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GRRRRR. Why are --some-- men so fucking tactless?

9 replies

SweetSeraphim · 19/08/2013 20:03

So I made this gorgeous dinner for us all. Me and DP are dieting at the moment, it was a really nice recipe that I've made before, but very low fat and tasty. And he had a huge pile of it.

Finished it (to be fair, he did say thanks), and said

'Was there any onion in that? If I could just make one small criticism, it would be that there wasn't quite enough onion'

'Yeah I used up the spring onions in the fridge'

'Oh yes. I forgot we were on meagre rations this week while we're waiting for payday'

HmmHmmHmmHmm

I'd hardly call it meagre rations! It was a big plateful of lovely chicken and rice and creme fraiche and chilli, ffs! Which is what I said obviously

It's because he didn't cook it himself, so finds it reaaalllly hard to compliment me without a little backhander in there Angry

Fucker.

Mind you, when I was with DD's dad, I was looking in the mirror while we were getting ready to go out one night, New Years Eve, it was - and I said

'Do I look fat in this dress?'

He said... 'Sweet, you ARE fat. Just accept it.'

Angry

Arseholes, the lot of them.

As you were Grin

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Weelady77 · 19/08/2013 20:07

There so bloody thoughtless! Open there mouths and let there bellys rumble!

I'd be here all day telling you things my husband says but I just give it back!

thisisyesterday · 19/08/2013 20:12

yep, dp is just like this. he cannot eat ANYTHING without "hmm it'd be nice/r with..." or "i think i'll just spice mine up a bit" or "you should put... in it"
drives me potty.

on a par with spreading ketchup/brown sauce all over something before you've even tasted it to see what it's like

SweetSeraphim · 19/08/2013 20:29

Why do they do it? And why do I hear DP telling his friends that he 'does most of the cooking'? Does he balls.

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Guiltypleasures001 · 19/08/2013 21:28

My Dad drives me mad and my mum, we have both cooked some really nice meals, and he mashes the lot up in to a big pile and just shovels it in.

SweetSeraphim · 19/08/2013 21:40

Because they cannot BEAR that we might be better at something than they are, that's why!

Mind you, DP once said to me, regarding presentation - 'remember, the first bite is with the eye' Hmm

Cock Grin

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Thesimplethings · 19/08/2013 21:44

Fucker!

I will never forget the first roast dinner I made dh.... 'But my mum doesn't do it that way' go back to mummy then!

Give mil her due when I time her age cuffed him across the ear Grin

Thesimplethings · 19/08/2013 21:44

Time - told

kalidanger · 19/08/2013 21:53

My super-cunning ex used to say I'd never be able to make a certain dish like his mummy did back in the old country... until I was jumping up and down, desperate to slave away in the kitchen to prove I could Angry

Sorry, that's not about tactlessness. Hmm, he must have been tactless too, he had every other negative character trait. Gimme a sec to think of something Wine

Jolleigh · 19/08/2013 22:32

Some of them are unfortunately programmed with stupid. I work with mine and have been listening to him joking about me being lazy all week with the guys in the office. He's not lifted a finger for weeks, and I'm supposed to be the pregnant one. Work don't know yet so I can't kill him there. Angry

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