To be pissed off that my DH is not going to McDonalds now and now I have to cook?

[Sophiehoney]

DH was going out at 4pm to rake DS12's friend home. He suggested he get McD's on the way back for himself and the kids (he knows I have a salad prepared for myself and that I don't like McDs) I said great, I wont have to cook.
I was in the shower when he left so I rang him to check he knows what DD7 wants from MCDs. He said he doesn't want McDs any more, he's going to go to the new local chippy instead. I said but the kids don't like the chunky chips you get from the chippies and he said well he's not going to two different places.
I said great, I suppose I'll just have to cook them something.
He said he doesn't understand why I'm so bothered, I would have had to cook anyway icfhe hadn't suggested getting something and I said, because I wasn't expecting to, I'd written it off in my mind, I haven't thought of what to cook and it's now 16:20 on a school night.
He thinks I'm just being argumentative and that I should just cook or we shpuld just tell the kids to just eat the damn chips.

Who's right?

I’m 5ft 8 and this morning weighed 64.9kg (about 10 stone 4). Nope not overweight, not even close to overweight but thanks for the massive assumption there!

Carbs are important. We need them. Also we don’t know what Purple’s portion sizes are so can’t really know the quantity of carbs they have each day.

Totally agree Sunday is a school night. And by the same token, Friday is not.

@PopeJoan2

i hope that’s what it was rather her feeling any kind of pressure to do that, that she wasn’t labouring under the belief that’s what it takes to be a good mother or anything like that.

Thank you, I thought it was fairly obvious I wasn’t just going to serve my children a plate of pork belly!

Yes, exactly like you didn’t know the ingredients of katsu curry or that roasts come with vegetables. Are you now seeing how ridiculous that was?

Perhaps if you cooked more, you’d know. 🤣

Oh yes because I definitely said calories are the only thing that makes a healthy meal..... did you even read what I wrote or are you just trying to catch me out because I've triggered you for some reason?

Most people in this country are overweight so it's understandable so many people are disagreeing with me. I'm not really surprised. Someone commenting that I eat a lot of carbs as if carbs are the devil. Did you know the majority of blue zones in the world eat high amounts of carbs? Not all carbs are created equal.

She assumed that because a poster didn’t list every vegetable they had eaten with meals (even meals that are literally made from vegetables) they hadn’t eaten any. I’m applying the exact same logic to her comment. Not listed = nonexistent.

What? My husband hates chippy chips but happily eats fries. My daughter will eat chippy chips, but prefers fries. I love chippy chips but will live with fries if I have to.

Saying these are the same things is like saying mashed potatoes and boiled potatoes are the same thing. They aren’t.

Like I said. She didn’t like ready meals or takeaways. She liked to know what went into her meals. She enjoyed food. Eating fast food isn’t a sign of being cool or something, you know. It doesn’t take that long to cook meals from scratch. And the great thing is that you can batch cook which also saves time. I have some nice stuff in my freezer for days when I feel lazy.

It was. Abundantly clear.

I am reading these replies while eating a slice of leftover pizza BTW. It's delicious 😋

“Faints”

I voted YABU because you don’t have to cook, just leave it for him to sort out.

You might want to go back and read my post…because I didn’t say it was a healthy diet…I said it was all about balance.

I also explained the reasoning behind why my kids have eaten more processed shit than they usually would.

It is balance because ordinarily they eat a wide variety of regular home cooked meals, and when they have takeaway it’s sushi from our local Japanese restaurant. But yes they eat some processed shit occasionally because life meant my husband was stuck at the garage till gone 7pm on two different occasions this week. And because I’m trying to keep shopping to a bare minimum so it’s not wasted whilst we’re on holiday!

It must be nice if you enjoy it. I just never have.

Whoops sorry just seen the update

Aaaaaw dammit. I totally thought eating McDonalds was cool. That's totally why I eat it. I thought it was big and clever.
What can I do to feel cool again? Shall I start spraying walls or something? Please tell me what's cool, Pope Joan.

Do you cook every meal from scratch and make special meals on Sundays? You describe yourself as ‘old’, why is your mum your reference, as opposed to what you have done and do yourself?

We can take up vaping or better yet smoking for your street cred.

I wasn’t referring to you. I was referring to all those who seem to be bombarding me with reasons why I should eat fast food on a Sunday.

I am sorry to have commented on your choice. It wasn’t fair to judge.

Sorry, it's just the more I read this the funnier it gets 🤣

Fast food isn't cool kids, cool people batch cook 🤣🤣🤣

Well, who knew. Thanks for the advice Joan 👍

Nobody thinks you should or shouldn't eat anything. We just don't want to be judged

Thank you for apologising

It’s not cool to have so many found hang ups inherited from your mother. Especially when you’re old. About time they were dealt with.

Of course it isn’t cool to batch cook. That’s not the point I was making. We are all different. My shock at eating McD’s on a Sunday is my thing. Why does it bother you so?