To not want to give my dinner to the dog

[Zumarocks]

Lost it with DH today and would like to know everyone's thoughts on this totally unimportant issue! Every time I cook something that could potentially have leftovers for the dog, my DH will intervene before I have 'too much' or seconds because 'the dog could have that!'. At least 3 or 4 times now I have stated that I cooked it, and if I want to eat it I will. Then comes a chorus of 'poor doggie....mummy ate your dinner....' etc. Any time I go out anywhere, I always, without fail, sort out food for everyone before I go. Today I went for a haircut. Made a shepherds pie for everyone before I went. Got back to leftovers. Was starving so just took the dish out of the oven and started eating. DH comes in, 'oh are you just eating it straight out of there!' 'Yes, yes I am, because I'm starving'! I laughed. ' Oh I thought the dog could have some of that!' he said. 'I said not likely, I'm really hungry!' He then said 'but there was loads in there!!'. At this point I lost my shit. I had literally had 2 mouthfuls OF THE DINNER I COOKED. In a totally melodramatic gesture I put the whole lot in the dog's bowl so it was overflowing, whilst shouting that he had zero respect for me and that I am totally at the bottom of the pile. Everyone else gets to eat their dinner no problem, but if I have the audacity to eat THE THING I BLOODY COOKED I get told it's not fair on the dog. FFS. I said when he starts cooking he will get to bloody well decide what the dog gets. And breathe.

Sorry OP your husband is a rude, condescending, annoying, patronizing, disrespectful arsehole. Tell him to F off. And the dog shouldn’t be eating human food on a regular basis anyway!!

Stop feeding your dog ‘human food’

Dogs need a very different diet to humans, potato, grains, etc are not good for dogs, they need meat, offal and bone

Have you read the thread? It’s the DH insisting the dog has OPs food, not OP

Roast the dog and serve with all the trimmings.

When asked to save some for the dog, cackle manically and explain that he's just eaten aforementioned dog.

...or is that a bit much

dog should be eating dogfood, not human food.

Tell him onions and garlic are toxic to dogs, he can make his own bland dinner to share with the dog [GRIN]

Giving the dog our food is also very dangerous, full of calories. Tell hubby to cook all dinners himself, you just do it for you and any children.

Sorry about onion comment but really shepherd's pie without onions, what were you thinking

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Apparently, onions are toxic for dogs. Who knew?!

I would put his dinner in the dogs bowl. I am not kidding.

Apparently, onions are toxic for dogs. Who knew?! Gosh, I’ve never heard that before ...

@Foliageeverywhere122

Tell him onions and garlic are toxic to dogs, he can make his own bland dinner to share with the dog [GRIN]

OP doesn't need to tell him. He could read the thread with 2262622828449328 posters telling.him.

@NellyDElephant

Apparently, onions are toxic for dogs. Who knew?!

YANBU! Firstly it's odd and secondly it's bad for the dog.

These replies are hilarious, love the name change @Dogscanteatonions! Thanks to those clarifying on my behalf that IT WAS MY DINNER! NOT SECONDS! MY DINNER! ALSO do not worry, I can categorically state that the dog never has onions! In addition, it's nothing to do with my weight, it's to do with me being under the bloody dog in the pecking order! So to update, this evening I cooked salmon fillets. Cut one of the fillets into 2 halves in advance. Got the dog bowl ready next to the plates. Gave everyone a salmon fillet (plus sides etc). Handed out the dinners. DH hovered over the last one. Said 'is this mine?' I said 'yep, ooh hang on a minute! You don't need all that do you? Shall I give half to the dog?' And forked up one half to hold it hovering over the dog bowl. Do you know what he did? He said 'yep'. I said 'really?' He said 'yep'. So I put it in the dog's bowl. He then sat down to eat half a salmon fillet. I mean seriously. That's both of us now cutting of our noses!!! That is how much he wanted to show me that I was being the unreasonable one. That we should all just be totally prepared at any time to give half our meal to the dog! WTF!!! 😂😂

The question now is, have I done enough? Has the message sunk in?!

Fuck no. Half his dinner every night until he admits he’s wrong (if you are anywhere near as stubborn as I would be!)

That's great news - he's happy to always share his portion with the dog. That's the way it shall be from now on.

The only reasonable thing to do now is feed your husband to the dog.

You will have to do it repeatedly - especially with your Dh's favourite meal!

Grapes are toxic to dogs too, so no fruit cake thank you very much

If you're having parkin for bonfire night tomorrow, do not feed it to the dog. Years ago, my sister's nice-but-dim boyfriend of the time fed our dog a square of parkin at the family bonfire before we could stop him. Cue lakes of doggy diarrhoea the following morning.

Oh, for God's sake! What an idiot your husband is. May I assume that the dog has dog food, as well? IF he depends on table scraps, then plan for him in cooking, let your husband know that you have, AND EAT WHAT YOU WANT! If that's a problem, tell your husband and your kids that they may fend for themselves, and LEAVE. I'm actually serious about this. Why in the world would you stay in a place where the dog is valued about yourself?

@OpEd

Roast the dog and serve with all the trimmings.

When asked to save some for the dog, cackle manically and explain that he's just eaten aforementioned dog.

...or is that a bit much

Definitely not a bit much. Go big or go home, I say.

Cut up the husband and feed him to the bloody dog. He’s a jerk!