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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:
WalkerWalking · 15/05/2022 13:49

You had me at pregnant and hangry. YANBU.

butterpuffed · 15/05/2022 13:49

Hilites · 15/05/2022 13:36

Just went to say this. Proper drama queen

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Absolute crap ! OP got snappy because posters were asking questions that had already been covered in her original post .

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 13:49

stuntbubbles · 15/05/2022 13:45

Food shops

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Yeah thanks 🙄 I’ve never seen a tub of ready made mayonnaise in the supermarkets round here.

Redactler · 15/05/2022 13:50

I used to be like this and make a drama about small problems. Trust me OP, your life will become much easier if you can train yourself to not get wound up about small things. You'll have a challenge on your hands if you are going to be bringing up two children and you let the small things get to you.

That aside, I hope you do get some lunch and have a nice afternoon with your parents.

Original poster
Squiff70 · 15/05/2022 13:52

BillLius · 15/05/2022 13:45

If your parents are old and very unwell, why are they travelling to visit you?

Because they chose to, and because they live in a different country, had the trip booked, are travelling round the UK visiting relatives. I can't fly over to them at 6 months pregnant with a toddler in tow because DP works (also toddler doesn't have a passport).

OP posts:
dementedpixie · 15/05/2022 13:53

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 13:43

Also where do people buy tubs of egg mayo?

At the supermarket Hmm

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 13:54

dementedpixie · 15/05/2022 13:53

At the supermarket Hmm

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See my reply to the last person who helpfully suggested that 🤨

mrsm43s · 15/05/2022 13:54

Squiff70 · 15/05/2022 13:41

Things I have so far learned from this thread:

That having a toddler in the house means we need 100 meals options for all three of us at any given time

That I need to plan 75 minutes in advance when I will need to wee so that others can time their bathroom use around my need the toilet

That I, as a mother and partner, am not allowed to choose one option for my own lunches whilst carefully making sure everyone else in the house has what they need for their own

That I need to learn to share a FULL FUCKING FUB of egg mayo and not be permitted enough for one sandwich

That I should keep eggs and mayo in the fridge at all times even though we don't usually use them, for mere inconveniences such as this

That I should have allowed DP his shit and shwank time and taken the toddler to the shop with me for lunch options, unwashed and in my dressing gown, because I was the one moaning about it

That I should inconvenience my elderly and very unwell parents by asking them to stop en route to buy my some egg mayo

That I should cancel said visit from elderly and very unwell parents because my lunch had been inconvenienced

That I should be more organised as a mother and be able to have a shower and do everything else in preparation for visitors whilst looking after a hurricane of a two year old just because her father had eaten my lunch

That people automatically assume that I should have lunch options in for my parents who are visiting mid-afternoon

That I have now inconvenienced a man (shock, horror) by asking him to be a father and help me with childcare so I can shower even though he wouldn't have needed to be inconvenienced if he hadn't been to selfish

That I must learn to "share" food without him needing to ask permission because its what people do, yet its fine for him to eat a FULL tub without sharing with me

That lighthearted threads must always be labelled as such to make it clear that they are intended to be lighthearted

There are more lessons learned here but I just don't have time to list them all.

Maybe, just MAYBE, he shouldn't have eaten a full tub of egg mayo in less than one day then I wouldn't have had ANY of these problems or felt the desire to post a tongue-in-cheek thread about it on Mumsnet.

PS. In case there was any doubt, this post is also intended to be lighthearted.

No-one has said any of those things. They've said make yourself another lunch (since it's exceptionally unlikely you have nothing but a pack of deli meats in the entire house since you went shopping yesterday). And it's OK to have a pee whilst in charge of a toddler. That is all. Your post is a load of hyperbolic nonsense. What a ridiculous overreaction to a minor irritation.

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 13:55

I have never seen tubs of egg mayonnaise at the supermarket, just to stop all the insightful replies 😏

Pollydonia · 15/05/2022 13:56

I'm reading this as a straw that broke the camel's back situation.
Hope you got some lunch op .

WalkerWalking · 15/05/2022 13:56

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 13:49

Yeah thanks 🙄 I’ve never seen a tub of ready made mayonnaise in the supermarkets round here.

