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AIBU?

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To feel possessive over nice food items

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WellPlayed · 12/02/2021 08:24

I know I probably am but it is really getting to me that I buy decent food and it is being devoured without a second thought to the quality and cost by DP. It doesn't touch the sides with him. A mountain of peanut butter in a snack sandwich, almost a pack of ham in a one go, chocolate eaten in one sitting, a think covering of jam on toast with a slab of butter underneath. I know I'm jealous as I'm calorie counting. But when I go to have a small treat from these items and find them gone or almost finished it annoys me. I feel it is a bit petty to buy cheaper versions for him but I don't actually know that he'll care or notice. AIBU?

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SchadenfreudePersonified · 19/02/2021 20:46

*curd, not corn.

Sorry. Blush

Hankunamatata · 19/02/2021 20:54

I get your annoyance. My dh is very good about buying his own snacks, well i dont buy them in the weekly shop lol and he keeps them in a cupboard that's his. I have my stuff on another shelf but tbf as another poster said the kids and him dont think of it as treat lol.

We do have the rule that unless its bread, butter, jam or fruit then you have to ask me if it's for a meal or pack lunches as we have a budget for food.

Iv only one teen so far and buy him an enormous 2 tubs of whole earth peanut butter so when first ones empty I buy another.

Dh and kids are pretty good at writing on the fridge list when things are low

Hankunamatata · 19/02/2021 21:08

@twilightcafe that box is brilliant. One of my DC with adhd/asd will hoover through cupboards if he managed to get into the kitchen.

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