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Original poster

Eating cake in the bath ok but crisps is gross?

135 replies

CraneBoysMysteries · 05/02/2023 12:53

Firstly, this is somewhat lighthearted

I enjoy a bath one night every week. It's a night my DH games and as long as both kids aren't ill, I also manage to have a nice relaxing bath. iPad with a good reality tv series, nice drink, long soak and a treat to eat. I usually get myself a yellow sticker item for post dinner yum. Trifle, piece of chocolate cake etc

Last night I was having my nice soak and hadn't picked anything up so I took up some wotsits.

DH sees me go upstairs with it and comments 'you're not having crisps in the bath are you?'.

I explained I hadn't had a chance to pick anything up and he didn't have a problem with my slice of black forest gateaux the week before

Then he sort of screws his nose up and says that cake or a nice dessert is an indulgence in the bath...but crisps is just a bit gross. He couldn't articulate why and admits the old flake advert from the 90s may have influenced his opinion.

So.. AIBU that both are fine to eat in the bath or is there something about some foods that just seem wrong while soaking

Folks, if you are of the anti eating anything in the bath then this is not for you my friends!

OP posts:
Swiftswatch · 05/02/2023 19:55

how do you square the fact that eating in the bath is gross but picking up an implement that sits in the room with the toilet while you poo, then picking it up and shoving it all around your teeth and gums is ok? 😊

Toothbrush is in a drawer, safe from poo particles.

Swiftswatch · 05/02/2023 19:56

@GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut PP asked how long people spend in the bath - for me it would be 2/3 hours I guess?

3 hours?? Surely it’s just cold water well before that point?

CMOTDibbler · 05/02/2023 20:01

I love a bowl of crisps in the bath. In fact as I love a very long soak in the bath with hot water top ups, I selected our bath to have a nice wide edge for tea mug/ cake plate/ bowl

ZeroFuchsGiven · 05/02/2023 20:03

Now I know why no one can answer the door or phone in mumsnet land, you are all shrivelled up in a big bowl of hot water with snacks, wine and shite tv.

I get it now.

ThinWomansBrain · 05/02/2023 20:06

cheesy wotsits sound foul at any time.
I did have a glass of wine and some brie yesterday.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 05/02/2023 20:14

MereDintofPandiculation · 05/02/2023 13:26

Anyone who still remembers Steptoe and Son will remember the pickled onions in the bath episode

Oh god yes Grin Do that next time OP. Jar of pickled onions.

Sunriseinwonderland · 05/02/2023 20:17

I cant imagine eating a chicken vindaloo in the bath but any finger food is fine.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 05/02/2023 20:17

CraneBoysMysteries · 05/02/2023 19:52

Those of you who have issue with the toilet being in the room (aside from the question of how unclean are your loos for this to worry you?), how do you square the fact that eating in the bath is gross but picking up an implement that sits in the room with the toilet while you poo, then picking it up and shoving it all around your teeth and gums is ok? 😊

Spent a long time thinking you were talking about the toilet brush there.

Original poster
CraneBoysMysteries · 05/02/2023 20:18

@JesusInTheCabbageVan 😂 now that would be gross!

OP posts:
RocketIceLollie · 05/02/2023 21:53

CraneBoysMysteries · 05/02/2023 19:52

Those of you who have issue with the toilet being in the room (aside from the question of how unclean are your loos for this to worry you?), how do you square the fact that eating in the bath is gross but picking up an implement that sits in the room with the toilet while you poo, then picking it up and shoving it all around your teeth and gums is ok? 😊

Gaslighting is such a strawman's argument.

There's a reason why regulations don't allow for a bathroom door to lead directly onto a kitchen, but yeah keep throwing buns at people pointing out basic hygiene to you.

SpikeGilesSandwich · 05/02/2023 22:02

Eating in the bath is great. When I lived alone I'd have most meals while relaxing in the bath with a book or a film.
No one is making anyone do it, if you don't like it, don't, but just know that your judgement does not bother us.

cul · 05/02/2023 22:06

I couldn't fancy cake or crisps in a steamy environment, surely the cake would go sweaty and the crisps soggy.
Pot noodles however go perfectly. Ideally, Chinese pot noodle in a Chinese hotel bath, if you want to do some international research.

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 05/02/2023 22:09

Swiftswatch · 05/02/2023 19:56

@GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut PP asked how long people spend in the bath - for me it would be 2/3 hours I guess?

3 hours?? Surely it’s just cold water well before that point?

This is when you let some water out and put more hot in. Also, I like my baths scalding so they take a while to cool down anyway.

Can't afford the electric to run the immersion to have a bath now!!

