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To think my husband is being unreasonable

217 replies

householddog · 09/06/2025 17:59

im on a diet since having a baby 9 months ago I wouldn’t really call it a diet just cutting out rubbish and making healthier choices. Last month my husband asked if I wanted anything from the shop. I said yes grab me something nice he came back with chocolate and crisps galore. I thanked him but said I couldn’t eat any of this as I’m eating healthy. He then said well what could he have got me and I said my favourite magazine a melon some nice bubble bath some flowers etc. I’ve done so well to loose some weight so far I’m not huge but the biggest I’ve ever been and since having the baby I had resorted to sugar to keep me going and relying on snacks for fuel. Today he text me while I was in the middle of dealing with the baby and preparing dinner to ask if I want anything so I text back saying yes please a treat would be lovely surprise me. I had to rush off as baby was crying and then left my phone up stairs so couldn’t say what I wanted. Hes come back with chocolate galore again profiteroles Pringles and sweets. I said I can’t eat any of that but that I appreciate the thought. I’ve had a hard day with the baby I’m also in a lot of pain with my period on codine and taking morphine when he’s home to keep an eye on the baby. I just wanted a nice treat and he’s done it again. He also randomly brings home junk and offers it to me and I say no. I haven’t fully restrained myself I had some cake at my mums birthday I also had some pudding when out just us too for our anniversary. But I’ve made it very clear that I’m being really determined at home. He says I’m being unreasonable and how was he to know as I didn’t say what I wanted

OP posts:
Notreallyme27 · 09/06/2025 18:25

If my DH asked if i wanted anything from the shop he’d mean food. If I asked him to get me something nice he would get cake or chocolate. If I was more specific and asked for flowers, he’d probably laugh at me because it would be taking the piss. He obviously means food, not a gift (unless it’s a birthday).

“Do you want anything from the shop?”
”Could you just grab me a Mulberry bag or a Lamborghini please?”

Ponderingwindow · 09/06/2025 18:25

I’m working very hard to lose weight. DH still brings me home desserts on occasion. Everything in moderation.

if you want a particular item, ask for it.

householddog · 09/06/2025 18:26

I can’t be any clearer than that I’m on a diet to him I declined chocolate that he was eating last night from him on the sofa. He dosnt by flowers or anything for me randomly romantic. I have to ask and stipulate and even if I did he wouldn’t get me flowers. I think I’m just very hormonal in pain and fed up I’ve had a long day with a baby and just feel like he dosnt listen or won’t do something nice for me when I’m feeling rubbish

OP posts:
mylurcheristhebest · 09/06/2025 18:26

You could quite easily just say what you wanted, like others have said you set him up to fail. Also morphine for period pains seriously?

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 09/06/2025 18:28

Just say what you want next time.

TheScentOfElonMusk · 09/06/2025 18:28

Why the fuck are you taking morphine for period pain?! That’s extreme.

Hankunamatata · 09/06/2025 18:28

Specify you don't want food.

Im guessing he thinks when he asks you is food related.

Dexterrolledoffthesofa · 09/06/2025 18:29

If you can say ‘a treat would be lovely surprise me’ it’s not that much extra to add ‘as long as it’s not food’.

Blackdow · 09/06/2025 18:29

householddog · 09/06/2025 18:21

I said to him in the car I would have some cake at my mums but only a small bit as It was my mums birthday I’ve made it very clear I’m on a diet. He keeps buying junk food for me and the house even when I say I can’t have it. I would have suggested what I wanted had I not been dealing with a tearful baby who’s teething and screaming the house down.

If you had time to type “yes please bring me a treat” then you had time to type “yes please bring me some bubble bath.”

This really is on you. Stop being like that.

beetr00 · 09/06/2025 18:29

@householddog

"He keeps buying junk food for me" and you don't have the willpower to resist.

Can you see where the actual problem lies?

IGotBigKidsAndICannotLie · 09/06/2025 18:30

Yanbu op, I don't know why you're getting these replies.

UndermyShoeJoe · 09/06/2025 18:30

So you know he won’t buy flowers even if you ask and then you act shocked when he doesn’t buy flowers?

