Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

DH charged me for Steak...but I'm a Veggie!

791 replies

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:04

Not irate/upset/annoyed but just wanted to see how others would feel if it were them...

DH is a lovely guy but has his quirks (don't we all). For context, we split the household bills and big purchases 50/50 so he transfers the money into my account on the 1st of each month. For anything else, we just buy what we want/need out of our own money.

A few weeks ago, DH and I had some beauty treatments by a self-employed beautician who has a beauty room at home but is also mobile. I've only visited her a handful of times before, so we're friendly, but not friends. Before we left, she was telling us about other treatments she does, so DH and I booked in for a massage at our home (DH said he would pay as a treat) which took place a couple of days ago. As we were leaving, DH asked her if she liked steak, to which she said yes, so DH told her that he would make a steak dinner for her (DH loves to cook). I thought it was a bit odd offering to make dinner for her when she was coming over to work, but it was a friendly enough gesture by him. Please note this was his gesture, not mine. I would've just given her a tip at the end!

Anyway, the day of the massage arrived; DH went to the butchers and bought the steak. While I was enjoying my massage, he was cooking away in the kitchen. Beautician ate and enjoyed the steak and DH was loving the compliments.

Yesterday morning, 1st of the month, direct debits due, I checked my bank account and found that DH had transferred £20 less than he should have. When I asked him why, he told me, "for the steak!" I wouldn't have minded but I'm a vegetarian so I don't even eat bloody steak!

Yes, he paid for my massage...thought it was a treat, but it cost me £20 in the end. Still a bargain I suppose! What would you think?

OP posts:
namechange7865 · 02/09/2021 21:18

But why did he cook dinner for the beautician, you do realise that's unbelievably weird right?

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 21:18

@burritofan it IS the issue...by principle!

@Excelthetube Corrie all the way...and Corrie classics at that!

OP posts:
AubergineParmigiana · 02/09/2021 21:20

Is it steak and blow job day?

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 21:20

@namechange7865 yep. I think I did say in my original post that I thought it was odd.

OP posts:
atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 21:20

@AubergineParmigiana every Tuesday!

OP posts:
IWasBornInAThunderstorm · 02/09/2021 21:21

@burritofan

I think my favourite thing about all this is the thread title “DH charged me for steak…but I’m a veggie!” as though THAT’S the issue
Yes that's my favourite thing too
Florelei · 02/09/2021 21:21

@WorraLiberty

Very odd situation.

So you sat and watcher her eat your husband's meat before she massaged him?

😂😂😂😂😂 behave
icedcoffees · 02/09/2021 21:21

@atleastthepoochlovesme

Ok, ok!! Let me explain...again..

I had my massage first while DH cooked steak.

Beautician ate steak whilst I ate Quorn.

Beautician finished steak.

Beautician gave DH massage.

Beautician left.

DH ate steak.

Dishwasher did the dishes!

That's even fucking weirder!
user1471531150 · 02/09/2021 21:21

I’ve never posted on mumsnet before but decided to join just to tell you that this thread has had me in fits of giggles! Wtaf! I’m a masseuse and I cannot envisage a stranger scenario than massaging the wife, eating a steak and then massaging the hubby! Why did she say yes to this?!

namechange7865 · 02/09/2021 21:21

@atleastthepoochlovesme it's so weird she accepted too, my nail lady never even says yes to a drink!

burritofan · 02/09/2021 21:22

So if he’d served up the beautician a Linda McCartney ready meal or a nut roast you’d have been OK with being charged half, or…?

user1471531150 · 02/09/2021 21:22

[quote namechange7865]@atleastthepoochlovesme it's so weird she accepted too, my nail lady never even says yes to a drink![/quote]
This!

canary1 · 02/09/2021 21:22

Thank you OP, I am crying with laughter, this thread has made my day!

CyclingIsNotOuting · 02/09/2021 21:23

The title of this thread does it no justice at all.

MerryHellbreakingloose · 02/09/2021 21:23

The separate finances I can get on board with. No problem.

But offering the beautician dinner, her accepting, him cooking her steak, then charging you for the steak, is just weird. WTF.

And I'm not sure if I find him offering or her accepting weirder.

Cissyandflora · 02/09/2021 21:23

@Bagamoyo1

Well if you agreed with his idea of feeding the beautician , then I guess you have to pay your half of the food cost, whatever it is. But I can’t get my head around the idea of a beautician tucking into a steak after doing the massage. It just seems really weird.
Yes this one is too weird.
IWasBornInAThunderstorm · 02/09/2021 21:25

*Beautician ate steak whilst I ate Quorn.

Beautician finished steak.

Beautician gave DH massage.

Beautician left.

DH ate steak.*

So DH watched you both eat and then had his later, cold?

Martyitsyourkids · 02/09/2021 21:25

I find this all really odd.

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 21:25

@burritofan....ermmm nope! He invited her for food. I just wanted a massage.

OP posts:
Grapewrath · 02/09/2021 21:26

This is both bizarre and hilarious

WorraLiberty · 02/09/2021 21:26

Did she say if she enjoyed your husband's rump, OP?

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 21:26

@IWasBornInAThunderstorm hotplate/microwave

OP posts:
atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 21:27

@WorraLiberty I certainly enjoy my husbands rump!

OP posts:
Butterflyfluff · 02/09/2021 21:27

The most utterly fabulous thing about this thread is that the OP genuinely thinks it’s all quite normal, aside from the bill splitting 😂😂😂

momtoboys · 02/09/2021 21:28

I'm thinking DH stands for the usual abbreviation for husband? I cannot imagine spending the time to deal with things like this. Do you have children? Who pays for them?

Swipe left for the next trending thread