Real-life MMD: Should I secretly switch my husband's Shreddies to save cash?

Augustus_the_Strong

Daft dilemma. Carry on swapping for a bit longer, then present a box of the faux-shreddies. If (when) he refuses them, tell him he's been eating them for weeks. If he still won't eat them, switch to weetabix substitutes as a punishment.

crazycatlady3

I've been using the same Crunchy Nut Cornflakes box for about two years carefully refilled with supermarket own-brand and my husband hasn't even noticed that the sell-by date expired last year.
The same thing didn't work though when I hid Aldi cat food sachets in a Whiskas box............

e13

We did this for ages with my dad - swapping Tesco own brand into the head and shoulders bottle. We finally told him after a couple of years and he has now agreed to swap - so you could always do it for a month or two and see what he says?

kboss2010

crazycatlady3 wrote: »

I've been using the same Crunchy Nut Cornflakes box for about two years carefully refilled with supermarket own-brand and my husband hasn't even noticed that the sell-by date expired last year.
The same thing didn't work though when I hid Aldi cat food sachets in a Whiskas box............

Cats have much more sensitive taste buds to change than humans lol!

Was at a family member's house a few years ago and the wife was horrified that I shopped at £land for some food items... Until her husband piped up from behind his newspaper that he bought food from there all the time and she ate without question lol. It was pretty hilarious.

reluctantworkingmum

I got fed up with OH sneering at my own brand baked beans so made him do a blind taste test on them - damn it - he chose the Heinz. So when they are on offer I stock up - rest of the time he has the cheaper ones and moans!

Jay1b

I'm a bit shocked by this, I would never do something like this to my partner.

clarryd

Herbalus wrote: »

I'm surprised you get away with this - the difference in coffee taste can be huge. For example, Sainsburys Gold for me is far superior to Tesco and Asda, Nescafe and even Douwe Egberts, though it doesn't come close to Carte Noire. I guess that's a personal preference though.

Also, how on earth do you consume enough coffee to save £3 per week?? That seems an incredible amount - there are two in our house, regular coffee drinkers throughout the day, and we spend less than £1 per week on coffee. How you could possibly spend £4 on Nescafe and use it within a week is beyond me.

Firstly he goes through a large jar of coffee a week for work (a lot I know but he does work in the wilderness and in the cold).

I don't know how he doesn't notice, I only drink tea and I can tell when the tea bags are cheap ones.

The jar at Aldi is only £1.59 compared to Nescafe at £5-6 for the large jar.

May be Iv being doing it that long he think its always been Nescafe. LOL

:D

DigForVictory

I'm all for honesty (within reason!) so long as it doesn't lead to interrogations of "is this what I think it is?" For example, admitting to trying out one packet of one cereal is less likely to cause ruckus than taking the mick & saying you've been framed.

So I'd reveal a single packet prank & if he's OK, carry right on. If he's not, be seen to be buying "the good stuff" a few times (on promotion if possible) & then revert to your mischevious ways.

Or I might just focus on the savings & keep right on, schtum.

I'm *fooling* my beloved. Yes, and saving money & keeping him happy. I'm not lying to his face nor breaking marriage vows or commandments. Of the many subjects on which we can disagree, this is not a worthy battlefield for either of us.

cutchi

Don't tell him just smile inside. My husband insisted on Carte D'Or vanilla icecream - did a blind taste test on him with that and Lidl's vanilla - he said the Lidl's was the Carte D'or. Guess what I give him now?

jaycee-123

Personally I wouldn't tell him. I would just carry on buying the store brand. I made the mistake of telling my partner that I've given him store brand "Shreddies" for a while, but he refuses to believe me. He reckons he would know straight away. So now he insists on checking the best before date on the box, and I have to buy the real thing. We always bicker about store brand products and I tell him he's a brand snob.