Can I have a few chips? -Light Hearted

[pontipinemum]

Does it annoy you when you are asked for a few chips? DH and I had a Chinese tonight he got chips with his main I had rice. This is a standard for us and I always 'rob a few chips' I offer rice but he usually doesn't want it. The way he joked and said no you can't tonight really reminded me of my ex.

He used to get so frustrated/ annoyed if I wanted to 'rob a few chips' and say if I wanted some just order them that I couldn't have any of his, even though he never finished them all so I just thought it was a waste of food. For ref this is how many I normally take threw a spring roll on the plate to ref the size of plate.

YABU - Get your own chips
YANBU - It's a few chips share

Oh my God. All these people saying eat the leftovers like you're a bloody dog. The leftovers will be cold!! Nobody is saying OP should be swiping food off his plate either - when dishing up just share them out of the packet instead of them sitting there getting cold in the bag waiting until the big boss (who knows he's never eaten eaten a full portion before!) decides he's full and gives permission for them to be eaten.

And I know that's not how it is with your husband OP, but sounds like it was with your ex.

Quite impressed we got to 2 pages tbh!

How is it entitled 😅 I swear that is the most overused word in the english language. It's 6 chips from her partners giant bag. If you'd cry about your partner having a few chips you need a word with yourself, you're hardly gonna starve. I'd share food with any member of my family or friends and I wouldnt expect them to ask for a few chips, I'd be embarressed they'd even think I'd say no. I think it's fairer to say its more entitled to expect your own partner to fork out an extra 3-4£ for a bag of chips just to throw 99% in the bin rather than give them 6 of yours. It's 100% greedy, and extremely wasteful, to be that mean about it.

I thought this was a MN urban myth. I feel quite chuffed to have seen a ‘real-life’ example!

If you struggle to chips, why even bother stealing from someone else? Just eat what you ordered.

I see nothing wrong in this at all - my husband on the other hand would agree with yours! I always want to "pinch a chip" or just have a mouthful of his pudding, because I don't want a whole pudding. I personally don't see the issue and would share my food. But there's obviously 2 types of people when it comes to food!!

That’s probably the same amount I always steal from DH, which he’s never had a problem with despite being very protective of his food! But since DS is old enough to now eat chips and lots of them, he can’t be sharing them with both is us so he always orders two portions. But as PP has mentioned, Chinese portions are usually huge so I can’t see why anyone would be bothered about 7 chips!

I'm a sharer - happily give and take with everything and me and dp never really have our own . 😁

Get your own chips but get salt and pepper ones next time. Even better. Tell him he can't have any when he comes sniffing around.

Portions are always massive from the chip shop (never order from Chinese takeaway) so I say share. You're collectively saving money and reducing waste, and it's not like he's not some random stranger.

All these meanies on this thread begrudging sharing a few chips with someone they love. Ridiculous.

What's a 'serve'?

I can't stand cross-eating of any kind so anyone who goes after my chips gets their wrist slapped.

Me and my partner are like this, and both raised in families like this too... I honestly don't understand people that are "protective" of food, its so strange to me, especially those that don't share with their own partner/kids. Nobody is gonna starve giving away 6/7 chips 😅

Pete's already eyeing up my bhunas? Am I wrong?
Pete, have you thought about my bhunas?

DH gives me a few of his chips unasked and that's why he's a keeper 🍟

I dont want but ill have some of yours DRIVES ME ROUND THE F'ING BEND.

If you want chips - ORDER THEM.

She meant serving. But really she meant portion.

But I only want 6 chips.

And you only want 30.
And a portion if chips has 50 in them.

So why are we buying 100 chips to consume 36 of them? What is the point??

If she can't eat a whole PORTION of Mcd's (for eg) CHIPS as a grown adult, theres something wrong somewhere.

McD's Small, I meant.

Generally I think you should order what you want and don't try and pinch other peoples chips unless you've agreed to share.

I hate it when we're ordering food and a mate will ask if I want to share some chips. No, are you completely mad!

It doesn't matter that it's just a few chips - the chips are a red herring. I wouldn't mind you asking for some of my dinner once but I'd be annoyed by a repeat offender.

I love the bones of my DH but if I could change anything about him, it would be the way he acts around food. He gets serious FOMO and always asks for a bit of whatever I'm eating, even if I only have a small portion. In fact, he often asks for a bit before I've even sat down and taken a bite myself I don't accept that level of begging from the dog, and I've told him so!

DH doesn't do this, but I had a very good friend at uni who did the same and one of my cousins. Get your own chips/food and mitts off mine😂

This.

Although it's attitudes like this that means I discovered the delight that is the chip omelette, aka a shortcut version of a Spanish tortilla. It's almost worth over-ordering chips in order to be able to make one.