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

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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?

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honkytonkheroe · 02/09/2021 20:46

I'm glad everyone else finds this as weird as me.

WimpoleHat · 02/09/2021 20:47

@MysweetAudrina

Are you sure it was steak and not pulled pork?
@MysweetAudrina wins 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Excelthetube · 02/09/2021 20:47

You know you’re going to have to serve her the finest fillet steaks every single time she (or your DH) comes…

Lollypop701 · 02/09/2021 20:48

MysweetAudrina

Are you sure it was steak and not pulled pork?

You win the thread 😂🙈

TheRebelle · 02/09/2021 20:48

I think the steak is the least of your worries!

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:48

@ChargingBuck Yes! This! Good idea!

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PerpendicularVincent · 02/09/2021 20:49

I have no idea where the fuck I am.

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:49

@Maassi - it takes all sorts to make up the world! Lol!

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TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 02/09/2021 20:50

Nothing odd here, I often cook a meal for a random Amazon delivery driver, and replaced the tyres on his van too whilst he's eating his pudding.
I thought everybody did thisConfused

No wonder the electricity company want us to install a smart meter after what I did for the meter man. Blush

Bryonyshcmyony · 02/09/2021 20:50

Totally and utterly weird, all of it

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:50

No happy endings!!

No sitting around in bathrobes!

Yes she ate her steak while I ate my Quorn!
The dishwasher did the washing up!

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WeeFae · 02/09/2021 20:50

Did ye, aye.

MintyGreenDream · 02/09/2021 20:51

@WeeFae 😁

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 02/09/2021 20:51

I doubt anyone needs to worry about it happening again. I bet she thought it was well weird but was too polite to say!

StrongerThanA90sTrend · 02/09/2021 20:51

So much weird.

I can't say I'd be able to turn down a steak dinner, in the masseuse's defence.

Excelthetube · 02/09/2021 20:51

@WeeFae
Omg
You win the thread actually. Fucking brilliant

Bluntness100 · 02/09/2021 20:52

For the first time in a long time I actually had to read this out loud to my husband, with tears streaming down my face with laughter too.

Going for your “joint beauty treatments” then getting her round for a couples “massage” cooking her a steak and rhen squabbling over the cost of it.

Do you scream at the beauty of the cistine chapel too? 😂😂😂

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:52

Somebody mentioned a younger woman...she was older. Not that that matters..seeing as I'm a cougar myself! But I'm buxom and DH loves buxom. 😜

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Hoppinggreen · 02/09/2021 20:52

It’s like multi layers of weirdness

Bluntness100 · 02/09/2021 20:53

@atleastthepoochlovesme

Somebody mentioned a younger woman...she was older. Not that that matters..seeing as I'm a cougar myself! But I'm buxom and DH loves buxom. 😜
Eh what. That’s bloody weird. 🤮
QueenHofScotland · 02/09/2021 20:53

Just waiting for a new thread to pop up on chat by the masseuse 😂

daisychain01 · 02/09/2021 20:53

You've got the weirdest marriage ever. I feel sorry for you both.

The steak is only one of your problems.

Excelthetube · 02/09/2021 20:53

Obviously your DH loved buxom! He was trying to make the masseuse buxom by force feeding her a kilo of beef!

checkingforballoons · 02/09/2021 20:53

Do you think you can get past this or is your marriage at steak?

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:54

@Bluntness100 - obviously you're not buxom.

No squabbling going on...as per the 1st line of my post..

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