To be disgruntled with DH's poor choices re. junk food?

[BlowDryRat]

He always buys something weird that tastes horrible rather than make a safe choice that I everyone will enjoy, then scoffs it while I everyone els misses out. Junk food choices he has made in recent memory:

• Lime and chutney poppadom crisps
• Pickle flavour Mini Cheddars
• Pizza Express with lamb topping
• Ruby berry Magnum ice cream

I'm fairly adventurous food-wise (have happily eaten caterpillars, frog legs etc. on holiday) but it's so disappointing when he says he's ordered pizza or got snacks and then I get presented with fizzy chicken korma and bin juice-flavour Pringles or something equally rank.

Well the ruby magnums sound lush! defo have one of those .

OP’s husband is purposely purchasing things that only he will like so he doesn’t have to share
Or he’s buying things he thinks is fine? Lime Popadoms, Pickle Mini Cheddars, Lamb Pizza … it’s hardly anything so out there people wouldn’t like unless you’re a massive fussy arse.

Of course he’s a man so he MUST be doing it because he’s a greedy bastard who’s out to make a fool of his wife.

I'm a bit of a sucker for a new or limited edition version of something. I tend to buy one thing that is like that and another thing that isn't. So Ruby magnums for me, chocolate magnums for everyone else. If anyone wants a ruby magnum they are more than welcome.

Lime popadoms and pickle cheddars sound yummy. The pizza sounds grim though, but my favourite pizza has pineapple on so what do I know?

All of those things sounds yummy to me 😋

My husband once at McDonalds bought some extra chicken nuggets for us to share. I finished my meal and opened the box to eat my half and he'd eaten the lot. The moral of this story is that men are greedy bastards and shouldn't be left alone to buy food as they only think of what they like and want it all to themselves.

[quote Strangevipers]@BlowDryRat

What are you on about ?

Re-read my comment please [/quote]
No. It was stupid.

This is why my DP and I buy separate snacks, I'd be raging if he never got me anything and vice versa 😂

Honestly, all of those things sound nice to me. The lamb pizza is perhaps a bit unusual, but it sounds great! The other things are pretty standard. I'd choose all of them.

Your DH obviously though that they sounded great (and I assume enjoyed them) so the issue is basically that you want your choice all the time, and for your DH to only eat the things that you prefer, rather than the ones he prefers!

Unless he's deliberately choosing something that you've specifically said you don't want/don't like (when he should be buying you an alternative), then you need to accept that, when sharing things as part of a family, you don't get your first choice all of the time. IMO he's made good choices that would certainly suit my palate! Why should your DH go without all those delicious foods, just because they're not your preference?

That list is not exactly way out there. When reading the title I thought of chocolate covered ants or such like not everyday supermarket buys.

If you don’t like them just buy what you like for you.
I don’t like cheese but I still buy it as others do. I do like twiglets but no one else does but I still buy twiglets.

Presumably you're talking about the Walkers poppadoms. They're pretty run of the mill - hardly 'out there'. We give them to guests all the time and they're always gobbled up.

My exH used to monitor and judge what I ate and would bang on about it constantly. It was soul destroying

Have you seen how frogs are killed for your adventurous frog leg meal? Let him eat his shit you are worse.

Anyone who coins the phrase fizzy chicken korma and bin juice-flavour Pringles is NBU.

Name and shame, OP!

@redtshirt50

I love the mime and chutney poppadoms!

everything else sounds weird though so I agree with you there

Mime and chutney made me laugh. Do you have gesture while eating them?

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@WaltzingBetty

And the fishy keeps on biting 😂

[quote ArblemarchTFruitbat]@tabulahrasa They sometimes have them in B&M.[/quote]
I go in there fairly often, they never have them in mine.

I found some about a year ago in a corner shop I don’t usually go in, I went back many times and it was a one off...

@Maves

Have you seen how frogs are killed for your adventurous frog leg meal? Let him eat his shit you are worse.

I haven't but I googled and you're right

@Strangevipers

How thoughtful of your partner

Shame he doesn't get it right

If he was on here writing this he would be called abusive for putting you down for trying your best

That's not trying his best as though he's a two year old who needs a pat on the head and an 'aww, well done for trying'.

DP buys shite I can't stand or has gluten in. But he also buys stuff I like and can actually eat when the supermarkets can be arsed to stock it.

Because he's a fully grown adult who can think of more than just his wants.

@NeverDropYourMoonCup

BE grateful in life.

He bought some snacks likely thinking everyone would like to try something new a d low and beyond Miss rude high matainance has caused up a stink

I hope OP BUYS HER treats going forward ( treats how pathetic a grown up crying about treats)

That's so horrible about frog's legs. I never knew either, OP.

Suprima I fear for anyone who has to deal with your condescending attitude. But thank you, I feel so enlightened. 🙄 He's buying things he thinks sound good. He's not going with "safe" choices, but he's not purposely excluding anyone.

Lamb pizza isn't unusual at all, tons of pizza places in London do them and they're usually the best and most popular. Sorry OP but you sound like you have boring taste in food.

'I fear for what dire relationships you have been in if you think it is normal for a woman to go out an ‘buy her own snacks’ when her partner is bringing home something he is selling as a family treat'

We don't make a big fuss out of going to the shop for a family treat either we eat whatever we like that's in the cupboards, or one of us goes to the shop and says 'do you want anything' to which the other replies 'yes dairy milk' or whatever.
Are people in other homes really saying oooh dads going out to buy a family treat! And no one even says bring me this or that?

Also If I'm in Tesco and I'm bringing a packet of magnums I probably will bring ones everybody likes but if I see something I particularly want to try I'll bring them. If anybody else wants some they can have them, if not then whatever. Do you really never please yourself by bringing what you like rather than what everyone else likes? It's selfish now to try something new in case everyone else in the house decides they don't like them?

Is he a greedy bollocks hoping everyone else will hate the snacks so he can scoff them solo? Or is he just a sucker for an exciting new flavour combo?

That's why he buys them, then he can eat them all himself. If he bought normal ones he would have to share!