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‘But there’s no toilet roll’

340 replies

Whatcanbe3characters · 18/08/2022 18:41

Dh has just pissed me off.
Currently a sahm (worked full time for 17 years before having Dd)
Sat down eating dinner and Dh asks what we’ve done today…often says this and asked if we’ve been anywhere, with a look on his face as though I should’ve gone out. say no and that we don’t go out everyday, he gives a funny look and says ‘But there’s no toilet paper?’ I say, yes dd just finished the last of it before..and. He looks v clearly at me as though ‘Well shouldn’t you have gone out to the shop then’ type face.
Dd, 4, is a handful at the moment (as he’s well aware) it often takes me ages to get her ready to go out, we were out last night at a fair so she was tired, I was doing washing and making dinner for everyone when the toilet paper ran out,
Yes I’m usually on top of things and would’ve gone and got it..today I didn’t.
Also, yes, sometimes we stay in, I have jobs to do, Dd plays etc etc
Aibu to feel pissed off that I’m expected to act like some bloody stepford wife and immediately jump into action when required?

OP posts:
Slimemonster · 18/08/2022 19:17

I'd go out right now at this evening hour to buy some, take my time strolling down the aisles and looking at clothes. He can do bedtime routine all by himself...

Hollywolly1 · 18/08/2022 19:17

Whatcanbe3characters · 18/08/2022 18:46

@Ithinkitsenoughnow I’m going to nip and get some…now he’s home and can watch Dd

Go out to get the loo roll,also treat yourself to some nice takeaway and coffee while there and bring a book😜should take a couple of hours,enjoy

Johnnysgirl · 18/08/2022 19:17

When you get back you can remind him you're not the house slave, but an equal adult and parent. Nip this in the bud, if it's not already too late.
She was the one in the house when it ran out. If he had been, it would have been on him to organise it's replacement.
House slave my arse.

UnshakenNeedsStirring · 18/08/2022 19:17

And washing and making dinner for everyone doesn't take all day. If you knew it was over you shoudlve either nipped out or texted him to pick some on way home. I simply dont get how tired you can be if you have done only dinner and washing all day?

Motnight · 18/08/2022 19:18

Baxdream · 18/08/2022 18:56

How does anyone run out? That fills me with dread

This!

Marshmallowmountain · 18/08/2022 19:18

Whatcanbe3characters · 18/08/2022 18:47

Also, the fact is that he’s the one that uses it all! I’m forever buying it

It’s toilet paper…you will forever be buying it 🤷🏽‍♀️

ReeseWitherfork · 18/08/2022 19:18

2bazookas · 18/08/2022 19:17

Do you buy single rolls? We buy them in a pack of 6 or 9; so we can see when it's down to the last couple and buy some more before it runs out.

Simple organisation; nothing to do with how badly behaved your child is so don't blame her.

Imagine buying single rolls 😅

We buy packs of 48 at a time! (Which is hazardous because we always assume there is more in the house…. We’ve occasionally got down to 2 or 3 before we’ve noticed!)

Lollypop701 · 18/08/2022 19:19

op I am also a slattern and have ran out of loo roll … kids fill it up and don’t tell me they have used last of it 😂 I don’t care and if dh mentioned it with anything other than with keys in his hand id tell him to bugger off. Go to shop for some, get chocolate/snacks, take a book/phone and have a break from the chaos. Alternatively get your ducks in a row, LTB or go for a spa day !!!

BattenburgDonkey · 18/08/2022 19:19

I’d have just text him asking him to get some on his way home, or planned for it earlier in the day as it won’t have been a surprise that you ran out. I can understand not taking DD out but asking him to grab some wouldn’t have required any effort.

Hollywolly1 · 18/08/2022 19:20

Lucywithout · 18/08/2022 19:06

Surely you restock before the last sheet is used. Amusingly when the great pan panic hit I by an order error had 49 t rolls. The Costco grab was v confusing for me.😁

Only 49🙄i had hundreds

Johnnysgirl · 18/08/2022 19:20

I was doing washing and making dinner for everyone when the toilet paper ran out
🤣🤣🤣

BellePeppa · 18/08/2022 19:21

Toilet roll is hardly a luxury item, what were you going to do if you needed it?

