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.

What rubbish.

No, OP, nobody I know keeps a stock of cheap, crap, fake-‘chocolate’ junk food in stock, like it’s some kind of staple.

Are people on here 12 years old?

And is your husband unhealthily fat?

@IridiumSky

oh lighten up, hun

The risk with TimTams though is that without the individual wrappers it's much easier to eat them whole packet. I don't find that an issue with Penguins.

nothing wrong with a nice choccy Penguin and be fine for a party. Sorry to upset you further, but they do fun size, perfect for kids' parties

No penguins in this house. I did buy some before Christmas but my enjoyment was ruined by so much oil it's now "chocolate flavour" as not enough cocoa to be chocolate!

No we don’t have penguins in currently but I do buy them sometimes.
Can’t see the problem with a plate of penguins on a buffet for a kids birthday though- you do sound a bit snobby!

Tell him to try a seal from aldi 😂

You may not realise @IridiumSky that this is just some lighthearted fun, and you’re coming across like a rude sourpuss. Why not have a snack and see if it cheers you up a bit?

FWIW I used lo buy Tim Tams as an occasional treat and would bring them back from my trips to Australia. Now that they're available here in Canada I bought some not long ago and 🤮
So either my taste has changed or their recipe has. Maybe both?

I recon the last time I ate a penguin would have been at my Nans house circa 1988.

I like Penguins, but he shouldn't be asking you every evening if you want one when the answer is always no! That must be irritating.

No penguins here. But TBH OP I think you need exposure therapy and to lean in to the inevitable.

Bad day at the office dear?

oh jeez - I'm having to check myself now as I got a bit excited at the penguins being £1 in sainsburys yesterday and got 2 packs in for the kids' packed lunches!

Forget the kids' bday parties though... you should start planning his with this lot now!

I think your DH needs to get a life. Just ignore him he seems a bit sad

All the so called Baby Boomers biscuits are a shadow of their former selves. Poor quality chocolate and crap ingredients and expensive.

Not to mention their ever shrinking size.

Think

Penguins
Clubs
Blue Ribands
Kit Kat's
McVities Chocolate Digestives
Etc.

Delish!!!

In my husband’s family it’s bread, good dry spuds and digestive biscuits in that order, they are obsessed!

I feel the same way about wagon wheels but I don’t really like the kids having them so I hide them on the top of the fridge. Had a deep fried one a couple of weeks ago and it was amazing. I couldn’t get worked up about the penguin thing, I think it’s actually pretty sweet.

Sounds mad
But has anyone noticed that penguins have changed?
They used to be so nice, now they taste like chocolate flavoured cheap stuff

Give him a caramel tim tam and he’ll never want a penguin again. He will definitely want tim tams though and you’ll never get them for £1 a pack so maybe best not to introduce them.

I'm more of a Club woman. Still mourning fruit Clubs. 😭

Stopped buying them when they started using chocolate flavour coating rather than actual chocolate

That is because they are now made of chocolate flavoured cheap stuff

I’m with you I hate the fucking things vile

We always had them in as I’m one of four children so we needed snack biscuits in packs of six (so everyone had one) and back in the 70s penguins were the only biscuits in packs of six, not five, as I recall.
Team Penguins here 😄

No penguins here… I remember as a child I used to groan if there was one when I opened my lunch box ha ha