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AIBU?

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To be annoyed over a tub of egg mayo?

425 replies

Squiff70 · 15/05/2022 12:25

Yesterday morning we went shopping. We got lunch supplies for the next few days. I chose egg mayo as a sandwich filler and DP chose deli meats like chorizo.

I've just come to make lunch and found he's eaten my egg mayo. A full fucking tub. He has been known to pile it high on sandwiches but only after he's asked if we can share. This time he didn't ask.

I can't have deli meats due to being pregnant but I don't like them either, so now I have nothing for lunch. I'm fuming.

He's been in the bathroom for 40 minutes so far and has only just got in the shower. Why do men need to take a half-hour poo in preparation? He'll be at least 20 minutes in the shower than at least another 20 minutes after having a shave, so I can't send him out to get something else for lunch. My parents are coming this afternoon and I need a shower before they arrive. Instead I'm looking after our 2 year old daughter in my dressing gown and feeling grubby as well as hungry.

I also need a wee and we have no other barhroom/toilet so I'm getting very irritated.

AIBU?

OP posts:
GarlicGnocchi · 15/05/2022 20:14

Giraffesandbottoms · 15/05/2022 15:13

@Nanny0gg

I am just surprised I seriously thought everyone immediately got their child a passport. Like a birth certificate. It’s quite worrying that people are having children if they can’t afford something basic like a passport.

What the actual.. I can afford a child because I don't go round wasting money on things like passports for holidays I don't need and eggs I don't need.

dementedpixie · 15/05/2022 20:17

BusyMum47 · 15/05/2022 20:10

Yes, he's been a selfish, greedy twat but really? 1st world problems & all that. Either eat something else, make some egg mayo yourself or bang on the bathroom door, tell him to get his arse into gear & send him out to buy something else.

You're about 5 hours too late!

whynotwhatknot · 15/05/2022 20:18

i do love this thread its gone from egg mayo to passports

ChairCareOh · 15/05/2022 20:20

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Maireas · 15/05/2022 20:23

I'm just a bit concerned that the very elderly unwell parents who have travelled from afar don't get any food.

HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 15/05/2022 20:23

bumblefeline · 15/05/2022 16:05

Egg sandwiches are quite nice mixed with a bit of salad cream instead.

Much nicer made with salad cream. They actually taste of something!!

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 20:29

HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 15/05/2022 20:23

Much nicer made with salad cream. They actually taste of something!!

I would call the police.

SpindleInTheWind · 15/05/2022 20:53

GarlicGnocchi · 15/05/2022 19:54

Is egg mayogate still going?

No.The thread ended the minute you posted.

LuckySantangelo35 · 15/05/2022 20:56

I never have eggs in ever. Or milk. Because I don’t like either.

where did the bit about the toddler having or not having a passport come up? Must have missed it!

FlowerArranger · 15/05/2022 21:09

HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 15/05/2022 20:23

Much nicer made with salad cream. They actually taste of something!!

If I wanted my egg mayonnaise to taste of something other than eggs and mayonnaise, I could think of several things that are nicer than:
"Water, Spirit Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil (22%), Sugar, Mustard Powder, Modified Cornflour, Pasteurised Egg Yolks (3%), Salt, Colour - Riboflavin" (= Heinz salad cream).
Such as parsley, lemon juice, garlic, sun dried tomatoes, capers, chives...... (Not all at together, obviously!)

Workinghardeveryday · 15/05/2022 21:35

FlowerArranger · 15/05/2022 21:09

If I wanted my egg mayonnaise to taste of something other than eggs and mayonnaise, I could think of several things that are nicer than:
"Water, Spirit Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil (22%), Sugar, Mustard Powder, Modified Cornflour, Pasteurised Egg Yolks (3%), Salt, Colour - Riboflavin" (= Heinz salad cream).
Such as parsley, lemon juice, garlic, sun dried tomatoes, capers, chives...... (Not all at together, obviously!)

🙄

Valeriekat · 15/05/2022 21:37

That's right...you can never go to the loo again!

allboysherebutme · 15/05/2022 22:28

Send him to the shop. X

motherofchihuahuas · 15/05/2022 22:56

@Goldijobsandthe3bears

I have tuna salad cream instead of tuna Mayo. And I add picked onion for extra pickally goodness.

It's lovely 😊

LuckySantangelo35 · 15/05/2022 23:11

Maireas · 15/05/2022 20:23

I'm just a bit concerned that the very elderly unwell parents who have travelled from afar don't get any food.

