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 hope you always wear a frock and a clean pinny OP, and that your DH never sees you without your make up on or your hair unbrushed.

He can get his own lunch or eat double in a week. What a nut idea that meals aren’t repeated - reheated lasagne is better than the original!

@hellcatspangle

Missing the point of the thread a bit but why do you eat a proper cooked meal every day for lunch? Do you cook again at night? Either way, stop pandering to a grown man and let him make his own lunch.

I find questions like this bizarre likewise the aversion often seen on here to 'no more than one cooked/hot meal a day'.

Isn't eating dinner leftovers for a lunch a normal thing to do? It's more satisfying, often healthier and easier than the common alternative of sandwiches. What's not to like?

It's so sad what women put up with. Tell him to make his own food and stop pandering to him.

He’s very unreasonable
Tell him that’s all there is and he can go shopping if he wants something else

Are you worried about his reaction?

Why are you enabling this?
He's a grown man and can make his own lunch, you are not responsible for 'feeding' him.

@femfemlicious

OP I wonder why you brought this question here. You must have known what we would all say.

If the OP isn't a DM plant, this thread is ripe for being picked up by them.

I can imagine all the comments from the readers about 'lazy' SAHMs 'neglecting' their DHs by not making their lunch for them, despite him working hard to provide for his family while she lazes around at home. .

Must be so hard for OP's DH not having hands.

I agree with everyone else.
When we have a roast dinner on Sunday I often do the same or a similar meal on Monday.

DH enjoys it as much as I do because he isn't a lazy, self entitled arsehole.

Is this a wind up OP?

Yes, I think it’s grounds for divorce. Home cooked lasagne twice in one week, you have utterly failed in your wifely duties. You must try harder.

So sad that you're living like this. I'm a housewife too (kids back in school) and my husband is greatful for what he's given. He makes his own if I'm busy/have plans and we share the cooking at the weekends. SAHP doesn't equal slave.

My DH does most of the cooking. He might make a lasagne so large we are still eating it 3 days later! Or he roasts a chicken, then we have some in sandwiches the next day, then he might boil the bones for stock...perfectly normal, and a good way of reducing waste and cost.

It sounds like the OP's husband hasn't moved on from living at home. If he doesn't like what's on offer, he can make something different or have nothing. His choice.

Just tell him that you were planning on going to the shops tomorrow, lunch in lasagna and there is a portion for him so he can either eat it or make his own

Wow, isn't he precious!
I will admit that I don't feed any of us the same meal 2 evenings in a row, but I do make double portions and then the second lot will be used 2-3 evenings later, depending on what it is and its keepability.

DH has been known to have left over dinner for his lunch the following day - and has had to be dissuaded of this, sometimes, when he's after eating the entire second dinner by himself!

I wouldn't cope well with someone who refused to eat leftovers twice in one week. Any more than I coped with an ex BF who refused to eat left over roasted meat in anything.

Would hate our house, we regularly have the same meal twice in a week eg chilli, stew. Usually have a day in between and always evening meals, don’t reheat for lunch.

Mind DH has pretty much the same sandwich combo every day so he couldn’t really complain

Ridiculous

@onelittlefrog

Gosh, did we just go back to the 1950's?

I was literally going to say the same. Massive eye roll to OP

Personally I would get a bit bored of eating the same thing bit I certainly wouldn't make a fuss if someone else is making me food! What a cheek! If I was that against it, I'd make myself something else. I make big portions of food but I tend to freeze leftovers for the following week so we don't have the same thing a few days in a row, but you do what works for you - he's a big boy and can make himself a sandwich if he has to!

Why are you living your life like this OP?

Stop indulging this man child.

Oh wow. He would hate our house. We deliberately cook double of any meal that will easily stand reheating, so that we don't have to cook properly as often. In fact, everyone is disappointed if we have a particular favourite, eg lasagne, pies, and there aren't leftovers.
He can like it or cook for himself! Given previous generations would have had much less choice available of food, I can't believe it's the norm not to repeat.

This is insane, does he just sit there and let you serve him? You dynamic is setting a terrible example for your children.

Bloody hell! How did he manage to eat when he had to go out to work? That’s shocking that he expects you to make his lunch just because he’s now working from home. Just leave him to it, you’re not Pret a Manger. “I’ve got no food in”. Does he not understand how shops work?

DP and I often eat the same dinner two nights in a row as I'll cook something from scratch that serves four, although I will do a different side to the one from the night before. DP has never complained about it but DP doesn't like food waste.

Is this a pisstake? You're taking like you're from another era or like someone talks about feeding their fussy toddler. Why are you responsible for an adults lunch and their picky eating nonsense? I don't think the issue is the lasagne - I think you having to give your husband's eating habits head space is the issue. It's not your problem to fix.

How does he manage at breakfast time ? Does he have 7 different breakfasts that he makes for himself on a rota, to ensure that the same meal never passes his lips twice within the same 7 day period?

What about things like hot drinks ? Does he have 7 types and drink one a day for 7 days ? Or the same hot drink several times on the same day?

If he has a white coffee at breakfast on Monday morning, can he not drink another white coffee until next Monday ?

Does he only eat bread once a week or on one day a week ?