Man-proof food packaging

[Separatedbutlivingtogether]

Is it just me or is food packaging too complex and challenging for the y-chromosome carrying part of the population? Whilst having the upper hand opening jars, at the slightest sniff of an instruction ("peel me"), my H tosses the offending packet my way for me to open. He is incapable of opening packets as they're designed to be opened- to reduce mess and remain usable until the product is consumed in its entirety. H has taken to hacking re-sealable packets with knives or scissors because he couldn't figure out how to open a simple seal.
I once watched my B-in-L struggle for over 10 minutes trying to open a new, family sized tub of yogurt. His mind couldn't compute peeling back a section of perforated plastic to wedge his finger under the lip of the lid and lift it off. I was fascinated..it was like watching another specie.
These are intelligent men, yet they seem absolutely stumped by these simple and logical (to me) daily encounters.
Is it that food packaging is designed for female logic or the female mind? Can we even use those terms in our woke world?? Women have different thought processes to men, it makes neither superior, complimentary hopefully. But in this instance it seems to me that women outshine male counterparts in understanding and manipulating food packaging- ha slightly counter-productive feminism...!
Or is it just that men balk at any instructions at all and go in with knives and scissors caveman style?

Yes, cos all men are exactly the same.

And women all struggle to open jars, obviously

It's just you.

I think you think you're witty, but your post is not the one.

my dad opens a loaf of bread by tearing a massive hole in the plastic that then can't be closed. it drives me bonkers!

fwiw I'm the jar opener in our house ( xx chromosome)

When I first met my dh, he insisted that he couldn’t open supermarket sandwich packaging.

i think he was used to women finding it cute or quirky.

He wasn’t expecting me to tell him not to be so fucking ridiculous. He kept it up for a while, even “trying” to open one in front of me and somehow cocking it up. I didn’t give a reaction because why would I, it was clearly put on for some sort of attention he felt he was lacking.

That was 15 years ago and he gave up talking about it (like it was some sort of a fucking personality trait) years back.

Your post stirred that memory in me.

(I am guilty of hacking into packets of ham and cheese with a knife though, because fuck those stupid plastic seals).

And don't even mention cheese triangles ! 😂😂

There may be something in this.
To open the re-sealable film on a pack of sliced ham or cheese often means having sensitive fingertips and not-entirely-short fingernails, to find the way in between the two layers of plastic and just grip the top layer.
So it would make sense that smaller, more smooth-skinned fingers manage it better.
Same for the little plastic strips on the top of bread loaves - if your fingers can't peel the tiny bit of plastic open, you have to cut it off, or just rip into the wrapper.

Clearly some of the men in yours lives are completely inept.. thankfully not in mine. Sexism at its finest AGAIN! Ps I can open jars all by myself… what a clever girl I am! Jeeze!

I open the boxes of cereal. Slip finger under the flap and then along. Dh would just rip the top of the box to bits. Why??? WHY???

I can't unpeel any packet with a 'peel here' corner but I can open jars because MN taught me how to do that.

Packets get wrapped in a bag or decanted into tupperware.

For jars all you need to do is carefully tap the edge of the lid on the corner of the worktop in a few places. This breaks the seal and is easy to open, even works for the massive jars of gherkins from Lidl.

My husband calls me a raccoon as I don't open things properly, for the most part.

I get impatient. And I don't care that much tbh. And packaging doesn't work. Peel and reseal has not once worked for me. I can open jars though.

(I do like cereal boxes to be properly opened and closed however).

Those stupid 'peel here' packets are ridiculous.

I don't even bother attempting them anymore.

I open them with scissors and stick them in a ziplock bag 🤷‍♂️

Total sense of humour failure from some this morning I see. As if the world wasn't depressing enough..can people maybe try not to be such po-faced knobs on what is obviously a light-hearted ponder?
OP I do know what you mean. My ex and my son open envelopes by ripping across the middle, son still can't open packets without tearing them. Fortunately my DP is a master of all things practical so it's not universal.
Also my favourite kitchen tip..keep an uninflated balloon in the kitchen drawer or a rubber glove to hand for perfect grip on jars.

I think your problem is two-fold.

Firstly, These are intelligent men 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

Secondly, you expect them to follow instructions/not use a carving knife to hack at an Amazon box etc.

Once you think of them as an early Cave Man using rudimentary tools, you'll be a lot happier, that and lots of tupperware-type containers, freezer bags and rolls of cling-film

I also think it's you... I've no idea what you're talking about.

That's true actually. Those corner packets on ham are a right pain to get a grip on sometimes. If you have bigger, fatter fingers it will be harder.

Thank you!!
My post was written in jest, for the pleasure of being silly and I, at least, had a giggle writing it.
No I can't open jars, I stab the lid viciously with a sharp knife to break the seal. I just don't have the strength in my wrists- and the whole tapping on a surface has never worked for me.
Glad a few of you clicked with this

Its called weaponised incompetence.
Its quite common for some men and tge rest either dont behave that way because they're mother wouldn't accept or a previous partner left them over it

I have really bad rheumatoid arthritis in my hands and live alone. Every jar has a hole in the lid, stabbed with a knife, sometimes extra oomph from a rolling pin.

I use scissors to open packets all the time.

I’ve tried lots of gadgets but making a hole in the lid is key.

Not everyone is incompetent, some are just incapable.

I’ve always been told that you can break the seal from underneath. So if you stick a spoon or knife in between the cap and the jar you can break the seal and open easily. Not sure if that would work with your difficulties but worth a try I suppose.

Of course he’s not incapable. He’s a dickhead.

Ive found the plastic flap thing in the middle front of disinfectant wipes is alien to many.

Honestly, i do struggle to find it sometimes myself too. (don’t bother lecturing me on the waste involved, i refuse to clean up cat vomit with cloths i have to wash).

My friends husband just rips the packet open then they go all dry and useless. Glad i’m single lol.

Are you always so rude?
Lighten up ffs

Well someone's had a sense of humour bypass today! Lighten up.

Thank you, I appreciate the tip and I will definitely try it.