To not like the way DH eats his boiled eggs?

[HibiscusDubonnet]

It’s messy and it makes no sense.

DH boils his eggs and then puts them on his buttered toast. He then cuts them in half, puts one half in the egg cup, puts in a soldier but the yolk spurts out as there is no shell to accommodate the extra toast volume. The yolk dribbles down the side and his fingers are all buttery as he touched the egg which has been sitting in melted butter so everything else he touches is all buttery.

And then he asks me how I eat my boiled eggs so neatly and how does the egg cup stay clean? And then we argue because he says he’s a grown man with a grown up job and he can eat his eggs the way he wants to. And I say why did you ask me then?

No diagram but I have photos if you want them.

AIBU: he can eat them the way he wants to fgs
YANBU: it’s a waste of egg and butter

OMG that is odd and would give me the rage. Surely this isn’t the only odd behaviour from him?

DIVORCE.

Is it better or worse than his hobby of killing hobos?

DH boils his eggs and then puts them on his buttered toast. He then cuts them in half, puts one half in the egg cup, puts in a soldier but the yolk spurts out as there is no shell to accommodate the extra toast volume. The yolk dribbles down the side and his fingers are all buttery as he touched the egg which has been sitting in melted butter so everything else he touches is all buttery.

Jeez, what a faff!

Is the idea to melt the butter? When does he take the shell off? Why doesn’t he just put butter on hot toast? So many questions!

Eggs-ibit A, Your Honour: half an egg still in situ on the toast and half an egg in the cup with aforesaid yolk running down the side.

Incorrect. His way is absolutely mental. Why are they sat on the toast? He's mental.

DH is in great shape, has regular health checks at work, is his ideal weight and is running a half marathon tomorrow so I’ll let him off the butter!

Well as you have him with you;

why does he put the egg on the toast?

has he ever been taught how to open a boiled egg?

does he know what a napkin is?

He needs a better spoon (narrower) and maybe some coaching. Practicing veerrrrry slowly with a dozen eggs at a time may work.

It was a regular teaspoon. I think the camera angle elongated it.

Doesn’t he risk getting shell in the egg and on the toast

WAIT - does he put half an egg still in its shell back onto the toast again??? What about all the little bits of shell around the slicing site? I might have to hide this thread.....

God if this was my only problem in life 🤣
Let the poor man eat how he likes
He's an adult

I spy a Dad mug in the background. I can't believe you (or someone) had children with this psycho. I hope he is not teaching said children his unreasonable egg eating ways.

A “Because it melts the butter and the toast tastes nicer when the butter is melted on top.”

B “No, I don’t need to I’m a 42 year old man”

Is that a cup of tea you’re making?”

C. He uses a piece of kitchen towel as a napkin if I’m glaring at him in the kitchen.

The mess!

I never allowed my kids soft boiled eggs & soldiers until they could be trusted to eat them neatly

DS won’t eat eggs. I feel it’s a low point in his upbringing.

Ick

If you butter the toast when it's made then the butter melts. (Cold toast and unmelted butter is much better with eggs imo) absolutely no reason to cut the eggs in half, just slice the top off.

You need a better toaster or to shave the butter thinner or move quicker between toasting and buttering to find another way to melt the butter!
Would he maybe entertain briefly resting the toast on TOP of the two eggs? That might help?

what a waste of butter on the shells… in addition to everything else already mentioned!

So what does he do with the half that's now sitting on the toast with the yolk running all over the toast/plate? Does he switch them over and put what's left in the egg cup? Either way it's strange and messy and I can't see why you'd do it his way, but as long as he's not expecting someone else to clear up his mess than let him get on with it (though if I was you, I'd probably prefer not to be sat at the table watching him do it!)

It makes the disagreement in our house about whether you cut a baguette straight down or slightly slanted look unimportant!

What a bastard he sounds 😂

How does said husband cut a soft boiled egg in half still in its shell - am I missing something here?

It’s certainly an odd process but I’m a live and let live person.

I’m more horrified by all the soldier haters! You’ll pry my toast soldiers out of my cold dead hands, and I’m over 60!!