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

[PonyPals]

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!

Genuinely don't see how it's controlling..... they were for the picnic, if he wants to eat multiple bags of crisps, he can go at anytime to the shops and buy some himself. Its pretty selfish behaviour he ate them all knowing they were for a picnic

I bet if you hadn't checked the day before though he wouldn't have said anything and not replaced them? That's the bit that bothers me. Let's eat the snacks designated for a specific occasion and not care about how it impacts others unless found out. I'd be fuming.

You sound controlling.

Maybe, just maybe, there will come a time on MN that one can open a thread with someone having a bit of a lighthearted moan (or not) and NOT see the above comment.

Sorry Op realised you're packing for tomorrow! Thought it was a bit weird to be heading off at bedtime

Hope dh has redeemed himself and is back with some suitably apologetic snacks.

God I can't wait for the summer and to be able to actually go out here.

You may have the sunshine but come next January you won't have the Ashes anymore!!!

Now this is the best thing I've read on here for ages 😂😂

Oh and totally agree! 😁

I don’t understand all the posts saying you are controlling and he can eat what he likes. If I am organising a day out I buy specific food for that, I’ve bought it specially, I’ve gone to the trouble of planning it, then, despite being asked not to someone has eaten it all. I’d be pissed off. Also the replacement aspect of it would piss me off as well if it was when we were planning on leaving, then that person sodded off to the shops while I sorted the kids out and packed up the bags. It’s inconsiderate. Sometimes being able to have a reason to go to the shops and leave the other person doing all the crappy prep work is more annoying than eating all the crisps!

Also, very envious of your warm water park freedom op.

So many greedy husbands on mumsnet. Must be some kind of epidemic.

Does he also eat whole loaves of bread?

I find everyone here is always very liberal when it’s someone else’s life. Apparently meal planning is the way forward, but woe betide anyone who would dare implement that.

@smoothchange

You told a grown adult he could only have one packet?

He is replacing them, I don't see the issue at all. He is allowed to make his own choices and eating more then one packet doesn't make him a pig.

You obviously don't know the MN rules, all children and husbands/partners need a note before they can eat any food between meals!

PLEASE post a pic of some blue sky and water?
Pretty please.
We need to see evidence that somewhere on this planet there is nice weather.
Hope you enjoy your day out.

@MintyMabel

So many greedy husbands on mumsnet. Must be some kind of epidemic.

Does he also eat whole loaves of bread?

And blocks of cheese...

Pissing myself at the controlling comments - seriously some people need to chill the fuck out!

He is replacing them, I don't see the issue at all. He is allowed to make his own choices and eating more then one packet doesn't make him a pig.

Maybe the issue is that he didn't replace them till OP discovered what he had done? Why didn't he do so earlier? It would have been a total pain if she hadn't become aware of this till they were about to leave.

@Cairnterrorist

You sound controlling. He’s away to replace them what’s the big deal?

How is it controlling not to want an adult to use something up that he knows you have bought specifically for a particular purpose. It's pretty clear that he's only replacing them because OP found out - why didn't he do so as soon as he'd had more than his share?

YANBU! My DH now knows not to do this otherwise he will be sacked

You just know that the controlling comments come from posters who do exactly that, empty the cupboards and the fridge and get miffed if someone says anything

Surprised at PP.

YANBU PP. He ate the crisps you bought for the trip. Why! How is that reasonable?

They're al just fuming cause you're going to a waterpark in the sun

@Cairnterrorist

You sound controlling. He’s away to replace them what’s the big deal?

If you've bought some food for a specific purpose and someone comes along and eats it all, it's not controlling (fed up with that word on here) to be cross.

And are they all sitting round waiting for him to come back?

@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....

It was for the waterpark!! Nothing to do with how much he's allowed to eat.

If you've bought some food for a specific purpose and someone comes along and eats it all, it's not controlling (fed up with that word on here) to be cross.

But he is replacing it, so it really is nothing to be cross about.

And are they all sitting round waiting for him to come back?

I would imagine they are just going about their day as normal, why would they be sitting around waiting for him to come back from the shop

I think many pp have never lived with someone who has no self control around food.
If I didn't earmark certain things or subtly 'hide' them, my lovely dh would eat them, and when I replaced them he would eat that as well. This would result in us spending twice as much on food and him being much more overweight.
I do the food shopping and make sure there is enough that he generally can eat whatever he wants but he has no off switch so if I didn't tell him not to eat certain things or hide them, the rest of us would never have the option of a treat when we want because they would all be gone!
My dh doesn't find it controlling.

YABU to tell an adult he can have ‘one’

@rubybarley

YABU to tell an adult he can have ‘one’

What should she have said? Yes, eat all the crisps I bought for the trip tomorrow?

12:50Iknowwhatudidlastsummer

You just know that the controlling comments come from posters who do exactly that, empty the cupboards and the fridge and get miffed if someone says anything

I thought this but wasn't brave enough to say so.

I suppose it depends ,hard to tell tone. If I told DP that snacks were for DC for something he wouldn't touch them. If I told him he could only have one pack and that's it he would be bemused at why I spoke to him that.

If I ever used the phrase "piggy behavioir" he would wonder who in hell had stolen me and replaced me with an asshole.

I would have found this lighthearted as an annoyance until you repeatedly used the term pig and piggy , that's a truly disgusting phrase to use about anyone.