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Crisp gate

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SteveTheHair · 16/10/2026 16:48

On way back from seeing family with dp. Dp driving. He is quite particular about his car, won’t let me or anyone eat in it etc. we stopped at a services to get coffee and some
shopping because we are in a bit of a rush to get home. I was starving and wanted a burger, dp said no time. And he wouldn’t let me eat it in the car. So I picked up a pack of crisps and ate a few while we walked back to the car. I knew he wouldn’t want me to finish them in the car so I folded over the bag and put it in the bag with the rest of the shopping.
dp gets really narky and said he can smell the crisps and now his car stinks of crisps why couldn’t I have just waited an hour to eat till we got home
hes now in a bad mood
Who is bu!

OP posts:
FateAmenableToChange · 18/10/2026 20:48

Did you mean your dad and are you a child?

TheDevilWears · Yesterday 22:41

My exH got a new car and said that my DCs were not allowed to eat in it under any circumstances (they’re not his dc) because apparently sugar rots leather … that kind of knobbery is so unattractive!

BadgerBadgerBear · Yesterday 22:52

Odd thread

man doesn’t want food in his car and he’s brated and insulted, is clearly an idiot and horrible. In fact you should eat in it and make a mess on purpose!

women post that they don’t want food in their cars. Not a peep, that’s fine. Presumably any man eating in her car would be an arse!

User451278 · Today 00:32

I'm torn. DH ate a burger or something in his car weeks ago and every time I drive it, I feel like retching because the smell is still there. Don't know if he dropped some of the food or the smell just clings on to the interiior but it is awful. He can't smell it.

As a result, I have told (not asked) him to never eat fast food in my car.

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