DH asked me what do cows eat. AIBU to divorce him immediately?

[TheIckabog]

We were watching a program about a fancy hotel where they have their own cows. There was a clip of the cows being hand fed apples.

DH exclaimed in surprise ‘I didn’t know cows eat apples!’ He then paused and said, ‘What DO cows eat?’ whilst looking genuinely puzzled.

I said to him what do you think they do all day in the fields? They eat grass/hay etc, how do you not know this? DH then shrugged and said he’d never really thought about it.

He is a well educated intelligent man in his 40s. We also grew up/live in a place where dairy production accounts for a large percent of the export, so it’s not like he’s never seen a cow in a field or on a farm before.

I am aghast. AIBU to divorce him immediately? I really can’t see any other option to be honest

I once had a work trainee who cried because they found a pip in their orange. Had only ever eaten seedless ones apparently & to bought there was something wrong with the one they were eating.

My DP didn’t know which planet was Jupiter and which was Saturn

I think that's understandable. During a blonde moment a couple of years ago, I asked DP if the moon went round the earth or round the sun. He's still taking the piss out of me about it,

My husband grew up thinking dogs were male and cats were female

So did I !! Only until I was about 5 though. But then I come from Leeds. Does he come from Leeds? Maybe in Leeds dogs are boys and cats are girls.

My husband (who is from the countryside and often makes fun of me for being a townie!) once asked me where goats cheese comes from as all goats are male. He thought sheep were female and goats were male. I will never ever him live that one down.

To be fair, most of the world's cows are fed soy, not grass.

No, @ClickandForget, I'm from Croydon and I thought this too until we got a tomcat kitten and a German Shepherd bitch.

I was only 4 though.

I think people are just clueless about what's in their food tbh. I've come across several people who thought that hummus has milk in it .

I think if I see one more person saying that chocolate without milk isn't real chocolate I'm afraid I will not be held accountable for my actions....

Cows eat grass- either in the form of straight from the ground, as hay (cut and dried) or silage (cut but moist). When we talk about grass, it can be in the type you know, but also cut from maize / other crops.

They are sometimes fed other protein buffers / feeds over winter.

They may also be fed some grain,

Hummus does sometimes have milk in it... I couldn’t eat the hummus in Iceland when I was vegan. (the country, not the supermarket)

I’m coeliac. The number of times I’ve had to explain to people that rice is not wheat is mind-boggling.

@antipodeancousin knows what's what! Though after 20 years being that much better educated than DH is a bit wearing day to day.

I recently in a moment where I lost my brain said to my DP "is sonic the hedgehog a fox or something?"
He now refers to it as "sonic the fox-hog" and probably will until the day I die

@BahHumbygge

Hummus does sometimes have milk in it... I couldn’t eat the hummus in Iceland when I was vegan. (the country, not the supermarket)

I've never come across a hummus with milk in. But the point is that these people thought that milk was a standard ingredient and looked at me in disbelief when I told them it wasn't.

It's similar to how so many people seem to think bread has milk in and pasta contains eggs. Well yes some bread buns or hot dog buns have milk in them (but most don't) and some fancy expensive fresh pasta has eggs in but neither are standard ingredients in either product. Yet I've lost count of the number of people (even on here) who seem to think that vegans and people allergic to eggs or milk have to go out of their way to buy special vegan bread and vegan pasta .

Ex 1: I'm not stupid, I know that haggis have been extinct for a long time!

Ex 2: How Do! babies hold on when they breast feed??

Both uni men. Petrifying 😂😂😂

Well f* me I didn't know that about sheep's tails either. Just googled!

I have learned something today, thanks.

My ex never knew tadpoles became frogs. He said no one taught him and was genuinely shocked when he found out.

Also, we was once watching a nature programme and he asked if elephants came from eggs because 'it's a long way to fall with no protection' 🙈

@August20 thank you so much for sharing that delightful video clip.

@TheIckabog This could be a fun project - find out what other stuff DH doesn't know and share it here.

I found out a couple of days ago that my DSs (aged 18 and 16) didn't know what a tea towel was. They know we have 'cloths' for drying pots and 'cloths' for drying hands in the kitchen but didn't know that they had different names.

@lyricallie I've just googled sheep tails. You've blown my mind! I had no idea they were docked. The long tails look so odd.

@WhatInTheHell He would be even more confused if it were a Giraffe! :)

I used to go out with a bloke who found some maggots in covered up food on his kitchen counter. He said he was amazed they could 'climb up there'. I pointed out they had hatched from fly eggs. He said he never knew that. He was Australian so I thought he would be more familiar with flies than I was.

This reminds me of some quick-fire 'trick questions'. I think you do a distraction tactic first, like count backwards from ten. Then:

Q: What do cows drink?
A: (likely) milk
No, it's water!

Q: What do you put in toaster?
A: (likely) toast
No, it's bread!

There are more.

I didn't know that (most) human beings breathe through their noses until I was mid teens.

My DH asked for Wensleydale cheese at cheddar gorge The shame !

@LEELULUMPKIN that was my reply! He said he forgot about them and was worried for the offspring

@FenellaMaxwell

I’m coeliac. The number of times I’ve had to explain to people that rice is not wheat is mind-boggling.

I’m allergic to cows milk and you’d be surprised how many colleagues with the degree as me say I just need to drink it all the time and I’ll get used to it.

Allergic responses and treatment are part of our degree 🤦🏻‍♀️