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Can I have a few chips? -Light Hearted

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pontipinemum · 29/06/2023 22:30

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

Can I have a few chips? -Light Hearted
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doris9034 · 30/06/2023 14:43

Haven't RTFT and this is a bit off topic, but left over chippy chips can be frozen, then put in air fryer for about 5 mins and they're even better the second time round!!

SUBisYodrethwhenLarping · 30/06/2023 14:59

ChirpyChirpyCheepCheepBeep · 30/06/2023 13:27

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

Exactly our point that is the JC scene that gave rise to the JC nickname for it in our family

And Stacey's Chicken Korma GrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrin

SUBisYodrethwhenLarping · 30/06/2023 15:00

doris9034 · 30/06/2023 14:43

Haven't RTFT and this is a bit off topic, but left over chippy chips can be frozen, then put in air fryer for about 5 mins and they're even better the second time round!!

Brilliant SmileSmileSmileSmile

booksandbrooks · 30/06/2023 15:02

I'd give you a few chips. We'd more than likely be chipless though as we're both chip nickers.

SnackSizeRaisin · 30/06/2023 15:07

I would find your behaviour really annoying to be honest. You are free to order whatever you want. Wait to be offered or wait until they have finished before you ask. Or offer something of yours first ( not something boring like rice) and see if he reciprocates. It's just terrible manners to take food from someone's plate. I would stop asking as it's clearly annoying him, even though he's tolerated it so far.

Scalottia · 30/06/2023 15:12

Just order your own. I can't stand people asking for food off my plate. Did this really need to be a post? Yeah I am aware that it's 'lighthearted', but they never really are.

SnackSizeRaisin · 30/06/2023 15:20

Timetotellyou · 30/06/2023 12:59

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.

It's the asking that's annoying though. You wait to be offered. Especially every single time you fail to order your own chips and ask for some of theirs. It would drive me mad! Is it some kind of misguided health thing thinking that rice is healthier than chips?

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 30/06/2023 15:20

It can be very annoying. People wanting to take bits of your food at the beginning BEFORE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU’LL WANT.

If it’s a huge portion that he will never finish it does seem a bit unreasonable to require two portions to be bought, but I think you have to respect it if people don’t want bits of their food taken away.

The “you didn’t leave me any” DH would drive me mad.

When I was with exh, he used to always argue against ordering a plentiful amount of takeaway “oh we don’t need that much” etc., but then when it came would eat really fast/ serve himself loads so that he got the lion’s share of it.

SoAndSoSaidSo · 30/06/2023 15:24

In this house you get what you want take away wise, and I want all my food I order and so does DH.

We get extra salt and spicy chips to share.

My parents in law learned quickly we don't share.

HeckyPeck · 30/06/2023 15:26

pontipinemum · 30/06/2023 12:18

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius I do sort of wait. He puts his on his plate first. There is usually 1/3 of a bag left. Their portions of chips are honestly huge. He only joked that I couldn't have any. This was before we ordered by the way when I said can I have a few of your chips or will I order my own?

I didn't mention that it reminded me of my ex to DH. It just used to really really piss my ex off. His food was his food. Even though we lived together and I knew roughly what he would eat and in our 5 years together I never saw him finish a portion of chips. I just wanted to see how many people like that were out there, it would appear a lot.

I'm glad he's your ex!

How petty to prefer to throw chips in the bin rather than give them to your partner.

Ffsmakeitstop · 30/06/2023 15:36

We rarely have McDonald's but when we do DH always wants "just a few " of my chips and I very grudgingly give him some. But last time I bought him his own and he said "but I didn't want a full portion" no sunshine but I did. He now understands yabu.

ISeeMisledPeople · 30/06/2023 15:40

It's absolutely fine to share - if that's the plan.

It's absolutely fine to share - if the person that's food it is, offers.

I definitely wouldn't be asking to have someone else's chips - unless it was at the end of the meal and it looked like they weren't going to finish. Then, I might ask.

MeinKraft · 30/06/2023 15:45

'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??'

Because, unlike some of the posters on this thread apparently, most people don't count their chips and may decide they want more when they start eating. What's the point in getting a takeaway if you're going to ration everyone's chips?

00100001 · 30/06/2023 16:05

MeinKraft · 30/06/2023 15:45

'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??'

