He bought chicken burgers

[Mouseylu]

Lighthearted. Yesterday dh went to do food shop. Two lists - one for supermarket, the other for our local butcher. The butcher list had two items on it: chicken and burgers. I wanted a whole chicken and some beef burgers. He bought chicken burgers - items were listed on separate lines as were the supermarket items but somehow he claims it read chicken burgers. Aibu to despair?😫

easy mistake if you dont regularly fo the shopping!

Bit harsh to criticise when he went out to do the shopping. He might be in his rights to say “do it yourself next time then!”

My DH ignored the first item on a shopping list because he thought it was a header.....

I remember reading about the DH on here who bought 100 bread rolls instead of loo rolls 🤣 Could be worse!

Lol! I bet they taste lovely though

Ds 26 asked what I wanted for Xmas.... I sent text..
Flannel tartan pj's..
He was most chuffed Xmas morning that he had indeed got me the tartan pj's.
And the flannel!! 2 in fact!!
Bless him!!

@DottyWott

I remember reading about the DH on here who bought 100 bread rolls instead of loo rolls 🤣 Could be worse!

That's brilliant!

That's totally something my DH would do 🤣 He also once misread "lime" as "wine", I didn't complain 🤣

You need to put a - in front of each item to show it’s a new item. Issue solved.

Are chicken burgers something that you regularly eat?
It should have been obvious what you meant if they were on different lines.

I just cackled at that like a loon It reminds me of Victor Meldrew going to three different shops to find Polish Sherry, claiming Margaret had put it on the list. Her bemusement turned to anger when she couldn’t find the furniture polish in the bag

Love the idea of a flannel for Christmas 😀

@DottyWott

I remember reading about the DH on here who bought 100 bread rolls instead of loo rolls 🤣 Could be worse!

I remember that too 🤣

Ltb immediately 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sounds like he wasn’t paying attention and got a bit confused it happens I’d go back and buy the chicken and burgers for you though, people make mistakes, he needs to own it, it’s cop out telling you to do it yourself next time
I always do the shopping it would be nice if I had someone to do it sometimes

I hate the response "if you want something done properly do it yourself." That just let's men off following basic instruction leaving the women having to do everything. Once I told my DP to "put the sheets in the washing machine" - he put them in, shut the door and that was that. Didnt bother to actually wash them

To be fair he did offer to go and I should have made it clearer, but we've never had chicken burgers before... he said he thought I was branching out 😂

Years ago my Dad went to the corner shop for a paper and my Mum asked him to get her a surprise. He came home and informed my Mum that they didn't sell 'surprises'

He thought it was a chocolate bar.

I once put chicken and mince on the list. DH came back with turkey mince - which we have never eaten. He said the shop assistant assured him they don't do chicken mince

Ah another thread of hilarious feigned incompetence

I don't find this funny at all though I know its meant to be light-hearted. Why do people put up with such 'selective helplessness'? Why would you saddle yourself with someone incapable of reading a shopping list? Just smacks of infantilising men. Yuck.

Dh does our shopping.. On his list was water cress as I was making salmon and wc fish cakes..
Went to make tea and found salmon and salad cress.

@Lenin1870

Bit harsh to criticise when he went out to do the shopping. He might be in his rights to say “do it yourself next time then!”

I'd prefer to go with 'Practice makes perfect'

@Mouseylu.

At least he offered to go back. Quite sweet he thought you were branching out!!

I haven't eaten meat in 30 years, but chicken burger with lettuce & Mayo is a dim distant memory of something I once liked.

@UghNotThisAgain36

I don't find this funny at all though I know its meant to be light-hearted. Why do people put up with such 'selective helplessness'? Why would you saddle yourself with someone incapable of reading a shopping list? Just smacks of infantilising men. Yuck.

Because he made a mistake & offered to back.

He bought chicken burgers he didn't buy a chicken for the garden.

I'm sometimes mystified by DH's additions to the shopping list. This week's contribution starts with the word "Cats" and includes the item "1kg crap dried fruit". I'm not getting the cats. We have three already.