AIBU to feed DH the same meal twice?

[KidsAreMean]

DH won't eat the same meal twice in one week. I, personally think it's absolutely bonkers, but apparently MIL never did (I must verify this with her!) and he doesn't like it. Fine. I've got used to it. However, usually during the week, I cook for the DC and will e.g. make a double portion of lunch which we eat 2 days later.
This week I made a massive lasagne. Plan: Monday lunch, Wednesday lunch when DH is home office and then we'd finish the rest Thursday lunch. Except DH has now decided he's working from home today (as well as yesterday). I don't have any other food in apart from eggs which he doesn't like. Else I can make an emergency pasta & tomato sauce - which is basically same as the lasagne!
So AIBU to serve him the lasagne? I'd planned to do the weekly shop tomorrow, going today will inconvenience me next week (even though I'm a sahm).

I’m curious…… I’ve not heard of or seen a lasagne made with lentils?🙄

You must have done. Lentils provide the protein element in dishes like lasagne, bolognaise, chilli or anything that might have mince in it. It is a staple for vegetarians.

When I got remarried I said I’m not cooking for you & six years later - I still don’t.

We do this all the time OP. I make something that we often have two days in a row, or a day apart. We both enjoy it as flavours develop, it gives me a day off cooking and we look forward to it, if it’s a particular favourite. You could freeze half and serve it at a later date. Your OH is being unreasonable. We do the same, whichever of us has cooked. Have it yourself and let him make himself beans on toast, or whatever.

Do you just cook for yourslef then @Chris08?

I like cooking and cook most meals in our house when DD is away, but I don't cook at lunchtime because I am working. DH and I just grab our own lunches, but I do usually cook the evening meal.

He changed the plan, tough titty

Yabu to even be considering pandering to this fuckery. He should est what is offered and what makes sensible use of the family groceries.

Tell him to eat it or get it himself! I often cook Mac cheese/spaghetti bog/cottage pie and we both finish it off the next day. Don’t be a stepford wife!!!

@RampantIvy

Do you just cook for yourslef then *@Chris08*?

I like cooking and cook most meals in our house when DD is away, but I don't cook at lunchtime because I am working. DH and I just grab our own lunches, but I do usually cook the evening meal.

Yes just for myself. It actually works out perfectly because we like to eat a different times & our tastes are completely different so we’re both happy & used to it. Others find it weird but it really works.

**must admit I'm a bitat all the let him get his own lunches when he's working from home. If you're all at home at a meal time, don't you all eat together?

Lunch during the working day, no we don’t eat together. We being OH and I both WFH and DD school and college from home - we all have very different schedules it would be very very
rare all 3 of us have them same 30 mins to eat together.

OH loves when’s there’s enough left overs from dinner for next day lunch.

@Burnt0utMum

Don't serve him anything. If he doesn't like what you've provided he can make himself something else.

Agree with this.

Neither myself or dh would want to eat the same lunch 3 times in one week so I totally get it. Especially given that it is your main meal of the day.

However, I would just make my dh something different if he didn’t want what I fancied or was cooking. It takes 5 minutes to make a sandwich/ salad/ omelette /put a jacket potato in the oven etc. If I wasn’t in the mood to make him something then he would just make it himself.

It’s also okay to eat lunch together but not have the same thing. Do you always eat down everything to the point there is nothing left when you do a food shop? We would always be able to make a few different lunches even on delivery day. Maybe order in some extra bits next time?

I don’t serve the same meal twice in a week as a rule (I also don’t serve mince or the same meat/fish twice), but if I’m rushed or it’s convenient I would. My H wouldn’t mind though, it’s me who wouldn’t like it.

We don’t eat together at lunch as H has meetings and I eat lunch at 2-2.30 usually. He would never ever get his own lunch though (or even put anything in the microwave). If I’m not about to do it he goes without/eats biscuits or goes out for lunch.

@TrashKitten10

How lucky he is to be WFH and have a lovely home cooked meal offered to him!

You're not going shopping, today's meal is lasagne. If DH can't possibly eat the same meal twice in a week he should go out in his lunch break and buy himself something. Please don't pander to this shite.

This answer all day long!!! He is very lucky. If he chooses to be fussy, then make his own. I regularly serve up the same thing two days in a row. I can't stand waste, and my freezer can't hold out to that level of fussing

Hes a grown man not a bird.

A bird would be less picky tbh.

Seriously, get a grip and show him where the kitchen is. It’s 2021, not 1821

I didn't realise we were still living in the 1950s. My dh gets what he's given and is just grateful that I cook everyday.

@Burnt0utMum

Don't serve him anything. If he doesn't like what you've provided he can make himself something else.

I'm not reading anymore replies because this is the answer!

My DP is like that a little bit and it annoys the hell out of me. We didn't have much money when I was a kid so my mum stretched every meal to last two days. I remember potatoes in various forms featuring heavily to bulk things up. I'm not faded about food, I see it as fuel so anything was better than nothing and if you didn't eat it you didn't get anything else.
My particular annoyance is when he shops for food, fills the fridge with salad then we don't have anything with salad and it goes off.
Last night I threw away a whole cucumber. Packet of asparagus, two limes and some celery. All past their best. I might as well of set fire to a tenner.

If DH can't possibly eat the same meal twice in a week hmm he should go out in his lunch break and buy himself something

I would also caution against saying this as it can become very expensive if someone goes out and gets a full meal out every lunchtime ( I know my H was spent about £30 per day if I didn’t provide adequate food).

How bizarre. I don't want to do a 'my husbands better than yours' type thing or anything but mine wouldn't even think to question dinner or if I shout 'can you do dinner' if I'm busy (WFH) he'd just say 'yep' and look in fridge and freezer like an adult and cook something. Never same 2'meals in 7 days? That's madness ...

I wouldn't serve the same food twice. It's depressing. I batch cook and freeze for a later date.

My DH always takes leftovers from tea the night before for his lunch.
YABU to think it's your responsibility to feed him. Youve made a lasagne. If he doesn't want that then he makes something else or he will go hungry. Simple as. You're a sahm to look after your children, not your dh. He's a grown man. Tell him to get a grip.

I wouldn't serve the same food twice. It's depressing.

Why? How many days aoart does it have to be to become non-depressing? I loooove lasagne. Getting it again the next day would make me very happy, definitely not depressed!

@pollymere

I wouldn't serve the same food twice. It's depressing. I batch cook and freeze for a later date.

You may find it depressing. If I have made something I like I want some more the next day.

Baked potato and cheese/beans/tuna?