ridiculous argument over dinner

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ok, DH just came in from work asked what was for dinner, I said that there was soup (root vegetable & thyme) with wholegrain bread or if he didnt fancy that there was yesterdays roast left over in the fridge which i would do him with veg, fresh mash and fresh yorkie puds. He just had a big strop - and has actually fucked off to the supermarket to get himself something else.

I didnt think he would want the soup - as "it isnt enough for him after work" - he doesnt do manual labour btw, he works in the city,probably hasnt had lunch but that isnt my problem... Anyway, he doesnt want the same food as yesterday...

so AIBU not to run a fucking hotel with full A la Carte menu of an evening or should i have transformed yesterdays pork into stroganoff like i was going to (he didnt know this) but i ran out of time, had to take DD to doctors, both DC to after school activities, dog to vets and home to make dinner.

sorry for mega long post, i am totally peed off.

YADNBU!

mine get what they're given like it or lump it

putting the shopping away yesterday DH found some noodles - says he'd fancy them for tea tonight. i add some of yest leftover chicken, bit ham,sweetcorn and he leaves most of it

can hear him down there now rustling his bloody haribo packet!!!!! (Hes sugar addict BTW )

yanbu

soup is v healthy, and perfectly filling.
I had the same argument with my children this evening, (vegetable chowder) but they are young enough that I won it with a huge glare.

My DH is just grateful to be cooked for like a stray dog that's found a regular meal! The only time he'd suggest something else (BEFORE I cooked) was if what I was suggesting was the same as what he'd had for lunch, ie pasta.

Just read your OP to my DH, who says he quite fancies the soup.....

YANBU.

My DP has been working overtime this last week, getting in mostly at 8 or later. He still turned to on Friday night and made a lovely meal when he fancied hot food and I wasn't too bothered. I'd be incredibly angry if he came in demanding that I make a particular dish just because he was being fussy.

DH loves my homemade soup too.

fuckwit (about this poing anyway).

As an aside I saw something on tv a while back about how soup is much more filling than the same food in plated meal format - they basically whizzed up different meals and made them into soup and tested the soup version and the solid version as to how much remained in the stomach x hours later.

poing point

rofl at lots of the posts on here

YANBU. Sounds like he's had a bad day too maybe? DH ( and DS ) are vile when they are hungry.

My DH is obsessive about eating leftovers. He eats the DCs leftover meals as a snack when he gets in, then dinner and then raids the fridge later on ( "what needs eating up?"). And he's thin as a rake.

But he does baulk at soup - my soup anyway. And if dinner is veggie he says " Yeeees, it was nice. Have we run out of meat then?"

lmao - you have made me laugh and I told my DH of your responses! ha, that'll teach him.

We have had a grown up discussion (not argument) about how to speak to me not like a knobhead in a nice way and what is acceptable for supper and what isnt. He has had a long day, was very hungry and doesnt like soup for dinner - but will scoff it for lunch, I hadnt eaten either and was quite happy to have soup as i wasnt particularly hungry and didnt fancy pork as I had some for lunch in a wrap with apple sauce and salad.

Anyway, upshot is that if I am making soup for dinner then I will let him know and if he doesnt want it he will pick up something for himself and cook it himself. Everyone's a winner!

I do have to point out that my DH is NOT generally a twunt of twuntiness and this is not a regular occurrance - otherwise he would have been punted long ago!

DH would be delighted if he got fresh veg, potatoes and yorkshire pud with his leftovers...standards are clearly lower here.

oh and at a dinner party he would eat what was on his plate and not be rude.

Do you know that for years he wold eat butter beans at my parents house so as not to offend my mother! hmm might remind him of that!

he brought back lasagne, salad and garlic bread from M&S, it did smell good, but i wouldnt have any on principal.

Will magic the pork into stroganof tomorrow and hopefully that will be it finished.

Lol at alerting him when soup may occur. Next time serve up cup-a-soup then he'll see how bad it can really get.

Or you could try Pedigree Chum (or similar) stroganoff instead perhaps ...... assume you have the ingredients already ?!

Root vegetable and thyme sounds rather tasty. This might not be entirely appropriate but if he doesn't want it can I have his soup? I'll have to forgo the bread though - too many Points and SWMBO is a bit of a sergeant major when it comes to Points...

catsmother you are truly evil naughty, my woofer is fed on dry Arden Grange so no can do on the chum stroganoff.

saultanpepper Is SWMBO code for some weight watchers thingy? You can have his soup - it is gorgeous and I shall be making it again, just not for DH.

~ whoever said that soup for supper wasnt enough for DC evening meal, well it is - they have a hot lunch at school and often are not hungry enough for a full meal. ~

My DH comes home from work and cooks us both dinner every night. I feed the kids earlier.

Soup and hot buttered tiger rolls, mmmmm!!

Bloody hell, I wish I got home to a cooked meal every night. Let alone complaining that the options available to me aren't good enough.

Here, it's okay to comment negatively on the other person's cooking if it's invited ("This is a new recipe, do you like it? It seems a bit mealy to me - I won't cook it again unless you're keen?") and that's it.

YANBU

DH once told me he needed "heartier" meals...I gave him the stink eye until he stammered "But, I mean, um, whatever is fine! This is fine!"

I serve soup quite often, with toast and salad. It's good and nice to use leftovers!

my DH doesn't like to eat the same meal twice in a row, he will eat leftovers but likes to have a day in between of something else. HOwever, he usually does the cooking as well so it's entirely his problem .

Soup - we had homemade butternut squash soup for dinner on Saturday, with leftover roast beef shredded into it. Sometimes I put chopped cooked sausages into soup for extra protein. It certainly fills us up - DH was struggling to finish his portion!

YANBU to be at his attitude though.