Because, unlike some of the posters on this thread apparently, most people don't count their chips and may decide they want more when they start eating. What's the point in getting a takeaway if you're going to ration everyone's chips?

There's no rationing.

Just saying that if 1 person has never finished the entire portion of chips themselves...why is it an issue that the other person has a few if the Chios you were NEVER GOING TO EAT and how ridiculous it is to buy an entire extra portion for the second person. As patently one portion is more than enough for both people.

Heronwatcher · 30/06/2023 16:07

No way. If it’s a one off fine, but if this happens regularly you should buy your own. What does it cost- a couple of quid? Or at least say you’ll buy your own and then wait for your partner to offer.

cocksstrideintheevening · 30/06/2023 16:14

This is not lighthearted. Order your on chips!!

wisebear · 30/06/2023 16:56

My husband does this and it totally pisses me off - he just expects to have some of the chips I’m like order your own chips man !!

WTFAreYouForReal · 30/06/2023 17:24

Ffsmakeitstop · 30/06/2023 15:36

We rarely have McDonald's but when we do DH always wants "just a few " of my chips and I very grudgingly give him some. But last time I bought him his own and he said "but I didn't want a full portion" no sunshine but I did. He now understands yabu.

If I'm not prepared to share I tell him I'm sharing so if you want some, order your own.

Sometimes we do agree on sharing first, he will order one dish and I'll get another so we can split them. If we get chinese or indian we share all the dishes. But thats with my husband and entirely different to people that want 'just a taste' of what you have, every time. Or people that won't order their own dessert, or the fucking worst, under orderers.

If i want my own dishes to myself I'll say so first and advise him to order another if he wants some.

WTFAreYouForReal · 30/06/2023 17:26

00100001 · 30/06/2023 16:05

There's no rationing.

Just saying that if 1 person has never finished the entire portion of chips themselves...why is it an issue that the other person has a few if the Chios you were NEVER GOING TO EAT and how ridiculous it is to buy an entire extra portion for the second person. As patently one portion is more than enough for both people.

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I sometimes order enough for LATER or TOMORROW, maybe people plan on what to do with their leftovers.

WTFAreYouForReal · 30/06/2023 17:26

WTFAreYouForReal · 30/06/2023 17:24

If I'm not prepared to share I tell him I'm sharing so if you want some, order your own.

Sometimes we do agree on sharing first, he will order one dish and I'll get another so we can split them. If we get chinese or indian we share all the dishes. But thats with my husband and entirely different to people that want 'just a taste' of what you have, every time. Or people that won't order their own dessert, or the fucking worst, under orderers.

If i want my own dishes to myself I'll say so first and advise him to order another if he wants some.

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NOT

MrsRandom123 · 30/06/2023 17:40

Get your own if you want them

phoenixrosehere · 30/06/2023 18:01

It can be very annoying. People wanting to take bits of your food at the beginning BEFORE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU’LL WANT.

God yes. My mother used to do this with me when it came to pancakes. We would go to a specific restaurant once in a blue moon and I would always order pancakes and she would never order her own and get something else. Her meal was always twice the size of mine. I would be cutting into them and every time before I would even get a single bite she would ask me for some and I would ask her why didn’t she order some if she wanted them. I only want a little bit she would say. I would begrudgingly give her a few pieces r and then she would moan about how much I gave her and call me selfish and/or stingy. I’d point out, she said a little bit with my father agreeing and telling her she could have ordered some herself and her harrumphing about it.

If anyone touches my food or asks me if they can have some, they get a no. If I wanted to share, I would have offered. Let me finish eating before you ask for something from my plate.

DH and I discuss it beforehand. He orders chips, but only wants a few so it is already agreed that I and/or the kids will have the rest of his. DH will ask me if I want any of his leftovers and I will sometimes have some of them but will let him know if I have eaten all of something.

00100001 · 30/06/2023 18:28

WTFAreYouForReal · 30/06/2023 17:26

I sometimes order enough for LATER or TOMORROW, maybe people plan on what to do with their leftovers.

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Urgh, nobody eats day old chips, surely?

Oblomov23 · 30/06/2023 18:31

No. Drives me nutty. I'd rather buy you a portion.

AgnesX · 30/06/2023 18:33

I don't mind sharing any more, now that I'm older and devour everything the way I used to. We always order too much anyway 🍚