Poles Apart From DH On Brexit

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I don't think we could be further apart if we tried.

I think we should be cautiously stockpiling at least a few bits - just in case. DH firmly thinks this is insanity and a waste of money/ time / space. He doesn't believe there will be shortages of anything and any price increases will be so marginal it's not worth bothering...particularly on the kinds of stuff you can stockpile any way, like canned goods.

I think we should err on the side of caution with our usual European Easter hol and maybe consider UK at Easter, Europe at Summer. Especially we we travel with our dog. DH thinks there is no chance in hell there will be any transport disruption to the ferries let alone airports because he says it's economically inconceivable that there would be.

And so on and so forth.

I've pretty much given up even trying to persuade him because how do you move a mountain? He could well be right. I very much hope he is. But if he's not, surely it's better to be able to say I Told You So and the worst you have to deal with is a holiday in Devon plus a stash of tinned tomatoes to wade through. As opposed to if he's wrong and no preparations have been made at all...

As in all things: Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

I hope he's right too. But I would have contingency plans.

Can you compromise on the stockpiling only buy a bit extra & only items likely to be more expensive don't tell him exactly how much.

Meanwhile, put your foot down about the Easter hols have to be within UK because the money risk could be huge even if just small disruptions.

Does he remember the 2000 fuel protests? It seems economically inconceivable that the UK would have petrol stations, schools and the Royal Mail shutting down because of a lack of fuel, and yet it happened.

Hope for the best plan for the worst. If you have kids, makes sense to get extra in to feed them. He can fuck off. Or , more reasonably, grudgingly accept a bowl of pasta and pasta sauce from the cupboard or whatever.
He'll have to come to his senses in his own time. Avoid discussing it and quietly buy 3 days worth of food that is ok from breakfast to bedtime. Better than nothing. And make sure you have a buffer of soap and toothpaste.
Just a buffer. No need to get loads and cause more aggro. Whatever works for you.

@bellini yes I think that's what I'll have to do. It's just tricky having such a vastly different expectation...does make me wonder if I'm going a bit mad. But as nobody knows, who knows

Just buy the tins and hide them somewhere.

Do you need your DH's permission to make your own decisions? If you think you should have some extra food in stock, buy it. If you don't want to book to go abroad just after Brexit, tell him he's welcome to travel on his own.

You don't need to get into an argument to which no one knows the right answer at this point. It all depends on your attitude to risk.

I have to say I'm expecting a small amount of disruption (more supply bumps than total supply chaos) and some bits of meltdown which may include airports, and im still planning to travel shortly after brexit. 3 days food supply is a sensible buffer to have in any circumstances so i would make sure that's in place.

OP, this sounds like you a debate about nothing.

There is a grammar error in my original post. I meant to say, OP this sounds like a debate about nothing.

As pp have said, just get a few things in and don’t tell him. Anything could happen, weather, illness etc. Two years ago I had broken toes and would have had bare cupboards without online shopping.

Personally I’m not worried about Brexit, but I always like to make sure I have a few days worth of food in the cupboard, you never know when you might get ill etc and not be able to pop to the supermarket. Could you not just get a few extra bits every time you go shopping and stock up quietly?

Heathrow are preparing for a worst case scenario of no income for two months after Brexit. A spring holiday in the UK would seem sensible.

Surely you can quietly increase your purchases of tinned foods (tuna, beans, tomatoes etc...) and buy things like pasta sauce that has a decent shelf life. If I was in the UK I would be stocking up on dried goods as well, lentils, barley, split peas etc... and cartons of stock. Apart from anything else, I hear there's a cold winter in the forecast so it's always good to have things on hand.