You know he means food and he means treat food he keeps showing you this and has done forever it seems yet you keep asking the same thing and expecting a different result?

You know a sign of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.

Sassybooklover · 09/06/2025 18:31

I'm afraid I agree with other comments. Generally when someone asks for a treat they mean a bar of chocolate or a cake, not melon and a magazine. This has happened twice, and neither time did you specify what you wanted, yet you must have realised your husband meant food! Yes, you are losing weight but have said you have had the occasional treat, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility, that you may have fancied a small bar of chocolate. Next time, be specific..

TomatoSandwiches · 09/06/2025 18:32

Has no one here has experienced endometriosis or adenomyosis? It's so painful without pain meds it makes me vomit.
Anyway, op is think you need to specify what you want because when he's going to get himself something he's obviously in the mindset of junk food and follows on from that.
I don't think he's done anything wrong and I can't stand most of them (men)

pinkyredrose · 09/06/2025 18:32

If someone asked me to get 'something nice' a melon is the last thing I'd think of!

saltinesandcoffeecups · 09/06/2025 18:34

When you’re not rushed (or on morphine(?!) just text him a list of things you would like in a non snarky way (not that I think you’d be snarky but this kind of msg needs some extra smoothing because it is super easy to misread.

I can see both sides. Yes he should support you with treats you will eat/use, but at the same time this is something that is very easy to space out on for the other person.

Phonicshaskilledmeoff · 09/06/2025 18:35

Honestly, if you mentioned this as a friend, in person I’d have to say you’re being a bit of a tw**. I’m sure being on a diet and with the baby is hard, but it’s not so hard that you need to lose basic manners. I’ve been on a diet my whole life. I imagine half the women in this thread have. I’m sure most of us wouldn’t berate someone for being him a treat when you asked for a treat.
I dare say your partner may stop trying to do nice things for you.

HaggardyOldSkin · 09/06/2025 18:35

I reckon in your shoes I’d feel the same as it’s hard when you have crying baby and are in pain etc BUT as an outsider I can see you are being a bit unreasonable I’m afraid. You just said “I’d love a treat but remember I’m not eating cake or chocolate etc at the moment”.

Phonicshaskilledmeoff · 09/06/2025 18:36

pinkyredrose · 09/06/2025 18:32

If someone asked me to get 'something nice' a melon is the last thing I'd think of!

I would be in the saddest mood 😂 What a shit treat!!!

BetterWithPockets · 09/06/2025 18:36

IGotBigKidsAndICannotLie · 09/06/2025 18:30

Yanbu op, I don't know why you're getting these replies.

I agree! She’s already told him (and made it clear through her actions) that she’s on a diet; how many times does she need to tell him?

OP, is he bigger than he’d like to be? Sometimes people don’t like it when someone takes control of their life in some way (such as going on a diet) and try to sabotage it. Not necessarily out of malice, but a kind of envy they’re not capable of doing the same. They might not even realise they’re doing it…

teenmaw · 09/06/2025 18:37

youre being impossible, morphine makes you ratty I suggest unless it’s for something else other than period pains you maybe try and not take that!? My ex used to get himself admitted to hospital just so he could get some, he was horrendous when he came out, worst times of my life 😞

Beamur · 09/06/2025 18:39

YABU
Just say 'get me some fruit' - be specific, he's not a mind-reader

HousedInMySoul · 09/06/2025 18:40

There's a difference between him getting you a 2 finger kitkat or something, and getting profiteroles, crisps, and chocolate!! That's a lot even if you weren't trying to eat healthily.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 09/06/2025 18:41

pinkyredrose · 09/06/2025 18:32

If someone asked me to get 'something nice' a melon is the last thing I'd think of!

Agreed this is the equivalent of a frying pan as a gift. Sure somewhere out there is a woman who wants one for her birthday or Valentine’s Day, But for the vast majority it would not be appreciated.

beetr00 · 09/06/2025 18:41

@TomatoSandwiches

apologies and a slight derail but asking, for my own understanding

"Has no one here has experienced endometriosis or adenomyosis? It's so painful without pain meds it makes me vomit"

Is morphine normally prescribed in this instance then?