Who is BU about the chip?

[Kartoffelschmerz]

Person A has been making lunch, including air fryer chips. They dish up, then realise they’ve given themself too many, so redistribute a bit and put the plates on the table.

Person B comes down for lunch. They turn their back for a second and when they turn round again they spot Person A removing a chip from their plate.

Person B is furious that A has been “sneaky” and stolen one of their rightful chips.

Person A argues that they’d overcorrected when dishing up and gave B a lot more, hence the chip removal.

Person B carries on seething for nearly 24 hours. They argue that they always give A the bigger portion, so why wouldn’t A do the same for them?

Person A says they do give B the bigger portion, that this was a minor rebalancing and until everyone’s actually sitting at the table, the food is still under the cook’s control.

Who is BU in this incredibly petty dispute?

Could you imagine yourselves sitting in front of a marriage counsellor and both of you telling the incident from your point of view?

If your relationship has reached this low over one chip I really don't think it can be saved.

Everyone sounds like they need a reminder of what's important in life.

Persons A and B for arguing about a single chip and you for taking the time to type up a post about a single chip.

Just to point out, only one person was arguing in this scenario. A and B are both in their early 50s. 😁

Tell these 50 year old idiots that there are plenty of people in the world with no food and they need to get over themselves

I assume person C was their joint child then?
Imagine getting to your 50s, presumably being married to the person for decades… and you don’t speak to them for 24 hours and spend it huffing over some fucking chips. What a miserable life.

I couldn't live like that

Exactly my thoughts....

Both are pathetic

Person B is being silly. Person A could have said the plate with too many on was their own they were removing chips from I suppose? But ridiculous to get upset over this I agree that before plates are on the table food isn't permanently allocated. I think this might be about more than chips

Not "chips" (plural). One single chip. 😁

Sounds like you both have a chip on your shoulder.
Sorry, I'll get me coat 😁

Person B
LTB

This is a ludicrous argument. Come back to me
with something serious- like croissants.

This.

Sounds like A and B spend way too much time in one another's company.

B sounds like the whinier of the two.

And we can scoff...but people do get territorial over chips. They can be contentious.

In my house if Person B doesn't like it then they know where the oven is

Both A and B have bigger chips on their shoulders than their plates.

And bigger problems than the chips.

You are being unreasonable for having chips for lunch and not a massive salad or picky bits.

A and B need a divorce.

Christ alive! One chip and all hell breaks loose?! I need a nap! (FWIW, I'd have stuck a fork in the back of C's hand... Oh, there isn't a C option... Dammit... Well I'd have been fork wielding anyway... But that's me normally, nobody steals my chips and comes out uninjured!) I've given this way too much thought now, definitely a nap or I shall become truly vexed, along with my dander being raised! 😁

He wouldn't be a friend of mine after doing that the first time.

What did poor C ever do to you? She is blameless in this ugly business.

The whole thing is ridiculously petty.

That said, I constantly have to tell DH to get his hands off my food. Nothing whatsoever to do with portion sizes, I just don't want my food handled by anybody's hands. I would rather have a smaller portion than have an equal portion where my food has had hands all over it. So I wouldn't care about the chip, but I'd massively care about him putting his hands on my dinner (but in fairness this comes from a history of me constantly having to tell him to keep his hands away from my food. A one off, I'd probably be OK with).