GreenIsle · 18/08/2022 19:21

You have little ones so surely baby wipes are in the house and can be used for and emergency or in the mean time.

Johnnysgirl · 18/08/2022 19:21

Lollypop701 · 18/08/2022 19:19

op I am also a slattern and have ran out of loo roll … kids fill it up and don’t tell me they have used last of it 😂 I don’t care and if dh mentioned it with anything other than with keys in his hand id tell him to bugger off. Go to shop for some, get chocolate/snacks, take a book/phone and have a break from the chaos. Alternatively get your ducks in a row, LTB or go for a spa day !!!

Unless they use several rolls at a time, how can you not notice?

Carrieonmywaywardsun · 18/08/2022 19:24

Do you usually do the shopping and keep an eye on things like toilet roll, hand soap etc? If so, I'd expect you to realise and deal with the toilet roll issue, if not he can check on it too and buy them when he realises you're low

JasmineIndigo · 18/08/2022 19:24

I feel like there must be something else going you, you are a SAHM to one 4 year old but you sound extremely burnt out and stressed. Does your child have additional needs and is your husband any help at all when he gets home as you deserve a break too? I can a little bit see why he is annoyed though, I'd kind of expect a stay at home parent to be the one responsible for making sure that the staples were kept stocked.

UnshakenNeedsStirring · 18/08/2022 19:24

Johnnysgirl · 18/08/2022 19:20

I was doing washing and making dinner for everyone when the toilet paper ran out
🤣🤣🤣

That made me wonder how OP would survive if she had a full time on on top :)

dudsville · 18/08/2022 19:24

Lessons have been learned for both of the adults in this house. Work out what you need weekly, then get that plus a little more so you have always for a reserve. Each week you both need to identify who is actually going to get the necessary things.

Snoozer11 · 18/08/2022 19:25

UnshakenNeedsStirring · 18/08/2022 19:17

And washing and making dinner for everyone doesn't take all day. If you knew it was over you shoudlve either nipped out or texted him to pick some on way home. I simply dont get how tired you can be if you have done only dinner and washing all day?

Exactly this. I've been at work all day but managed to do a load of washing and hang it out. I also found the time to go to Aldi to buy a few pieces and make dinner.

All these posters suggesting a takeaway, two hour break or a long cup of coffee are nuts.

Hollywolly1 · 18/08/2022 19:26

Ithinkitsenoughnow · 18/08/2022 18:45

It’s making me twitchy, the thought of you now having no loo roll! What if you need to wee?! 😃

Just shake it off😂.Its only loo roll and so what if it ran out just use kitchen towel or improvise somehow, I think a lot of very uptight and extremely organised people on this thread making the op feel bad

Whatcanbe3characters · 18/08/2022 19:27

Wish I hadn’t posted…so many nasty comments.
I take care of *Everything, I monitor every single thing, I do every single thing aside from going out to work-at present-I did this also all my life before Dd-worked longer hours and got paid more than Dh.
Dd isn’t well as I said at the start and behaviour is v challenging.
I forgot one thing…once..

I am human it seems.

OP posts:
Johnnysgirl · 18/08/2022 19:27

Hollywolly1 · 18/08/2022 19:26

Just shake it off😂.Its only loo roll and so what if it ran out just use kitchen towel or improvise somehow, I think a lot of very uptight and extremely organised people on this thread making the op feel bad

It's not uptight to replenish your loo roll before stocks reach critical level 😂

Hollywolly1 · 18/08/2022 19:29

@Lucywithout I'm not saying your uptight quite the opposite I meant other posters

Caspianberg · 18/08/2022 19:31

@Snoozer11 - op says her Dd isn’t well and has had additional needs recently.

fufflecake · 18/08/2022 19:31

Whatcanbe3characters · 18/08/2022 19:27

Wish I hadn’t posted…so many nasty comments.
I take care of *Everything, I monitor every single thing, I do every single thing aside from going out to work-at present-I did this also all my life before Dd-worked longer hours and got paid more than Dh.
Dd isn’t well as I said at the start and behaviour is v challenging.
I forgot one thing…once..

I am human it seems.

I get you. Why couldn't he get the fucking loo roll. Why are you sole in charge of loo roll.