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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:
Nogoodusername · 15/05/2022 13:05

Very rude and inconsiderate of him. Very well handled though OP - respect to you. Enjoy wrangling the toddler and going to the supermarket OP’s ‘H’! ;-)

JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue · 15/05/2022 13:05

You could have asked your parents to pick up some egg mayo on the way over ....

Goldengoosey · 15/05/2022 13:06

That’s annoying but your response is a bit dramatic IMO. I would hammer on the door 😁and tell him to get a fecking shake on as you need the loo and a shower and also tell him eating your egg Mayo was annoying.

I don’t quite understand why you chose to post on MN over directly telling him to hurry up and that you’re annoyed about the Egg Mayo. Strange.

Foldinthecheese · 15/05/2022 13:06

There is literally no part of your OP or subsequent responses that suggests you were being lighthearted. Also, if things in your house are this much hard work with a single child, best of luck when you have two.

Normando91 · 15/05/2022 13:06

Oh OP, I fully sympathise! Last year when I was 7 months pregnant my partner ate something I had been craving for days and couldn’t wait to tuck into. I’d been feeling shitty all day and when my anti-reflux meds kicked in I went to eat it and it was gone. I cried.

Thankfully, although he’s a greedy git, my partner is also very understanding and went out right away to replace.

Pregnancy hormones are insane. Get him out the bathroom, pee and then demand he goes and buys you more egg mayo!!!

Pumperthepumper · 15/05/2022 13:06

I hate food selfishness anyway, but all the other stuff just makes him seem a total waste of space.

Grapewrath · 15/05/2022 13:07

It was selfish of him and I’d be really annoyed too tbh. He has however offered to go and fetch more- surely he could take DD with him? I’d take him up on it tbh. Is she having a 16 course tasting menu? She must be almost done.
Alternatively you could ask you parents to grab you a sandwich on

Chikapu · 15/05/2022 13:07

Do you have literally nothing in the house that you could have for lunch? Honestly, it sounds like you want to make everything hard work, try looking at things you can do instead of making up reasons why you can't do them.

Athleticpotential · 15/05/2022 13:07

It's not about the egg mayo. It sounds like you really don't like your husband though. Or anyone else for that matter!

It's beyond me why anyone would buy nasty mushy egg mayo anyway, when it's so easy to make a delicious one yourself 😆 Make some or buy some more on your way wherever you're going. Or get DH to.

Whooshaagh · 15/05/2022 13:07

Blowyourowntrumpet · 15/05/2022 12:42

Boil some eggs and make your own?

This.
Then feed his salami to a neighbourhood dog.

MrsGinaHarrison87 · 15/05/2022 13:07

You've had several suggestions. What would solve your predicament do you think? What would you like posters to suggest? Surely you have food in your house other than the now empty tub of egg mayo.

GarlicGnocchi · 15/05/2022 13:08

Squiff70 · 15/05/2022 13:01

Oof. This was meant to be light hearted. Now I remember why people should never start threads in AIBU 🤣

We don't have any mayo (or any spare time today to be making egg mayo) as my parents are coming this afternoon. I haven't seen them since last September. We also don't have any cheese or other meats. No eggs either as we always end up throwing more away than we actually use. Sure, I could have the deli meats that I don't like, and put our unborn baby at risk if I get listeria, but that's clearly besides the point.

He emerged from the bathroom and I told him, calmly, that I was annoyed I couldn't have lunch because he'd eaten the one thing I chose for myself (of course we share food and I don't expect him to ask permission but he knew the circumstances here). He said "fine, I'll go and get you a tub of egg mayo" and picked up the car key. I pointed out that DD was half way through her lunch, wasn't dressed and that he'd have to take her with him so I can have a shower. My parents are coming this afternoon (very soon in fact) so there isn't time for him to faff about for hours whilst I look after DD until he comes back from the supermarket, leaving me no time for a shower OR my lunch. I've just come upstairs and left him sorting DD. He will have to finish her lunch, change her nappy, get her dressed AND take her with him. He isn't happy but only because it means he can't spend the next 90 minutes playing games on his phone just because he was selfish.

But... thanks for the female solidarity ;)

I'm so with you. He's a dick.

almostmummyof2 · 15/05/2022 13:08

I feel like the only reason you didn't get female solidarity is because you were rude to other posters. Why post on here if you just want to backchat the people who comment back to you?

Isaidnoalready · 15/05/2022 13:08

Moancup · 15/05/2022 13:04

So he offered to go to the shop but that wasn’t good enough?

How on Earth do you shower if you’re ever solo parenting?

Some people’s lives are just exhausting to read about.

He can go to the shop he just has to take care of his own fucking child not piss off alone and do it

She needs to pee and shower

Solo parents shower when their kids are in bed but that's beside the point she ISNT a solo parent and if she was SHE WOULD STILL HAVE HER LUNCH BECAUSE HE WOULDNT HAVE EATEN IT also she could have peed before serving lunch to a toddler

bellac11 · 15/05/2022 13:10

Person who is hard work making everything hard work

So you dont have 'time' to make egg mayo (notwithstanding you said you didnt have the ingredients) but you have time to sit and mither and rage without having anything to eat

You have a child in the house but no other food apart from 2 foodstuffs, one of which was eaten by the joint occupant

You're moaning that theres no female solidarity? So because you're female, you're right?

And no your OP was not lighthearted and neither are your responses.

LittleBearPad · 15/05/2022 13:11

Maybe you should buy more than one meal’s worth of food at a time? You have a toddler daughter but no other options you could use to make yourself lunch?

If you need the loo knock on the door

SpindleInTheWind · 15/05/2022 13:13

Lamplightlady4 · 15/05/2022 12:44

Another thread where the OP argues with everyone’s comments because she can’t sort out her life at home!

To be fair, the reading comprehension of her opening post that is demonstrated on this thread isn't exactly stellar.

LittleBearPad · 15/05/2022 13:15

SpindleInTheWind · 15/05/2022 13:13

To be fair, the reading comprehension of her opening post that is demonstrated on this thread isn't exactly stellar.

It never is but the OP didn’t help herself with the stroppy responses

Capri3 · 15/05/2022 13:15

I thought that the NHS advice was to avoid mayonnaise due to risk of salmonella?

Athleticpotential · 15/05/2022 13:16

Capri3 · 15/05/2022 13:15

I thought that the NHS advice was to avoid mayonnaise due to risk of salmonella?

Only homemade mayo, there's no salmonella risk in processed mayonnaise.

fuckoffImcounting · 15/05/2022 13:16

He's a greedy pig. I stopped reading the thread because there are some nasty posters. You are within your rights to feel aggrieved OP.

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 15/05/2022 13:17

I mean it doesn't sound very light-hearted OP, especially getting stroppy at other other posters so you can forgive readers for not realising that you are in fact, finding the whole quite humourous!

DangerouslyBored · 15/05/2022 13:17

This was meant to be light hearted

You come across as the polar opposite of light hearted Confused

RedHelenB · 15/05/2022 13:18

Squiff70 · 15/05/2022 12:35

And waste food AND money? Yep, I can totally see how that would help the situation(!)

I can't just go in the bathroom. Our toddler is having lunch. I can't and won't leave her whilst she's eating due to risk of choking.

Carry on being the martyr then. A normal person would go to the loo when they need to.

Athleticpotential · 15/05/2022 13:18

Athleticpotential · 15/05/2022 13:16

Only homemade mayo, there's no salmonella risk in processed mayonnaise.

Although even that's changed now. Provided the eggs used are Lion marked it's fine.

Deli meats aren't forbidden either 😆