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DP ate the food I was saving for my daughter, AIBU?

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messier63 · Yesterday 13:30

DP ate the pasta I was saving for dd’s lunch and thinks im being dramatic over it. I know it’s literally pasta but im annoyed because he doesnt even get why it bothered me.

I made chicken pasta last night and dd ate some but said she didnt want the rest because she wasnt hungry. She likes it cold so I put it in a tub in the fridge for her lunch today. I do this loads with leftovers so its not like he didnt know I do it.

When I got up this morning the tub was in the sink and dp said he got hungry after I went to bed and ate it. He said he thought it was just leftover pasta and didnt realise it was for anyone. I said he knows I save stuff for dd but apparently that doesnt mean he has to know every tub in the fridge is already claimed.

He said I should have written her name on it if it was meant for her. I dont label every single thing I put in the fridge, like who actually does that in their own house. He knows I sort lunches and save food for the kids.

Money is a bit tight till payday and ive been trying to make what we have last instead of buying extra stuff. We do have food in, its not that serious, but id already sorted her lunch in my head. He said he could make her a sandwich but its the principle really.

dd thought she had the pasta for lunch so when I offered her other things she refused them and said she didnt want anything else. I just think dp could have checked first, especially as he knows I put leftovers aside for the kids. He says im making an argument out of nothing.

AIBU or should food thats been put aside for someone just be left alone? Would you expect to have to write names on everything in your own fridge?

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Superstardom · Yesterday 13:31

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AralVorkosigan · Yesterday 13:32

Yes, if I’m saving leftovers for a specific purpose of person I would put a post it note on to say so. Generally as an adult in the house who (presumably) financially contributes, I’d expect him to be able to eat what he likes if he hasn’t been specifically asked not to eat something.

Holeymoley28 · Yesterday 13:32

Unless you told him it was for dd I don’t see what he did wrong.

Sometimes fridge stuff is fair game sometimes it’s not so I make sure people don’t take it.

I don’t make people come to me to ask each and everything is available to eat.

Superstardom · Yesterday 13:33

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RikthePoet · Yesterday 13:33

You expected him to come and wake you up in case he wasn't allowed to eat the food in his own fridge?

Hmm, no.

HandPulledNoodles · Yesterday 13:33

YABU. If something is being saved for a specific person/time. You should be clear. He's not psychic.

Dexter1973 · Yesterday 13:33

You don't have to label everything in the fridge, just the one thing you don't want to be eaten.

Arlanymor · Yesterday 13:34

Unless you told him then how is he supposed to know? You either tell him or leave a note. One note - not a million, you're being hyperbolic with this 'labelling everything in my fridge/my home' rhetoric, come on don't exaggerate.

It's not his fault your DD has refused every other option (is that a separate issue?) and he did volunteer to make a sandwich to try and resolve the situation.

It's not fun living in a situation where you have to mind-read.

ChaChaChaChanges · Yesterday 13:34

Struggling to see that he did anything wrong here.

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Livpool · Yesterday 13:35

How was he supposed to know it was for your daughter?

AshCullen1894 · Yesterday 13:35

If it was a one-off and he didn't know then okay, fair enough. If, on the other hand, he has a habit of depriving others of things for his own gratification then you have a problem.

Deliaskis · Yesterday 13:35

Well...he didn't really do anything wrong, he ate leftovers, he didn't realise they were being saved for DD. This is a misunderstanding and no blame is needed really.

60degreecycle · Yesterday 13:35

You need to label something with Don't Eat if you don't want it eaten, otherwise everyone else in the house with access to the fridge has to go through you every time they want to eat something from it.

messier63 · Yesterday 13:35

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He did know though, I told dd I was putting it in the fridge for her lunch tomorrow when I was clearing up and he was in the kitchen.

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Holeymoley28 · Yesterday 13:36

messier63 · Yesterday 13:35

He did know though, I told dd I was putting it in the fridge for her lunch tomorrow when I was clearing up and he was in the kitchen.

You told dd not him.

I zone people out, I wouldn’t be paying attention to what dh was telling ds unless I was part of the conversion.

OffTheMap · Yesterday 13:36

How old is Dd?

You needed to tell him you were saving it for Dd lunch.

She needs to eat something else.she is presumably picking up on the drama here.

ThereIsSomethingWrongWithTheLeftFilange · Yesterday 13:36

Well you say that he could have just asked if you were saving it for any reason but you had gone to bed. Would you rather he came and woke you up to ask?

And also, yes he could have asked, but also YOU could have said 'please don't eat that pasta as I am saving it for DD's lunch' If it was that important then you should have said something.

Your DD can have something else, if she doesn't want anything else then tough.

You, and she, need to grasp that it was a mistake and he wasn't to know.

Give the guy a break!!

MrsBananaman · Yesterday 13:37

It would really annoy me, because the frustration of thinking you’ve got something sorted and then finding it different/gone is very annoying. However, it really was a mistake. DH should have made some more pasta for DD’s lunch though.

RocketPanda · Yesterday 13:37

Jeez talk about an overreaction. He ate food he wasn't told was put aside for someone else.

SnowflakesandSlippers · Yesterday 13:38

He's right, but if things are a bit tight at the moment it probably makes small things seem much bigger. Next time just mention it to him or label it. Also, your dd needs to understand that sometimes things won't go as planned and there might be a change. If she doesn't want something else then she's not that hungry anyway.

JustAnotherWhinger · Yesterday 13:38

If it was leftovers from her plate then I wouldn’t expect anyone else to touch it.

General leftovers is a different thing altogether.

iloveanearlynight · Yesterday 13:38

messier63 · Yesterday 13:35

He did know though, I told dd I was putting it in the fridge for her lunch tomorrow when I was clearing up and he was in the kitchen.

It doesn't mean he was actually listening OP.

heekylel · Yesterday 13:40

I know lots of people will say no big deal, could have had a label etc, and that may be true, but I can tell you my husband wouldn’t have assumed it was going spare, he’d have checked first. It sounds like you do the meal planning and cooking, it’s only courteous to check.

Scarlettpixie · Yesterday 13:41

It was just a misunderstanding. He may have been in the room when you told DD she could have it for lunch tomorrow but this is one of those things that could easily not register. People zone out other people's conversations. You should have just said "Please leave the leftover pasta for DD's lunch tomorrow" - to him.

Leftovers in out house are usually fair game but if I made something to last 2 meals, I would ask DS not to eat them. Communicate!