WhoNeedsSleepNotISaidMyBody · 05/02/2023 22:40

@CraneBoysMysteries

yeah you're trashing his illusion if you doing the advert!! Poor man 🤣🤣

I haven't had a bath in years. I live alone now & with ducked knees & replaced shoulder cuff & ball due to an accident.

I'm terrified I'd have to call in a crane to get me out!!

I'm very short & found it difficult enough to not 'go under' & submerge my book without worrying about food as well!!

ColdHandsHotHead · 05/02/2023 22:42

I can't think of any circumstances under which I'd eat anything in the bath. Glass of wine on the side, maybe. But food? No.

Giveaschitt · 05/02/2023 22:59

RocketIceLollie · 05/02/2023 21:53

Gaslighting is such a strawman's argument.

There's a reason why regulations don't allow for a bathroom door to lead directly onto a kitchen, but yeah keep throwing buns at people pointing out basic hygiene to you.

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Do you think poo particles are just floating around the bathroom all the time? Or are you imagining all of OP's family coming in to take a dump while she's bathing?

turrrniiipz · 05/02/2023 23:32

@TheBigWangTheory

Another one! How do you get through life if you can't eat a slice of cake or a pack of crisps without getting it all over yourself? How do you go to restaurants...do yout bring a change of clothes?

Lying in a bath full of water is entirely different to being sat up at a table or in a chair. Where did I say I get food all over myself?

Crisps are greasy and smelly and cakes often fall apart easily and crumbs get everywhere if you aren't eating over a plate. I don't want bits of food in the water.

So my snack of choice in the bath is something that I can leave on the side table and pick up with no mess or fuss. Sweets/chocolate broken into squares.

OrderOfTheKookaburra · 05/02/2023 23:50

I hate you all.... I currently don't have a bath tub and I miss having one soooooo much!!

I don't think ANY foods are off the list. It's an indulgence and you can snack on whatever you like!

BUT, having said that, anything that will melt in the steamy hot room that I have when I did get to soak in a bath probably wouldn't be an ideal choice for me.

I used to like reading in the bath and would buy cheap charity shop books especially for this purpose. Cheerful rom coms were the usual suspects. Now that I need reading glasses I think I'd have to switch to audio books or pod casts as I'd end up with misty glasses otherwise....

TheChosenTwo · 06/02/2023 00:38

Our toothbrushes live in a cupboard with a closing door!
I don’t think it’s poo particles especially, I’m not very squeamish about things like that. But my bathroom is very small, I could reach the toilet from my bath. I wouldn’t eat while I was shitting on the loo either.
Just strikes me as an odd thing to do. We eat our dinner together, sitting down. It’d be really weird if I said oh no, I’m going to take mine up to eat while I’m in the bath. I sometimes take my water bottle in there though, I have very hot baths that last a couple of hours sometimes, drinking feels different to chewing next to the loo 😂
but whatever floats your boat!

Original poster
CraneBoysMysteries · 06/02/2023 07:13

@RocketIceLollie I'm so sorry that my lighthearted thread has triggered you so badly!

But you do get an award 🥇 on Mumsnet bingo for using the term gaslighting on a thread about eating cake in the bath 😆

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 06/02/2023 07:21

RocketIceLollie · 05/02/2023 21:53

Gaslighting is such a strawman's argument.

There's a reason why regulations don't allow for a bathroom door to lead directly onto a kitchen, but yeah keep throwing buns at people pointing out basic hygiene to you.

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No, they don't.

Not a fan of eating in the bath, myself, but if it's something people want to do, crack on. I do think the sexualised chocolate advert is responsible for the expectation for it to be something sweet, but if someone wants to do it, they can eat or drink anything they want.

Oblomov23 · 06/02/2023 07:21

I don't see the problem. I had a small sturdy glass of red wine and some crisps in a bowl, in the bath once.

UnctuousUnicorns · 06/02/2023 07:48

"I'm very short & found it difficult enough to not 'go under'"

I'm a titch too (5'1"), but having a small bathroom, we had a short length slipper bath installed - standard length wouldn't have fit - which is fine for my soaks. I take your point if you have mobility problems though. I have a dodgy leg/ankle, and now have to use a step stool to get ((carefully) in and out. When I was younger and more agile I could clamber in and out no bother.

It's always a bummer when I or we stay in a hotel and the bath is too long for me to lie in. DH who is 5'8" gets to soak while I have to sit up clinging to the handles to avoid slipping in and drowning! 😅

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 06/02/2023 08:30

Disagreeing with somebody online is NOT gaslighting! Bonkers.

007DoubleOSeven · 06/02/2023 08:47

@RocketIceLollie lots of Victorian terraces have the bathroom directly off the kitchen