Are men greedy bastards food wise.

[justasking111]

OK I went to butchers bought OH 1lb dry cure bacon his favourite, myself streaky because I prefer that. Guess who finished the streaky I have only had two slices.

Bought some dark chocolate, I enjoy a couple of squares a day. Once I break into it, the rest vanishes.

I bought some chocolate biscuits again once I opened it and took two when I went back the whole packet had been hoovered up.

I buy goodies for granchildren, once they have had a couple of biscuits or a couple of scoops of of icecream the rest vanishes.

I know he pays for it, but do I really need to start hiding food as I did with my kids when they were small?

I just hide my snacks in the toilet roll cupboard, seeing as I'm the only one who ever goes in there to replenish in advance anyway

Not in my experience. DP rays very conservatively. Not a greedy bone in his body.

*eats

No, not a man thing. It's a selfish thing.

My dad would never do this. He's not greedy with food that he knows other people are having too. If he was having dinner on his own, he might eat a lot but not when other people are there.

My selfish ex on the other hand would eat anything that he knew I had chosen for myself and he didn't even like. Like expensive dark chocolate, berries, posh cheese.

I think you can be greedy and eat a lot in an unselfish way if you eat things that don't belong to other people or don't eat the entire packet of something that someone else likes. No excuse for selfishness especially when it affects your own family.

(He knows I hide stuff to get my fair share, he thinks it's funny).

He pays for food and you want to hide it from him?

Look, you either need to let him eat what he wants (I mean, he's a grown man for goodness sake) or you need to put what you want on a different shelf so he knows it's specifically yours .. or just buy more food!

Ok dh used to be this way when we first started dating but I’ve trained him well. He asks if he can have anything specific of mine and I also tell him if I’m saving my food , he knows I will divorce him if he touches my galaxy ripples! Get him trained op

No man I know does this because no man I know is a selfish arsehole who has no respect for his family.

I could not be in a relationship with someone who behaved like this.

I've never experienced this with any man I've had a relationship with. And my father wouldn't dream of eating all the food/ snacks either.

My dh is really considerate around food (& in general!) & he'll always try to give me & d the best or nicest parts of whatever we're eating. He tries to give me the biggest portion too & I have to stop him.

He'll never take left overs in case I have plans for another meal. I'll always say there's more on the cooker help yourself if I've cooked & he'll still say are you sure it won't be for lunch etc

He does love crisps/ nuts/ salami etc so I just buy enough for him & dc if I'm shopping. He loves a particular beer so I but them too & he's the only one who drinks them. Same with the salami / sausage from the polish shop - they're all his so he eats them as he wants them

I have to tell him to help himself to the nice fruit, berries or ripe pears etc as he'll day oh I thought I'd save that for the dc

He has very little interest in chocolate or cake so they're never under threat & in fact a packet opened by dc often go stale

We've a huge stock of treats/ snacks as we live 20mins from the nearest shop so we actually never run out

I meant to say dh's brother is the greediest man I've met! He makes a point of grabbing huge portions of food at family gatherings not caring an iota if there's any left for any one else. I find it repellent

Dhs family in general are greedy/ thoughtless around food so it's amazing dh is how he is
I once served a selection of desserts & there was plenty (too much) for everyone. I made meringues & there was enough for 1 for everyone (but other cakes / desserts too) & dh's sister immediately grabbed 3 & told her toddler son to grab 2!! Which was almost half. I couldn't believe it! I was shocked & then pissed off as lots of it went in the bin as they couldn't finish them. Th actually took one of them from the toddlers plate before he mauled it, otherwise there was none for him!
His brother ate so much at that lunch that he boasted about how he threw up when he got home...

@KatherineJaneway

But why wait until the packet is opened a couple of biscuits/squares of chocolate/scoop of icecream is removed before snaffling the rest.

Because then they can't be accused of being greedy of eating the lot. It was already opened by someone else so they feel justified in eating the rest of it.

Not a man thing, greedy person thing.

I'm a bit like this. I can resist unopened packets very easily. As proof of this I still have some unopened boxes of chocolates that I bought for a Christmas when I was expecting to have family round.

But I know that if I opened them I would finish the lot. In contrast, my husband would happily eat one or two a day until the box was empty.

