Am I being defensive or would you find my DH adivce annoying too?

[EasierThanTherapy]

DH gives me little bits of 'advice' constantly.

An example today. DH called to say he won't be able to cook dinner tonight as he's not back until later. I said - no problems, I do a bolognase for when you get back (we need to eat the mince, it's TOO HOT for spag bol I know).

And he says "thanks. make sure you cut the carrot really small and and fry it before the onion. bye"

Says it totally politely, but it riles me up. He gives me these little things like this at least once a day.

I feel like a cow getting riled up as it's so minor but it always winds me up.

Am I being unreasonable/weird?

Bloody annoying I say ' I'm 50, I think I know how to xxx'

It would drive me nuts.

And anyhow, it's celery (because it needs longer to kill it) then onion, then carrot - in order of pungency.

You have to do the big raw carrot thing, though 😅

I'd put two entire bloody carrots in the bolognaise and serve them both on top of his spaghetti tonight with just whatever meat/sauce sticks to them. I'd also give him little "tips" on how to eat it: don't forget to use a knife AND a fork, ok bye.

Dick.

Put the mince in the freezer, make yourself a salad (or just have an ice cream, cheese and crackers, whatever) and say nothing more.

hahaha this is exactly why i barely cook in my house and leave husband to it! he would say things like that and sometimes if i was cooking he'd be hovering and i'd get annoyed and hand him the spoon / knife / whatever and say you do it then !

now if i offer to cook he sometimes says oh i'd prefer to do the chopping or i'd rather do it - i know it means he doesn't like the way i chop things. so i just don't do it anymore

really does rile me up - on the bright side for me I actually hate cooking so it works for us

My husband is like this. I'm forever saying "ok, I'm not stupid".

Well yes, of course he is allowed to give his opinion, but if his opinion is invariably critical, then no wonder you get irritated by it.

"If I do anything right, then do let me know," in a sarcastic tone of voice might make him realise he's being a nitpicking twat.

DH once criticised the way I was ironing his shirt. About 25 years ago. I have not ironed anything of his since.

just give him a plate of spag bol and whole carrot until he learns

At this point I’d put the carrot in whole 😁

Yes me too!

It would make me want to do the opposite

How patronising.
”I wasn’t actually asking for advice, you know”.

I say “Miss Manners gives only solicited advice.”

Unsolicited opinions are the most annoying things in the world. I could not deal with this at all. You need to have a word with him. He doesn't need to express his opinion about everything all the time to you. That's crazy.

Mine 'advises' me every bloody week what time I need to leave to get to swim lessons in time. I've been taking our child to the same friggin place for 5 years, I think I can remember where it is and how long it takes to get there 😡

There are some AMAZING options here

1. fry the onion FIRST and put in whole carrots
2. don’t make spag bol at all, say you got too confused
3. tell him to go fuck himself

3 is generally my option of choice with my DH when he pisses me off. The other two would be far to subtle and he’d never learn…

This would be my response too. 🤣
How do you like your carrots now, Gordon Ramsey.

My partner would not let me get away with that I would be told in no uncertain terms I can bloody well do my own when I get home from work lol

he's annoying - make sure the carrots are in massive chunks, and add the onions last.

My OH is a very good cook and often says stuff like this to me which is annoying, but I just give a sarcastic reply or take the piss out him which makes me feel better

I'd be replying "does this make sense" giving a very energetic middle finger salute😁

Carve said carrot into a massive cocktail or middle finger before placing it upright in his dinner

Use a vegatable that def isn't a carrot. Say without his expertise you weren't exactly sure what a carrot looked like.

Darn how do I edit? Meant to type massive cock

So tell him - stop patronising me.

If he carries on, return the favour eg

He: I’ll be leaving soon.
You- Just make sure you do mirror signal
manoeuvre properly.

I’d have loads of fun with this but mine knows not to do this.