They can have deli meats including chorizo etc

LuckySantangelo35 · 15/05/2022 23:12

@Giraffesandbottoms

you having a laugh with your passport chat?

Maireas · 16/05/2022 05:58

LuckySantangelo35 · 15/05/2022 23:11

They can have deli meats including chorizo etc

But is there enough bread?

Squiff70 · 16/05/2022 06:54

We didn't have food to feed my parents?

Where did I actually say or imply that?

I said they were coming mid-afternoon, in other words, AFTER lunch. Some of you took it upon yourselves to decide that meant there was literally nothing available for a snack or evening meal. Why?

As it happened, we did remember to feed them. IF I had eaten for lunch (instead of my much-desired egg mayo sandwich) what we planned to serve in the evening, then there wouldn't have been enough to serve as the evening meal (and that would have REALLY given you something to bark about).

I am only responsible for what I type, NOT what YOU assume.

DP is working today which means my egg mayo butty lunch is safe. Happy days 😁

OP posts:
Maireas · 16/05/2022 07:08

I think there was a question mark over food in the house OP. If you had nothing to eat because of your miscreant husband, what was available for elderly infirm parents travelling from yonder? I have solutions.

  1. Ban husband from long showers. You have a hosepipe in the garden? He can use that.
  2. Label foodstuffs in terms of allowed and forbidden to said husband. Use a big red cross.
  3. No deli meats in the house. He can turn vegan.
  4. Employ a nanny. Husband can sell a kidney to fund this.
You're welcome.
BillLius · 16/05/2022 07:26

Where did the egg mayonnaise come from?

Squiff70 · 16/05/2022 07:43

BillLius · 16/05/2022 07:26

Where did the egg mayonnaise come from?

Asda.

OP posts:
Squiff70 · 16/05/2022 07:48

Maireas · 16/05/2022 07:08

I think there was a question mark over food in the house OP. If you had nothing to eat because of your miscreant husband, what was available for elderly infirm parents travelling from yonder? I have solutions.

  1. Ban husband from long showers. You have a hosepipe in the garden? He can use that.
  2. Label foodstuffs in terms of allowed and forbidden to said husband. Use a big red cross.
  3. No deli meats in the house. He can turn vegan.
  4. Employ a nanny. Husband can sell a kidney to fund this.
You're welcome.

Thanks for the helpful advice 👍

I never said there was no food in the house (except mayo and eggs but let's not go back there again). There's plenty of food in the house - there just wasn't any egg mayo because it had been snaffled. There was nothing else I had time to prepare at that point in time, and nothing else I wanted either. I think nearly all women who are or have been pregnant will 'get' why I was so grumpy when the one food I chose for a quick, easy and convenient lunch was devoured in its entirety by somebody it wasn't bought for - my partner DID know this and understand, but for reasons unbeknown to me, he ate it anyway.

Next time we set foot in a supermarket I'll be sure to stock up on other lunch options for myself even though I know he will eat those too.

OP posts:
hangrylady · 16/05/2022 07:57

I was really annoyed on your behalf after reading your OP, but you've since been so arsey with everyone I couldn't give a shit about your egg mayo or your DH's selfishness. Oh and if you want 'female solidarity ' don't be a total cow to other women.

Squiff70 · 16/05/2022 08:01

hangrylady · 16/05/2022 07:57

I was really annoyed on your behalf after reading your OP, but you've since been so arsey with everyone I couldn't give a shit about your egg mayo or your DH's selfishness. Oh and if you want 'female solidarity ' don't be a total cow to other women.

I actually wasn't. Several people accused me of being rude for telling somebody "please read the OP". I really, honestly don't see why that was rude. It's rather rude to reply to somebody and demand answers from them when they've already given answers to those questions in their original post.

Even more baffling, one person accused me of drip-feeding. I hadn't realised when posting this thread that not explaining why my 2 year old child doesn't have a passport in the OP as I didn't think it was relevant, but there we have it 🤷‍♀️

OP posts:
GarlicGnocchi · 16/05/2022 08:18

Squiff70 · 16/05/2022 08:01

I actually wasn't. Several people accused me of being rude for telling somebody "please read the OP". I really, honestly don't see why that was rude. It's rather rude to reply to somebody and demand answers from them when they've already given answers to those questions in their original post.

Even more baffling, one person accused me of drip-feeding. I hadn't realised when posting this thread that not explaining why my 2 year old child doesn't have a passport in the OP as I didn't think it was relevant, but there we have it 🤷‍♀️

Ah I've fallen foul of that one before. I didn't realise the OP had to be your life's story.