@UnreasonablyPissedOff

I meant to say dh's brother is the greediest man I've met! He makes a point of grabbing huge portions of food at family gatherings not caring an iota if there's any left for any one else. I find it repellent

Dhs family in general are greedy/ thoughtless around food so it's amazing dh is how he is
I once served a selection of desserts & there was plenty (too much) for everyone. I made meringues & there was enough for 1 for everyone (but other cakes / desserts too) & dh's sister immediately grabbed 3 & told her toddler son to grab 2!! Which was almost half. I couldn't believe it! I was shocked & then pissed off as lots of it went in the bin as they couldn't finish them. Th actually took one of them from the toddlers plate before he mauled it, otherwise there was none for him!
His brother ate so much at that lunch that he boasted about how he threw up when he got home...

That is shocking & embarrassing! So wasteful!

Neither dp, ds or I eat anything in our house without offering to others, and if it's the last of something we always say "do you mind if I have the last...". It's polite.

I'm amazed at men eating kids' treats or food intended for kids' lunchboxes. I'm also a little bit saddened by this because I'm assuming it only happens in houses where actually the men have no responsibility for the children's lunchboxes or indeed cooking for or providing food for the children. I just don't see how caring fathers who are involved in, and understand about, their kids' day-to-day lives can then snaffle all the goodies intended for their children to enjoy at school. Selfish pigs! It must be like living with a sulky teenager.

My DH can occasionally be greedy about bread or leftovers (I divide them into two containers now, one for him and one I save for another meal), but he has never touched a treat for our DC. He's not a big one for sweets and chocolate anyway. But my dad, who does like them, would likewise never have touched children's treats. He was usually the one who bought them for us and told us not to eat them all at once. He certainly didn't say that so he could just scoff them down himself later !

dunno if it's most men but definitely my one!

He cannot stand open packs of anything. Will eat 2 or 3 bagels at a time. His favourite phrase is "does this need eating/finishing?"

He got his come uppance the other day though. I had got a pack of pork out of the fridge to dice up and put in a marinade which I did but there were a few fatty/gnarly bits that I put aside for our dog. I seared the outside of them and left them in the pan to cool while we went off for our mid morning walk. When I got back the mostly uncooked pork had been snaffled by my husband who thought I had left it for him

Luckily DP and I have different tastes on treats, I love chocolate whilst he is not keen, he likes crisps and biscuits which I am not keen on. When we go to the shop we all (me, DP and DD) choose what we want and nobody touches the others treats.

If we wanted some of another persons treat we ask, never assume and help ourselves.

I recognise quite a lot of this. It's very frustrating. DH's vice is the 'just a handful/sliver', which can dispose of a whole cake or packet of whatevers in the space of a couple of hours without him even thinking he's had any. He's genuinely baffled to be called out on it.

Well my DH has to elbow my “thin as a racing snake” teenage DD out of the way before he can get anywhere near the snack foods, she is the original bottomless pit!

thin as a racing snake
Brings back memories of Terry Wogan.

Well my DH has to elbow my “thin as a racing snake” teenage DD out of the way before he can get anywhere near the snack foods. 👏
A third income is required feeding teenagers. I saw a hilarious sketch with an older couple stashing snacks on teenagers, side drawer full of snacks the teenagers assumed parents rekindled a sex life locking doors to munch in peace.

When I worry about topping up DD's student loan, I remind myself I won't need to be buying in all the food and drink she requires to keep her racing snake body going, and suddenly it doesn't sound nearly as expensive.

I occasionally get really bad indigestion, a fizzy drink usually sorts it out.
I don't drink fizzy pop as a rule but I buy them for myself for this reason.
I now have to hide them from my DH as he would drink them. So many times I've gone to get one and they he's drunk them all.
He's so frustrated that he can't find them, clearly he has had had a man look.

@GillBiggeloesHair

I occasionally get really bad indigestion, a fizzy drink usually sorts it out. I don't drink fizzy pop as a rule but I buy them for myself for this reason. I now have to hide them from my DH as he would drink them. So many times I've gone to get one and they he's drunk them all. He's so frustrated that he can't find them, clearly he has had had a man look.

Buy a Sodastream and make your own?

JesusIsAnyNameFree what a strange drip feed. In your comment you made it look like you were the one with food issues. Quite odd.

@WaterOffADucksCrack

JesusIsAnyNameFree what a strange drip feed. In your comment you made it look like you were the one with food issues. Quite odd.

Nah, you jumped to conclusions. I don't have a single food issue, other than the fact that my hands are currently empty of anything snacky.