Help OH is ruining everything

dorry_2

like bluebag, i very rarely let oh in the kitchen!!! I do food shopping online after i have done the menu plan for the following week :j

To be honest, he knows its my domain, i would go messing about in his shed or music room?? lol:rotfl:

bluebag

dorry wrote: »

like bluebag, i very rarely let oh in the kitchen!!! I do food shopping online after i have done the menu plan for the following week :j

To be honest, he knows its my domain, i would go messing about in his shed or music room?? lol:rotfl:

Music rooms are very good, keeps them out of your moneysaving activities. (bit noisy at times tho')

My big secret is I only have a 3 week rotating menu plan, been doing it for 10 years and they still ask what are we having for tea?

uolypool

Before we started online grocery shopping my older sons used to do the shopping with me before my moblity got to bad.We would have a list of everything we needed after trawlling through the fridge, freezer and cupboards (before we started using inventeries sp) I was a sucker for putting stuff in as it looked really good or I just fancied it. But my son is really money aware (always has been) he would stick to the list exactly what was on it. We used to watch a programme called money spinners and he would have put that Lorne Spicer to shame. He once did a shop for just over £40 for the 6 of us , and it included everything we needed for the week

angeltreats

If we are complaining about blokes in this thread then I have to join in, because I need to rant.

Tonight I roasted a duck, and saved all the lovely fat to cool in a mug, with the intention to put it in the duck fat jar in the fridge later on. It was a nice big mug, full to the brim.

"Look, husband. This is duck fat. DO NOT throw it away. I'm putting it here out of the way so you don't accidentally wash it up."

Half an hour later, DH informs me that he has thrown away the duck fat because he forgot what it was. He has washed it down the sink. So as well as losing my precious duck fat, I will probably also have a blocked pipe to sort out. Lovely.

Sorry, I know it's a bit OT but I am so, so cross and only you OS lot will understand!

bluebag

angeltreats wrote: »

Half an hour later, DH informs me that he has thrown away the duck fat because he forgot what it was. He has washed it down the sink. So as well as losing my precious duck fat, I will probably also have a blocked pipe to sort out. Lovely.

Sorry, I know it's a bit OT but I am so, so cross and only you OS lot will understand!

Ah well ,you did try. Get the bicarb and vinegar out for the sink and the post-it notes for the hubby in future.

Rainey_LB

It has taken many years and lots and lots of talking too's but I think I have finally trained my OH........although one thing I might add is never send him out hungry, the hungrier he is the more he buys!!

KolaKube

I have to take OH with me as I don't drive, but setting him a few time consuming tasks in non-snack aisles, [away from the hot counter especially!] seems to do the trick... :j

LilacLillie

angeltreats wrote: »

If we are complaining about blokes in this thread then I have to join in, because I need to rant.

Tonight I roasted a duck, and saved all the lovely fat to cool in a mug, with the intention to put it in the duck fat jar in the fridge later on. It was a nice big mug, full to the brim.

"Look, husband. This is duck fat. DO NOT throw it away. I'm putting it here out of the way so you don't accidentally wash it up."

Half an hour later, DH informs me that he has thrown away the duck fat because he forgot what it was. He has washed it down the sink. So as well as losing my precious duck fat, I will probably also have a blocked pipe to sort out. Lovely.

Sorry, I know it's a bit OT but I am so, so cross and only you OS lot will understand!

This made me laugh and reminded me of a recent event with my DH.
I now leave a small jar on the windowsill by the sink for old cooking oil to be thrown away (rather than down the sink).
After about a weeks worth it was looking really manky (rather like the layers of sand they make those nice souveniers from at the seaside), and I was waiting on a new empty jar to replace it.
I took out from freezer some somosa snacks and he offered to cook them.
I was busy and when he called me to come and get them, I said something smelt funny.
He'd used the oil from the jar :eek: not only that, but had already tucked into one and enjoyed it :rotfl:
I had to prise them off him and he got a bit stroppy because I kept laughing about it.
Luckily he didn't get unwell.
He must be confused about my MSE ways, everything he touches nowadays I'm either keeping, using, saving or giving away, so probably thought I was collecting the oil to reuse........Bless!
LL

valentina

Out of interest Kola, what are the "time-consuming tasks" please?
I could do with some tips for keeping the OH occupied while I stick to THE LIST.
:rotfl:

Olliebeak

Rainey_LB wrote: »

........although one thing I might add is never send him out hungry, the hungrier he is the more he buys!!

After being a bit of a hopeless shopper for years, this one finally came home to my DD this weekend - the effect of the realisation of it was hilarious to me. Her indignation was :rotfl:.

God love her, she is really trying to 'mend her ways' and has actually taken an interest in the posts in this thread.

She's also finally learned NOT to shop with her kids present :j.