DH’s penguin obsession

[BettyWhittaker]

DH is obsessed with penguins (the biscuits, not the birds) and always has been. He says every British household has a packet of penguins in - just as his grandparents did 30 years ago.
He’s particularly excited at the minute as they’re on offer in Asda for £1 a pack. He came in the other day with 3 packets, all different players - acting like he’d just closed in on the deal of the century.

Anyway, I know it sounds petty but it’s winding me up. Every evening around 8pm he stands up and says “penguin?” No I don’t want a fucking penguin, I never do and I’ve told him to stop asking me. Yes it sounds like a small thing but this is years of frustration. This morning his mother came around whilst he was out and once I made a coffee she said “no penguins in?” Ffs and they act like I’m the weird one!!!

Anyway next week we’re having a little party for DGD and DH wants a plate of penguins all arranged on a plate for the buffet. I think this is tacky as hell. He thinks I’m being a snob.

AIBU???

Bonus points for anyone who can tell me if every British household does indeed have at least one packet of penguins in.

I had no idea Penguins come in different flavours. Were they mono-flavour when I last had one in the 70s I wonder. You need to get to M&S and buy a packet of Bourbons covered in extra thick chocolate, far superior

Never heard of a penguin. Heard bourbon and custard creams. I don't live in UK

I think I’d fake a new obsession with Penguins, bin the ones he buys and pretend I’d eaten them all. Then at Penguin O’clock there would be none to eat!

😭😂😂😂 that’s evil. Genius though!

I do enjoy penguins but prefer a wagon wheel.

This is really fucking funny, actually laughed out loud at the “no I don’t want a fucking Penguin”.

I dislike them personally. A former colleague of mine famously had a box of them in his office and he’d offer you one whenever you went in. Never did ask him why specifically penguins… He was American, must have found them charming.

We don't habitually have Penguins in. I don't remember the last time anyone in my household or wider family had one.

Also, he should respect that you don't like them and stop asking if you want one. Perhaps get something you do like and he can offer you that when he gets his nightly Penguin.

Fabulous. Where was this?

OP, I do think you should start calling him Pingu 🥰

Can’t remember the last time we had some penguins in - so another one to as to your list of not every household had penguins in the cupboard.
McVities dark chocolate digestives on the other hand - usually a packet or three lurking around. I try to avoid starting to eat them as otherwise you have one, you blink and suddenly mysteriously the entire packet has evaporated - usually blamed on the Sainsbury’s ghost🤣
the nicest biscuits used to be the dark chocolate covered oat and dried apricot bars that Waitrose sold - I loved them but sadly they stopped making them - probably just as well for my waistline though!

oP I definitely think you need to find yourself your own heavenly chocolate biscuit bar - preferably one that is covered with lots of proper dark chocolate - so that you can be snmug and dismissive of the low quality, not-even-chocolate Penguin bars and how can he eat such junk when everybody who knows, knows that xxx is the best bar to have - and see how he likes it when the tables are turned on him!

Too sweet and chemical now - used to love them

One of the worst biscuits available imo

COME AT ME

You could play penguin bingo. I mean this seriously. If your DH mentions the p word just do x. Pick x, something you like/that benefits you, where you hope he does it as often as possible. It's best if it's also cumulative where you make something.You'd have to select something that is so impactful to you personally you no longer hear the penguins.

I can confirm my house does not have Penguins in it. In fact, I've never bought a packet at all!

These threads make me laugh.

Two weeks ago it was all UPF and how bad it is for you. Literally everyone was a saint and not allowing any processed muck to pass their lips. Living a life drinking spring water, eating lettuce and lentil stew and no doubt hitting themselves with a stick every 5 minutes.

This week it appears everyone is gorging on highly processed chocolate biscuits.

Fake chocolate, euw, not that I eat anything, real or fake to do with chocolate any more. Haven't had a pack in the house for decades.

I had that once years ago but with a KitKat... full solid finger of chocolate with no wafer, it was amazing! Still ever hopeful whenever I have a KitKat...

Better with a Cadburys chocolate finger!

No Penguins, but we do have Viscounts....

Sorry OP but this has tickled me! Can’t say we have any penguins in this house (albeit growing up I think, to be fair to your DH, we generally did have penguins regularly in the chocolate biscuit tin ie not the usual biscuit jar, but the tin with Kit Kats, club biscuits and penguins - my DB probably usually had a chocolate biscuit in his packed lunch - shock horror, the junk!! - but it was the 80s….).

Haha yesterday my teens had both a lentil casserole and a penguin biscuit! Banish us now for we are too impure for either camp.

Sainsbury's has sold out of £1 packs of Penguins this morning. I blame this thread.

Love them

Now these I am obsessed with!

Penguins are revolting!