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AIBU?

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I ate all his honey cheerios

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tattooedteagal · 17/08/2023 21:38

DH came back from work with some milk and cereal the other day.

DS has been wanting Cheerios for breakfast lately and I had a bowl today.

DH just come upstairs whilst I was in bed and had a go at me for eating his honey Cheerios. Apparently I should have asked!

I told him we're married and have a family. If he brings in cereal I assume it's for all of us,not just him. When I do our big monthly or fortnightly shop, I don't tell him off for eating the last packet of mini cheddars.

He says it's courtesy to ask.

AIBU?

OP posts:

skyeisthelimit · 19/08/2023 16:54

If he bought them for himself then its a bit out of order. If DS has been eating them, you could have told DH and then he could have bought some more.

Next time, he needs to get 2 boxes

MumApril1990 · 19/08/2023 17:20

I’m on his side I’d be fuming if I bought a nice cereal for myself, and the rest of the family ate it.

TooOldForThisNonsense · 19/08/2023 17:27

RedDedRedemption · 19/08/2023 13:39

And I was wondering where all the greedy husbands in the others threads came from, now I know.
Your future DIL's will be ones posting similar on MN in a decade or so.

I know teenagers can be difficult but I wouldn't tolerate such disrespect. I'd be locking my stuff up and deliberately buying them the most bland and boring food if this happened. They can eat it or go without. Their choice.

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Yeah I keep meaning to get one of these locking boxes for my stuff. They are otherwise pretty good boys but this is annoying!

Brightandshining · 19/08/2023 20:35

Yeah if I wanted something specifically for myself I would make it very clear to my husband and kids that I'd bought this item for me and they weren't to eat it... because anything anyone brings into the family home and gets placed into fridge or cupboard is assumed to be for everyone. Unless someone specifically says they've.bought it for themselves or for a certain meal.. I think it's crazy just to bring something back from the shop and leave it in the kitchen and expect everyone to come to you and ask you if they can have it. It's not just your home.. you know you share that kitchen, it's on you to communicate your intentions with items you put in it.
And if its just that he expected to be left a bowl how would you know that without monitoring the bloody box of cereal 24/7? You don't know if he's had a bowl or not, or if you having a bowl is going to mean he can't have one later on down the lune...
Honestly boils my piss the way some men get outraged if you don't do the full mental load of everything round the home for them...
Why haven't you washed my shirt? Why didn't you leave me any cereal? Where are my red socks?
Fk off. Keep track of your own bloody items. If you want to keep certain cereal just for yourself bloody tell people that don't expect no one to touch it for days on the off chance you might want it.
Crazy

SushiSuave · 20/08/2023 09:36

I can only assume from the OPs radio silence that she did give her son all of the cereal. Therefore OP is very unreasonable and seemingly purposefully unkind to her husband.

SunRainStorm · 20/08/2023 14:20

skyeisthelimit · 19/08/2023 16:54

If he bought them for himself then its a bit out of order. If DS has been eating them, you could have told DH and then he could have bought some more.

Next time, he needs to get 2 boxes

I see this a lot on Mumsnet. 'Just buy more' - it doesn't work.

Some people will eat all the treat food until it's gone. Doesn't matter if it's one bar of chocolate or ten.

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tattooedteagal · 20/08/2023 17:32

Apologised to DH and bought him more Cheerios 😂

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Middleagedspreadisreal · 20/08/2023 17:50

Good god. Meanwhile, in the Ukraine.....

sweetdreams33 · 20/08/2023 18:10

Hell no.
If he bought them into the house then it's free for all. You said you had one bowl, had he had any????.. though that's not the point... if he wants cereal, then it can go on your normal shop if that's what he wants... had he not had any and was waiting until there was little or none left, just so he could have a little tantrum. ..either way its very childish. Tell him to grow up

Vynalbob · 20/08/2023 18:22

Greedy hubby threads are much more of a landslide. Strange?

Yep it's a bit off that a single treat cereal was purloined by you (it was you as I'm assuming DS asked.... otherwise you wouldn't know).

Ilovecleaning · 20/08/2023 18:59

OPs DH sounds a complete wuss. What a baby.

laylababe5 · 20/08/2023 19:22

If he didn't want anyone else to eat them he should have said so. My DP has a section of the cupboard which is for his snacks and it's understood that if it's in there he doesn't want to share it.

Misspiggy1012 · 20/08/2023 19:45

I'm in stitches . How GREEDY is he if he's like that with the cereal 🥣 what's he like with money 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Airspice · 20/08/2023 20:43

I’d say…..thank god I’m single!! 🙈

Blondeshavemorefun · 20/08/2023 21:56

tattooedteagal · 20/08/2023 17:32

Apologised to DH and bought him more Cheerios 😂

Tbh your child should have said sorry if he was the ivf who ate them all and you and dh had one bowl each

GeeEss · 20/08/2023 22:11

For goodness sake! Yes he bought them! Big bloomin deal ! Is he always this mardy ? It’s a bowl of cereal for goodness sake. Just buy more on the weekly shop and put them where he can see them! I despair sometimes

KarmaStar · 20/08/2023 22:16

You saw your dc was eating them all week then you had some so you knew the box was nearly empty,you could have either told him or bought some more so you were a bit selfish.

GuinnessBird · 20/08/2023 22:21

Myself and DH occasionally buy little treats for ourselves, we don't mind each other eating one or two but it's polite to ask and we'd never eat the last one!

I don't understand why it's so hard for some posters to comprehend that not all families are the same, if DH ate my last aero bar without asking I'd probably kill him be a bit annoyed.

skyeisthelimit · 20/08/2023 22:28

Yes I know that. I just said buy more because the child obviously likes them. Wife had just one bowl. If child likes them buy more so child can eat them without dad running out.

Eggs2022 · 20/08/2023 22:37

Jesus Christ these threads continue to amaze me… people want a child to apologise to their father for eating his cereal… cereal which is a staple in most houses…. people think the OP resents her husband so obviously she shows her disdain for him by having a bowl of cereal… do people live like this

Blondeshavemorefun · 21/08/2023 06:34

Eggs2022 · 20/08/2023 22:37

It was special /diff cereal

If op says she was sorry for eating one bowl ......

Yes maybe the child shouldn't have to say sorry for eating staple cereal

And op family should just make sure they have a box of this on their weekly shop

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