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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?

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MorganKitten · 02/09/2021 20:54

[quote atleastthepoochlovesme]@GreyhoundG1rl fillet steak from the local butcher. Not sure where you get yours from but maybe you could recommend some cheaper London butchers?! Would be most grateful![/quote]
Literally any other London butchers, the one you’re going to has done you over!

justbegoodforme · 02/09/2021 20:54

Is this real? The whole thread is just brilliant. Keep 'em coming.
Please tell me when the next couple's treatments are booked for and what is going to be on the menu?

MarleneDietrichsSmile · 02/09/2021 20:54

Well, buxom or not, a happy ending is a happy ending

1FootInTheRave · 02/09/2021 20:54

How bloody weird.

How on earth did your husband ever come up with that as a good idea?

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:54

@checkingforballoons - good one!

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KintsugiCat · 02/09/2021 20:54

I couldn’t even fathom doing joint finances like that. Don’t have the energy nor mental capacity.

burritofan · 02/09/2021 20:55

Perhaps he’s been watching too much quorn and thinks he can act out fantasies in real life?

Plumtree391 · 02/09/2021 20:55

@HollowTalk

This is like a Channel 4 documentary! Masseuse travels to couple's house to give them some beauty treatments and eat steak. She wasn't wearing one of those masks was she? The one that makes her look like an animal.
I was wondering what the op's DH was wearing under his pinny!
Bluntness100 · 02/09/2021 20:55

This is getting weird, what are you saying he likes over weight women so he fed her steak? What’s your weight and his sexual preferences to do with this?

Confused
justbegoodforme · 02/09/2021 20:56

Wait, who has the butcher done over? Was this when he delivered the steaks?

Butterflyfluff · 02/09/2021 20:56

It's just the household bills and say a holiday at a 5 star resort

This thread is bonkers

So there’s nothing in between household bills and a holiday……..at a 5 star resort dontcha know 😂

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:56

@daisychain01 - I'm so glad you clarified that for me. I'm calling my divorce lawyer ASAP!!

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GeorgiaMcGraw · 02/09/2021 20:56

So the masseuese gave your husband a massage after they ate steak? I'm impressed neither of them threw up. Or is that the next thread: "AIBU? DH threw up on the masseuse's toes and charged me for her to get a pedicure?" Glad you're taking the thread so well OP though, you've got a good sense of humour! Grin

Flatdisco · 02/09/2021 20:56

This is all really weird

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 02/09/2021 20:57

arf at Pulled Pork... round of applause for @MysweetAudrina :o :o

speakout · 02/09/2021 20:57

Was it a "couples" massage?

Surely that takes two therapists?

How can one therapist massage two people at once?

On second thoughts I'm not sure I want the answer to that question....

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 20:57

@Butterflyfluff lots inbetween...just not split and "squabbled" over as some people are assuming.

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burnoutbabe · 02/09/2021 20:58

I get it

We put our food shopping on a joint card and I tell him at month end what he owes me (50/50)

And if he remembered he went to butchers and bought stuff on his own card and we had lunch, he'd probably say to deduct that off what he owes.

Now whether it's really a joint food cost is debatable as he decided to do it himself but it was treating a guest in ones house so sort of qualifies -like a dinner party.

(I am an accountant!)

HasaDigaEebowai · 02/09/2021 20:59

Definitely sex people. I bet the poor woman was terrified.

GreenFingersWouldBeHandy · 02/09/2021 20:59

Ask the masseuse how she will declare this to VAT. Just beyond weird.

Spysolation · 02/09/2021 20:59

I can’t get over a few things.
The offering of steak ?!
Then that the beautician accepted Grin
And just sat in your house eating it?!!
Wtaf. This is so strange.

Blue4YOU · 02/09/2021 20:59

Exactly like Bluntness I can’t stop crying laughing and had to read it to my DH.
Fantastic.
I was just imagining the farts and belches as that went on in that second massage

DogFoodPie · 02/09/2021 21:00

So funny, I'm just imagining the masseuse awkwardly eating her steak, thinking what have I got myself into here.

atleastthepoochlovesme · 02/09/2021 21:00

@burnoutbabe finally! I'm not such a weirdo as people are saying after all! Was about to check myself into the funny farm! But I work in finance too so maybe it's just "our type of people/profession!"

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MolyHolyGuacamole · 02/09/2021 21:00

@ohidoliketobe

Sorry, I can't answer your question about the steak. I'm still really confused that he cooked a steak dinner for the therapist who had just given you a couples massage... And she just sat and ate it? In your home? Confused
I'm wondering if 'cooking steak for my massage therapist' is code for something?