Page 2 | First world problem but I'm so annoyed! DH is a pig

PonyPals · 2021-01-25T09:26:15+00:00

Lighthearted but still annoying. DH found a stash of snacks (mainly crisps) and I told him he can have one pack as the rest are for our day out to the water park. Well I am packing everything as the park is tomorrow and he just informed me that he ate more than one packet. Just checked and In actual fact he ate everything!!!! He is in supermarket right now replacing it but jeez such piggy behaviour! AIBU to find another hiding spot and never ever tell him!

Indecisive12 · 25/01/2021 10:55

I wouldn’t be happy being told I’m allowed one pack. They’re easily replaced so YABU.

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PonyPals · 25/01/2021 10:57

Thanks for all your concerns but I'm in no way controlling DH. He eats what he wants but I specifically hid put aside some snacks for the park and he still got to them.
I would put him in lockdown but we survived two strict lockdowns here in Melbourne and it just wouldn't be fair

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ghostyslovesheets · 25/01/2021 10:59

Gosh what’s with all these ‘lazy fat greedy’ DH/DD/DS posts lately?

He’s an adult - stop policing his food

Scarlettpixie · 25/01/2021 11:05

@AlternativePerspective

You told him he can have one pack seriously your DH isn’t the one with the problem here.

I can just imagine the responses if a woman posted here that her DH told her what and how much she was allowed to eat....

This.

blackcat86 · 25/01/2021 11:07

Just get him to go and replace what he's eaten. I'm beyond jealous about your water park trip whilst we are in lockdown in the freezing cold. It sounds glorious!

YeOldeTrout · 25/01/2021 11:08

He's making amends. Let it go.

My husband fusses over the kids eating...anything really that wasn't in his plan. I think he expects them to live on fresh air plus a few broccoli sticks.

Sunshinedrops85 · 25/01/2021 11:09

I don't see the problem if he' s gone out to replace them.

Fallsballs · 25/01/2021 11:09

Are crisps really expensive in Aus ? £1 for a six pack here.

sunshineandskyscrapers · 25/01/2021 11:09

YABU. You are looking for sympathy from people who can't even leave the house today except for local exercise on ice or slush.

WunWun · 25/01/2021 11:10

Well, you hid them and then told him he could only have one. If you'd not mentioned you were talking about your DH anyone would have thought you were talking about a toddler.

NightCzar · 25/01/2021 11:10

YABU for claiming the melb lockdown is anything like what the UK is going through.

LubaLuca · 25/01/2021 11:11

If I happened across a stash of crisps that my husband thought he had to hide from me, I'd probably eat the lot as well. It would be different if I was told these things are set aside for a day out so aren't to be touched, but finding hidden treats would make me indignant, and I tend to be petty when things annoy me.

Have fun at the water park. I'm very, very jealous which is making me want to eat 6 packets of crisps.

AudTheDeepAndCrispAndEven · 25/01/2021 11:13

I'm going to go against the grain here as I understand that you are NOT trying to control his food intake but in fact trying to do the 'wife work' of ensuring there is enough food for a specific purpose. I'm sure if he had gone and bought himself a family pack of crisps you would have been happy to let him crack on. What has actually happened is that he has helped himself to all the food that you have already a purpose for and if you had not done the thinking of telling him to replace them would not have had second thoughts about it! You had allotted the crisps so that you knew what there was for the picnic and that you wouldn't have to do any more sorting out to ensure there was enough. He's a thoughtless, selfish git!

Magenta83 · 25/01/2021 11:13

I think I'm in the minority here. Your DH can eat what he wants but you mentioned they were to be used for something special. If he finishes them he needs to replace them without being asked. I don't think it's piggy behaviour though. He just didn't think.

AudTheDeepAndCrispAndEven · 25/01/2021 11:14

And as for him going out to replace them. Was that action of his own independent volition or did you have to realise what he had done and then tell him what to do to rectify the situation? Bet it was the latter.

AudTheDeepAndCrispAndEven · 25/01/2021 11:15

And if I'd found a load of food and was told it was accounted for I sure as hell wouldn't just trough the lot and leave the absence to be discovered. I would replace well in advance.

Rhynswynd · 25/01/2021 11:16

@AudTheDeepAndCrispAndEven

I'm going to go against the grain here as I understand that you are NOT trying to control his food intake but in fact trying to do the 'wife work' of ensuring there is enough food for a specific purpose. I'm sure if he had gone and bought himself a family pack of crisps you would have been happy to let him crack on. What has actually happened is that he has helped himself to all the food that you have already a purpose for and if you had not done the thinking of telling him to replace them would not have had second thoughts about it! You had allotted the crisps so that you knew what there was for the picnic and that you wouldn't have to do any more sorting out to ensure there was enough. He's a thoughtless, selfish git!

Agreed

And the Melbourne lockdowns were awful for those affected.

Forgothowmuchlhatehomeschoolin · 25/01/2021 11:17

Omg just deciding how many layers to put on before going out cos it is soon cold! Could only dream of a water park lol!

WunWun · 25/01/2021 11:17

But if she'd just said 'I bought these for such and such so if you eat them you'll have to replace them before we go' instead of the babying version there probably wouldn't have been a problem. Given that he did go and replace them anyway.

Hankunamatata · 25/01/2021 11:17

That's would make me annoyed. You planned food for the trip. You told him it's for the trip. Then he ate it. Its selfish

DesertSky · 25/01/2021 11:18

This is never going to go down well in the UK. Firstly we are all jealous as it is flipping freezing and we are all going out of our minds in lockdown. Oh to have the stress of buying a bag of crisps on the way to a water park! We can't even go to a shop let alone any where for amusement :(

Mycatismadeofstringcheese · 25/01/2021 11:19

People love being contrary. If you hadn’t have told him they were for the water park and he’d eaten them anyway they’d have said you were at fault for not communicating properly.

As it was you said there were enough crisps for the water park and he could have the one spare. Seems reasonable to me and not the least bit controlling.

Mycatismadeofstringcheese · 25/01/2021 11:22

Oh and it’s fine to post about going to a water park. When the UK is out of lockdown we’ll all be posting about our days out a ash’s petty annoyances even if other parts of the world are in lockdown.

Indecisive12 · 25/01/2021 11:22

Have fun at the water park, I’m very jealous but we’re having a snow day here.

CruCru · 25/01/2021 11:22

I think the OP has had a hard time on here. I can imagine saying please don't eat the lot because I need them for XYZ. My husband would be annoyed if I ate all the kitkats before we went on an excursion.

Presumably water parks are open and allowed in Australia. Getting annoyed with the OP because she is allowed to do something we are not is a bit strange. I have friends in the Middle East whose children are actually attending school and where they are able to go to the gym (they have other, different restrictions to us). Not every country has exactly the same rules as us.

I hope you have a nice time at the water park OP.