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Dh in mood as I said I may get mcdonalds for my dinner he said its selfish

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Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 16:06

Hey mn!
I have just read some other posters complaining about their partners wow there seems to be a lot. I don't want that to cloud my judge ie being angry on their behalf and therefore my dh is wrong.
So I am asking here.
My baby who is 9months woke at 830am and hasn't napped today. She fought her last two naps and I have wasted an hr each time trying to get baby to nap. She usually naps but the last few days she seems more active. With no naps I have found it really impacts my night when baby doesn't nap, she has a bad night. So I have gotten ready. Dh who works from home popped downstairs and asked how day is going. I said its been full on she hasnt napped! He looked at her and said "cheeky" she laughed!
I said I was going a drive as she will nap in the car. I said I was thinking of getting a Starbucks via drive thru so I am not just driving around. At least it'll give me a destination! Then I thought ohh i could get a McDonald's! That'll sort my dinner out. Baby will nap in car. Dh then told me that was weird. I'm a grown women. And then.... wait for it... what about him? I offered to bring him mcdonalds and he said no. I then laughed and said you are a grown man I'm sure you can sort dinner. He stormed away saying "dont treat me like a child!".
Am i wrong?! He has never acted like this!!!!!!
What would you do??

OP posts:
inickedthisname · 14/04/2026 17:46

So now he’s punishing you because he realised not eating would only be punishing himself

driftingdownintomiami · 14/04/2026 17:46

Even better, instead of making himself a basic meal he has eaten the baby's pastries to punish OP. Is this man real?!

idkbroidk · 14/04/2026 17:47

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:41

Omfg I'm now fuming!!! He has texted me and said "unbelievable pastries for a grown mans dinner!!" I said what pastries??? He sent a picture of the empty tupperware. That was the fucking apple and cinnamon twirls I made for baby earlier. I made about ten to last a week!!!! Omg this has taken such a turn i am now furious!!!!

what a selfish vindictive bastard. he definitely did that on purpose to 'punish' you and in turn he's punishing poor baby too. has he always been this self centred?

nomas · 14/04/2026 17:47

FrangipaniBlue · 14/04/2026 17:45

Nobody said he has to be uppermost in OPs mind….. what an odd take on what I said

But that is what you're saying. You're saying she's selfish for not immediately thinking of her DH's needs above her own. She was talking aloud about what she would do and yet you expect her brain to have jumped 2 steps ahead to what her DH needs.

nomas · 14/04/2026 17:48

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:41

Omfg I'm now fuming!!! He has texted me and said "unbelievable pastries for a grown mans dinner!!" I said what pastries??? He sent a picture of the empty tupperware. That was the fucking apple and cinnamon twirls I made for baby earlier. I made about ten to last a week!!!! Omg this has taken such a turn i am now furious!!!!

He has done that deliberately, OP, to punish you for doing something that doesn't revolve around him.

If you cook for this twat, I would stop asap. Make sure you and baby have eaten before he gets home.

honeylulu · 14/04/2026 17:48

OMG he ate the baby's snacks to punish you???

I hate him.

audhdandme · 14/04/2026 17:50

Bring him back a happy meal since he wants to act like a child

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:50

He actually ate the baby snacks. He knew I was making them for baby. Disgusting

OP posts:
inickedthisname · 14/04/2026 17:50

nomas · 14/04/2026 17:47

But that is what you're saying. You're saying she's selfish for not immediately thinking of her DH's needs above her own. She was talking aloud about what she would do and yet you expect her brain to have jumped 2 steps ahead to what her DH needs.

Yeah when she’s strung out dealing with a baby that’s resisting naps. She’s not allowed to be “a bit selfish” even for one moment!

driftingdownintomiami · 14/04/2026 17:50

This is not a decent man, I'm sorry OP. He clearly thinks of you as a servant.

Hailstoness · 14/04/2026 17:50

Another poster with a baby married to a selfish nasty arsehole.

OP, i hope you are going back to work.
I cannot believe what young women put up with and accept.

He really is an arsehole.

Tell your family and friends the truth.
Stop bringing him any food at all.

This is what a loser looks like.

Listlostlast · 14/04/2026 17:51

honeylulu · 14/04/2026 17:48

OMG he ate the baby's snacks to punish you???

I hate him.

Same. What a horrible little man.

FrangipaniBlue · 14/04/2026 17:51

nomas · 14/04/2026 17:47

But that is what you're saying. You're saying she's selfish for not immediately thinking of her DH's needs above her own. She was talking aloud about what she would do and yet you expect her brain to have jumped 2 steps ahead to what her DH needs.

I literally did not say ANY of that in my post!!!

I mean, there’s reaching and then there’s reaching 😂😂

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:52

Im fuming but also sad.
I know i can make more pastries but out of everything he could have eaten he chose that
Im home now but sitting in the drive trying to remain calm.

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SkinnyOatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 14/04/2026 17:52

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:50

He actually ate the baby snacks. He knew I was making them for baby. Disgusting

What a loser he is.

FrangipaniBlue · 14/04/2026 17:52

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:50

He actually ate the baby snacks. He knew I was making them for baby. Disgusting

Can I amend my previous comment from him being a moron to an outright tw@t ?!

SkinnyOatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 14/04/2026 17:52

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:52

Im fuming but also sad.
I know i can make more pastries but out of everything he could have eaten he chose that
Im home now but sitting in the drive trying to remain calm.

He did it to punish you. It’s pathetic.

inickedthisname · 14/04/2026 17:53

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:52

Im fuming but also sad.
I know i can make more pastries but out of everything he could have eaten he chose that
Im home now but sitting in the drive trying to remain calm.

And that was exactly the reaction he wanted.

Duckswaddle · 14/04/2026 17:53

What a nasty vicious cunt. He’s punishing you for not making his dinner, you know that right? He’s trying to put you back in your box.
Tell the prick to get to fuck.

driftingdownintomiami · 14/04/2026 17:53

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:52

Im fuming but also sad.
I know i can make more pastries but out of everything he could have eaten he chose that
Im home now but sitting in the drive trying to remain calm.

No - he can make some more pastries. And apologise for being a selfish loser. That is the bare minimum for remaining married in my view!

Listlostlast · 14/04/2026 17:53

I’d be pretty gutted too op, one because he knows how rough it’s been with baby and you’d made those specifically for said baby but also that he thinks it’s okay to punish you for something so incredibly minor it doesn’t even count as an incident by eating a baby’s snacks. His baby, no less. Such a cunt move.

inickedthisname · 14/04/2026 17:54

I’d go and stay with my DM if it was me

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:55

He came into the kitchen when they were finished. He said they smelt lovely and when was I going to tell him i was making pastries. I said they are for our baby but you can have one. He refused and said no, theyre for baby. Now he's scoffed the lot.

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steff13 · 14/04/2026 17:56

Ugh, what a horrible man. I mean, it would have been rude to get food and not offer to get him something (although, at this point I can see why you'd want to be rude to him), but you did offer, so I don't get what his issue is. And to eat the baby's snacks is next-level douchebaggary.

Tomcdonaldaornot · 14/04/2026 17:57

Anger has turned into sadness now.
Gutted. How could he do that 😔
I dont know what to say

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