To have a secret snack drawer

[Dolly34]

There’s a drawer in our kitchen that I know my husband never looks in. I bought some chocolate to bake with the other day and hid it in this draw so he wouldn’t find it and eat it before I baked. Since then, I’ve bought a big dairy milk caramel bar and left it in there for when I want to pick at it.
It’s been in there over a week, and I know if it was anywhere else, my DH would have inhaled it.

Today, I bought a pack of chocolate hobnobs and put them in the draw - again so I can pick at at my leisure when working from
home.

AIBU by hiding food from my husband to keep for myself?

(some extra context that I’ve been going through IVF this month and just want a stash for when I need it, rather than going to get something and it’s disappeared!)

• [Note from MNHQ: We've edited the typo in the title and the opening post, just so the thread doesn't (continue!) to get derailed by people pointing it out... Give the OP a break!]

Draw a picture is the same as drawer (furniture.)
A drawer (drorer) is someone who draws.
Don't get your drawers (drores)/knickers in a twist over it all 😂

How can you not know how to spell ‘drawer’?
And yes, it does matter.

Wait! You've only got one hidden snack drawer? And you're going through IVF? You are being very unreasonable to only have one hidden spot!

I've got three spots, DH has a spot of his own.

Sometimes, if he's run out he'll come and ask if I've got anything small hidden he could have and I've asked him the same.

We all need a little hidden treat sometimes. Neither of us go overboard, but the hidden spot and politely asking if one of us is in 'need' means that nobody ever goes to grab something and finds everything gone.

Married nearly 40 years.

I have multiple stashes around the house. Dh and dc all know this and search all the time.

Lighten up

Neither of us hide snacks we’ve bought for ourselves. We’d generally share anyway. In any case we’d not be disrespectful and just take the other person’s snack without asking.
However if you don’t get to eat what you’ve bought because he takes it all first, you’re not being unreasonable in the slightest.

Mine goes in the high up cupboard that I also hide presents in. DS knows not to look in there in case it spoils any surprises. It's also a bit more effort for me to get to them.

DH used to "gannet" the snacks as he called it. He thought it was charming. It was actually fucking annoying. We had words but he's on a health kick now anyway.

The rest of my family know not to touch my chocolate so I don't have to do it but I totally would if I couldn't trust them not to eat it.

I had a friend who used to hide her snacks in the washing machine because noone else went there.

I hide chocolate in the salad drawer as he never goes in it. I also have some in the freezer under the frozen veg that he never uses.

Thank you!! I’m not thick, I know how to spell but ivf meds are throwing me all over the place so very simple mistake, and I’m incredibly tired 😭

my immediate response too….

Yes this! I’ll specifically ask my DH if he wants anything from the shop, he says no. I buy for myself and he usually complains about them (I love just regally salted torillas) but will still eat them. And then if he doesn’t eat the whole bag, puts them back in the cupboard without rolling the bag back up so they start going stale 😵‍💫

Is it one draw or a Chester draws?

You can't understand that people may not know the difference in spellings?

What a sheltered life you've had.

Oh bore off @ThePoshUns .

Thanks for all the responses to my actual question. I do feel a bit guilty that I’m not sharing but this is special situation! So thank you to everyone for validating me! 😊

To everyone who came to comment on the spelling of drawer:

1. it is a shame that you didn’t read my entire post about IVF and perhaps assumed that this might have influenced the mistake - the medication is brutal.
2. or read the entire post, and thought, wow she must have a lot going on and the kinder thing would be to answer her question rather than critic a genuine error.

puts them back in the cupboard without rolling the bag back up so they start going stale

I have a whole IKEA clip bag specially for snacks - can't not seal them up!

Pick at it is a horrible expression but you are absolutely right to have your secret drawer. Hope you enjoy your stolen moments of pleasure.

I impulsively bought a pressure cooker 5 years ago, used it once and it scared me. This is now where I put my stash, not one of them would think to look in there, its just another odd thing mum bought and never uses.

My DH and kids do this, so much goes either soggy (biscuits, cereals) or hard (bread, wraps, bacon) because they don't seal the packets!

Live alone, so no need to hide things. In the unlikely event that i did live with someone i would inform.them what was definitely mine and mine only.

When the children were shorter I used to hide my period chocolate in a drawer higher than their heads in our larder cupboard. They would never have taken it without asking but they would have wanted it the second they saw it. I did buy them chocolate but limited the amount.

Now as they are almost 6ft (boys) I hid my stuff right at the bottom of the larder cupboard

I know some people hide goodies in packaging their Dh/Dp would never look in. My friend hides hers in a "rice cake" tin, it is just a cake tin but her Dh hates them so would never snaffle them.

Enjoy the snacks. What would happen if you hid them in the washing machine?

I just can’t understand why anyone would put up with selfish, greedy people. Surely it’s not normal for someone to eat all of something that’s bought for everyone? Or one person’s special treat? How do you get to this point?

And if you hide stuff from your children, how will they ever learn to to be considerate in their future families.