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It's in the fridge section with the ham, cooked chicken, fresh soup etc. And don't listen to the people who say it's rank compared to "fresh" (which they're presumably making with longlife mayo out of a jar anyway. Although, this is MN, so maybe they're making fresh mayo from scratch as well) because it is in fact lush. It ranks just below tuna crunch, but above cheese and onion.

dementedpixie · 15/05/2022 13:56

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 13:54

See my reply to the last person who helpfully suggested that 🤨

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It's with other sandwich fillers like tuna mayo or coronation chicken, chicken and bacon, etc. Normally near the cold meats

GarlicGnocchi · 15/05/2022 13:57

dementedpixie · 15/05/2022 13:56

It's with other sandwich fillers like tuna mayo or coronation chicken, chicken and bacon, etc. Normally near the cold meats

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Yeah they are really handy

Grapewrath · 15/05/2022 13:57

I mean if you’re parents are ok to take a flight from abroad and visit rellys across the UK I reckon they’d be ok to grab you a sandwich? Surely?
You haven’t made this easy for yourself OP, even when people were being kind and agreeing with you, you were really snappy. It’s understandable in pregnancy but you’re honestly being a massive drama queen. Your DH is a twat fir eating your lunch but honestly the rest of the drama is ridiculous

Giraffesandbottoms · 15/05/2022 13:59

Why doesn’t your toddler have a passport?

DolphinaPD · 15/05/2022 14:00

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 ;)

Why can't you still be in the shower or eating your sandwich when your parents arrive? Confused

They're your parents, not the fucking Queen.

Sounds like you're determined to be pissed off over anything imo.

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 14:00

Ooh we love egg mayonnaise here, I’m going to try and find this now. Thanks

wonkygorgeous · 15/05/2022 14:00

You are getting a hard time!

When he gets out of the shower and comes down stairs, ask him to make you an Egg Mayo sandwich whilst he watches your LO and you shower and get ready.

Go upstairs and leave him to it.

He'll have the responsibility to sort it out.

I expect this has already passed now and you have sorted it out.

I'd be cross too. It's disrespectful. I put named stickers over peoples personal foods else the teenagers descend and decide that all fridge contents are up for grabs. My husband is usually the one who misses out and it drives me potty.

dementedpixie · 15/05/2022 14:00

Giraffesandbottoms · 15/05/2022 13:59

Why doesn’t your toddler have a passport?

It's not compulsory to have a passport
Maybe they haven't planned to go on holiday yet

PinkSyCo · 15/05/2022 14:01

Your husband is a greedy, thoughtless oeuf for eating all your egg mayo and he is also also a selfish shit for hogging the bathroom, especially when there’s a pregnant woman and small child in the house. Why do you let him do that? And why do you have absolutely nothing else in the house suitable for eating for lunch? What is your DC having?

Goldijobsandthe3bears · 15/05/2022 14:01

Giraffesandbottoms · 15/05/2022 13:59

Why doesn’t your toddler have a passport?

Werent they probably born in lockdown?

Gottoomuchgoingon · 15/05/2022 14:03

I hate when people eat everything.

Teenager here eats entire packets of everything.

Bought myself some nice fish to have Friday cos DH was going out.

Whilst I was out doing errands he told Teen he could have it. Bloody all of it ffs
I hide food from teenager all the time so others get a chance

Mariposista · 15/05/2022 14:05

It’s annoying but you seriously need to calm down

BritWifeInUSA · 15/05/2022 14:06

Life sounds exhausting in your house. Can’t you and your boyfriend just talk to each like grown adults? You made (at least) two babies together so you should be old enough to be able to communicate. Tell him you need to use the toilet. Tell him to get more egg mayo.

All this “my egg mayo, his deli meats…” nonsense is so childish. As well as asking permission to eat food from the fridge. Can you seriously keep that up for the next 40+ years?

Moversnotshakers · 15/05/2022 14:06

Why didnt you have a shower before yoiur dh and earlier than lunchtime and get dressed and go the shop yourself!! Drama for nothing i think..