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AIBU?

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To not share my pizza?

151 replies

GoudaMozzarella · 09/09/2023 19:33

Every time we have homemade pizza, DP eats his faster than me and then wants a slice of mine (he always thinks I won't eat it all). Am I being unreasonable to say no? He knows how much I love my pizza. After he sulked when I said no tonight, I did relent and offer him a piece since I wasn't going to finish it but he said he didn't want it anymore and said he's taking the moral highground.
I told him I'm taking it to mumsnet and he told me that I am "going to get battered by the mums". Am I being unreasonable to want to keep my pizza for myself?

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Thebigblueballoon · 09/09/2023 19:44

I’d rather hide it in my pockets than give it to the greedy cunt.

BrightLightTonight · 09/09/2023 19:46

If, when you have had enough, if there is any left, he can have it. But not whilst you are still eating.

LTB

Sandysandwich · 09/09/2023 19:47

Yeah its rude, if you were finished and didn't want more, you would probably offer but hes not entitled to your food.

But also I couldn't take anyone seriously who told me they were 'taking the moral highground' in a situation where they were clearly being a butthead.

Balloonhearts · 09/09/2023 19:49

Greedy prick. Stab him with the fork. Hard.

If I don't finish it, IF! THEN I will offer him the remaining slice. Not before. He shouldn't be pestering you for your food while you're still eating it. Even my dog has better manners than that.

jeaux90 · 09/09/2023 19:49

Very rude and also extremely entitled.

He waits until you finish then asks.

Ponderingwindow · 09/09/2023 19:52

DH is constantly eyeing my portions. He eats much faster than me and I often eat less, but I want the option of having my fill or saving leftovers so I make him wait and then he can have my extras if I offer.

CuntRYMusicStar · 09/09/2023 19:54

Every time I eat pizza my dog makes eyes at me and begs for a slice (he is a huge giant breed who is very fit). The dog gets a slice because he's cute. If dh tried it he'd get short shrift 😆

kitsuneghost · 09/09/2023 19:55

I don't slice my pizza.
Maybe you need to deploy the keep it whole tactic.

Tiredmum100 · 09/09/2023 19:57

Yanbu at all. It's your food. It's up to you if you want to share it once you've finished. I usually don't finish my pizza and will give it to my dh. But he always waits until I've finished.

JudgeRudy · 09/09/2023 19:59

If you generally don't eat a whole pizza and give him a bit of yours I'd say the answer is to put the extra bit on his plate at start of meal.
If you usually want to eat the whole thing but he pesters you until you give him a slice, then it's OK to say no.
It's also ok to say I haven't decided yet, let me finish my meal and I'll let you know if I've a bit left.

Cherrysoup · 09/09/2023 20:00

All of it is yours and I save a slice for later or the next day. He can get lost, greedy arse.

ThomasHardyPerennial · 09/09/2023 20:00

Can't he just fill up on garlic bread or something, if he's still hungry? Eyeing up the food on your plate when you are still eating, is totally shit of him.

CalmaLlamaDown · 09/09/2023 20:00

Not sure who makes the pizza in your house, but you or your DH should make a larger one for him if it ‘happens every time’

SpamFrittersYouSay · 09/09/2023 20:02

Ask him to take the bins out then change the locks!

tt9 · 09/09/2023 20:03

I have to say I don't get these conversations at all.... in my culture we always serve others before serving ourselves and the fights are opposite where each person is trying to force the other person to have more. that's for any relationship... or even with people we don't know well... wouldn't it be easier to just make sure there is a spare pizza, so you can both have more if you wanted?

kerrypacker · 09/09/2023 20:03

I feel like men think they can get away with this, either consciously or subconsciously, because they know there is social pressure on women not to seem too into food or greedy. So they put you in a position of either having to insist you want to eat your own meal (strident, greedy, bad) or be dainty and accommodating and say you weren’t going to finish it anyway (‘good’).

A male friend does this and although I love him in other ways it makes me really fucking cross. For me it sort of spoils the remainder of the meal even if I do insist it’s mine, because I’m then sitting under the implied cloud of shame of being a woman who likes to eat, plus not being fun and accommodating.

DisforDarkChocolate · 09/09/2023 20:03

If he wants more homemade pizza he can make his own.

YouveGotAFastCar · 09/09/2023 20:04

It's fair game to ask for some when you're finished, if there's some left.

It's not fair game to ask you for some when you're still eating. You can offer some, but that's your prerogative. He can't ask.

Sushione · 09/09/2023 20:04

I always save some for breakfast - I wouldnt offer it, it's mine! Your DH is rude and greedy.

lemonaaade · 09/09/2023 20:05

YANBU. He needs to slow down and stop eyeing up your pizza just because he’s greedy!!

pinkfondu · 09/09/2023 20:05

Trying to take your food before you have decided you will it it all is selfish and greedy...oh and he is confusing moral high ground with cutting your nose off and sucking like a toddler

Whinge · 09/09/2023 20:06

wouldn't it be easier to just make sure there is a spare pizza, so you can both have more if you wanted?

I suspect the OPs partner would eat the spare and then still expect some of her pizza.

Thewizardbinbag · 09/09/2023 20:07

He’s taking the moral high ground? What? He sounds a bit dim.

He asked for your food before you even knew if you were going to eat it all. That’s just rude. He needs to learn to wait until you’re finished, and if there is leftovers then he can ask if the can have that slice, but he shouldn’t be trying to take your food while you’re still eating it. Rude.

TomatoSandwiches · 09/09/2023 20:08

Pizza thief's have no morals, in the bin he goes.

BreadInCaptivity · 09/09/2023 20:09

DH generally finishes off my pizza because I very rarely eat it all.

However, he waits until I've finished eating and offer it to him (and tries very hard to hide how sad he is on the rare occasions I manage to finish it all 😂).

Taking/expecting food from someone else's plate while they are still eating is downright rude.