner than an actual supermarket baguette so I’m always a bit baffled at what a normal portion is. I always have a massive bit of actual baguette but a whole part baked one seems too much.

Idontcareboutthestateofmyhair · 19/08/2020 18:48

FS give the man a baguette ))

Aglet · 19/08/2020 18:49

That is angina on a plate without the baguette.

Aridane · 19/08/2020 18:54

I would be telling you where to shove your baguette

FelicisNox · 19/08/2020 18:54

I grasped exactly where he was coming from when I read the 1st paragraph so......

OK it was a misunderstanding but that was on your part and even though you didn't mean to, you did offend him.

Also: there's no point counting calories if you're eating pork pie, cheese and baguette. That's not remotely healthy so the whole exercise was a total waste of time.

You need to apologise and stop being so obtuse/dim.

Callingallskeletons · 19/08/2020 18:55

He stated he was hungry and could eat a whole one, you started talking about portion sizes and reeling off the calorie info

YABU and if this is how you are normally regards other people’s portion sizes I feel bad for the guy

ALongHardWinter · 19/08/2020 18:58

I do love The Food Police.

leannetta · 19/08/2020 19:05

Wow! OP asks AIBU? We say yes you are, OP takes that on board and apologises!

Respect to the OP! 👍

Chickoletta · 19/08/2020 19:05

I love an AIBU when the OP says, ‘Clearly I was being a dick’. It seems to be a very rare occurrence.

Incidentally, I was tempted to batter my MIL to death with a part-baked baguette last week after a similarly inane discussion which went on for hours.

Manolin · 19/08/2020 19:08

@Believe

OLGADEEPOLGA · 19/08/2020 19:18

If I was your husband OP I'd be off to the baguette shop and be tucking into the longest one I could find.

IHaveBrilloHair · 19/08/2020 19:24

I had a crumb of baguette earlier, that'll di me for a week.

Bettercallsaul1 · 19/08/2020 19:27

Let him eat cake, I say!

AryaStarkWolf · 19/08/2020 19:28

@leannetta

Wow! OP asks AIBU? We say yes you are, OP takes that on board and apologises!

Respect to the OP! 👍

Indeed but people are still hammering her
YogiBearcub · 19/08/2020 19:34

You are putting way too much thought into this! Would never personally eat more than half of what my husband eats so the 1/2 baguette to 1 ratio sounds reasonable to me. This said DH does work out a lot and seems to burn calories like a furnace. Him eating double what I eat keeps both our weights stable (me 57 / DH 80kg). If you shared the pork pie and Cheddar you are probably at a more typical ratio for men/women.

Jeeperscreepers69 · 19/08/2020 20:34

Wow. Some people have real problems. Like real real problems. Next time ask him to make the lunch.

Zoejj77 · 19/08/2020 21:13

I can’t even read all of this post is it really all about about a bake at home baguette

SurroundedByIdiotsEverywhere · 19/08/2020 21:27

Are you descended from 'The Master' in Oliver Twist? YABU

PurpleFlower1983 · 19/08/2020 21:31

YABU, he was hungry and wanted a whole one.

Jack80 · 19/08/2020 21:59

It would put me off someone reading calories etc when I was hungry. He should have said he wanted a whole one or you could have asked. Maybe you could have said Do you want a whole or half I'm having half.

NonsensicalWitch · 19/08/2020 22:01

@SurroundedByIdiotsEverywhere

Are you descended from 'The Master' in Oliver Twist? YABU
😂😂😂😂

MOOOOOOOOORRRREE?????

Celestine70 · 20/08/2020 03:07

Obviously he wanted a whole baguette. He's a guy. YABU.

jessstan2 · 20/08/2020 03:29

I had a whole one at lunch time.

BadLad · 20/08/2020 04:26

A whole one for lunch?Shock

Is this you?

to suggest that half a baguette is enough?