Food portions and how to laugh this off??

[PenisPortions]

Help me dear mners, my dh is gaslighting me into accepting his penis portions and I need your stories of similar craziness to help me laugh it off..!

In laws came round, we had two large steaks for dinner. MIL wasn't keen on steak so we made her a stuffed pepper and sides so she was catered for and happy. FIL wanted half of one of the steaks, fine. Dh asked what I thought about that and I said yes fine we'll just share the rest. Dh looked confused for a bit and I said I think it's enough between the two of us to share the remainder.

FIL cooked the sides, DH bbqed the steaks (i was in with the baby), and I come out to see three plates of food. Two have half a steak on them and the third has a whole steak, which dh had claimed as his plate.

I was like ummm are you not splitting it? He said yes I did, and I kind of laughed in disbelief saying no you've given yourself twice the amount of food as me! He got really defensive, said this was what we agreed (not true), and got cross. I told him I was going to even things out, so cut off some of his, and he was so grumpy about it, saying he'd said he wanted a full one and I agreed to that. No "I'm sorry I misunderstood and under catered for you, let's split it like grown ups".

It is such a stupid little thing but keeps playing on my mind, what on earth was that?! Please tell me stories of similar imbalances that your partners have tried to get away with to help me put it into perspective.

No, both red meat (including fillet steak) and processed meats are carcinogenic.

Incorrect. Red meats increase the risk of bowel cancer. So do processed meats.

Logic is lacking in this post.

Both steaks were cut in two pieces. Are you saying OP’s was fine to be cut in two but it was unacceptable to cut DH’s into two pieces? Why?

As a late addition guest FIL should have been offered the choice between lamb chops or steak. If he chose steak the the DH should have made the sacrifice (as it’s his father) and eaten the chops. The OP is left with a whole steak whatever.

@SwordToFlamethrower I agree they should be stirred together. He didn’t stir - he somehow mushed them together so much it was sticky and like baby food. 😩

No, both red meat (including fillet steak) and processed meats are carcinogenic.

The evidence linking non processed meat to cancer is extremely weak.

Thank you for your input, Stannis Baratheon. I understand you're a dab hand at a barbecue yourself....🤣🤣🤣

It's not.
This is a meta analysis (the highest level of scientific evidence you can have.)
Red meat is associated with bowel (and other cancers). (As is processed meat, considered separately and together with red meat).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34455534/

It is hard to know where to start.🙄
There are better sources of protein than that, is the point,

And by the way if you are also breast feeding and you don't know that tuna is loaded with mercury, yes I wonder what century you are living in too.

Cows milk is you biggest source of pesticides and drives IGF1 which promotes breast cancer. Great for your baby.
Better say no more.

Oooh @ChedderGorgeous got very serious suddenly 😂😂

Your DH is greedy and selfish.

I know! Meant to be a light hearted thread ! Could OP reduce the risk of family bowel cancer by dividing her and DH steak across the whole week? Plus a massive salad.

Ha! Respect for the niche reference 🫡

Trying very hard to ignore the 9 billion people who have all lept up to be the first to point out the obscure and little known fact that all men absolutely definitely need more calories, (which must of course come from the choicest part of the available food), than all women...

Why is there this idea that its difficult to cut up 1 and a half steaks to divide equally for two people?

Are you all struggling with maths, would it take so long to figure out that this would reveal poor numeracy skills?

Cut the whole one in half. Cut the lonely half in half. Each person gets a big bit and a little bit. A calculation and action that takes a fraction of a second....

Unless someone wants to pretend its too hard and thus one person should be default, have 50% more than the other and any argument is them being picky or wasting the precious time it may have taken to do this.

'Messing about cutting it into equal shares is a waste of time/embarrassing... etc' is the same sort of bullshit as 'it was just a joke' and 'you're being over-sensitive'... Fuck off with it.

Here is a FACT for you. Forget that breastfeeding women need more calories as they are literally feeding two bodies. Forget that on average men need more calories than women. Forget that if we are actually talking just energy in v energy out, both would have got more from an extra baked potato.

@PenisPortions husband is a selfish thoughtless piece of crap, who could have made sure that his breastfeeding wife got the choicest meal but decided to keep it for himself and to hell with his wife and child. FACT.

I do not think anyone is saying the OP's husband was in the right.

I do not think anyone is saying the OP's husband was in the right

Have we been reading the same thread?

There's loads of risk factors for bowel cancer though.
Red meat, processed meat, not getting enough fibre, being overweight, drinking alcohol/smoking/being inactive and even the typical western toilets, squatting is considered much healthier!

So there could be loads of other factors at play in the diet, it might not simply be the red meat or processed meat, it could be the rest of the diet that is having a huge impact especially if the person is not eliminating the red or processed meat efficiently due to low fibre, poor digestion due to being inactive, western toilets etc.

I eat plenty of red meat but I don't really eat processed meat, I get plenty of fibre, I've always been slim, I don't drink or smoke, I'm active and I have a stool for the correct toilet position 😅so I would imagine my risk is pretty low compared to a lot of people.

@Coyoacan, I think "men will generally need more food than women" is being taken to mean "OP's husband was right to have a whole steak and women should know their place". I am not sure that is the case.
Steak is a treat, I think we can agree that if it was cake rather than steak, we would not have the distraction of the nutrition debate.

Not all. Your situation is not the only one. This thread is not about you.

It's really quite amusing how many posters have missed the point of the post, of the concept of penis portions, and are trying to make it all about them.

Internalised misogyny is real.

I told him I was going to even things out, so cut off some of his.

All this lopping off small bits of food angrily and transferring to other plates is making me cringe.

You should’ve just told him to order you some food after if you were stop hungry.

The number of people determined to tell us "I am of course teeny-tiny compared to my big strong husband."

Still don’t understand why cutting OP’s streak into two pieces is acceptable but cutting DH’s steak into two pieces is cringeworthy.

This is the most ridiculous answer of the thread. It wasn’t “his steak”, it was part of the steak that was being plated up. I think she should really have just taken the full steak as obviously the full one would be for her if anyone.

Suggesting she order some takeaway is ludicrous. Couldn’t the husband order take away if he was still hungry after his fair share?