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Re Potato Wedges and DH - he has agreed to abide by MN decision (trivial)

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MsGee · 18/06/2013 10:38

So MN jury its up to you - DH has agreed that whatever you decide, he will stick with...

Last night we were discussing what to have for tea tonight - agreed quiche and salad. He eats half of a family size quiche.

He thinks this is insufficient (with salad - bog standard so I don't drip feed, lettuce, tomato and cucumber), so I am doing potato wedges with it.

The wedges are big. He wants FIVE. I told him this was pure gluttony and three would be sufficient. He thinks I'm being silly.

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wannabedomesticgoddess · 18/06/2013 10:39

However many he wants. Hes a grown man.

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QueenStromba · 18/06/2013 10:39

Give him five - why wouldn't you?

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CMOTDibbler · 18/06/2013 10:41

As many wedges as he likes, just like everyone else unless your budget is incredibly tight. In which case more wedges, less quiche.

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MayTheOddsBeEverInYourFavour · 18/06/2013 10:42

How ever may he wants, why would you only want him to have three?

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KansasCityOctopus · 18/06/2013 10:42

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flowery · 18/06/2013 10:42

Good grief who on earth has the headspace to be debating how many wedges each person will have for tea tonight?! Just make a load of wedges and dish them out, surely? If he wants 5 give him 5!

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NumTumDeDum · 18/06/2013 10:43

If you want to be petty, take three ordinary size wedges, and cut two of them in half = 5 wedges.

Incidentally, what else will DH do if MN decrees it?

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LifeOfPee · 18/06/2013 10:43

Jacket potatoes. Argument over.

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flowery · 18/06/2013 10:43

(I realise I am being hypocritical in that I'm finding the time to comment on a thread debating numbers of wedges, but I'm avoiding work...)

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mrsjay · 18/06/2013 10:44

id eat 5 wedges and and most some quiche least you dont live with my dh who calls quiche womens food Grin

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Feminine · 18/06/2013 10:44

Are you worried about his weight?

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HighBrows · 18/06/2013 10:44

I love how trivial this thread is Grin

Give him 5 wedges, not one wedge more or less!

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FutTheShuckUp · 18/06/2013 10:44

First. World. Problem.
Tell ya what, give him fifteen and make sure he clears his plate. That'll learn him.

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Oblomov · 18/06/2013 10:45

Surprised you need to ask. Atleast 5. As many as the MAN wants.

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mrsjay · 18/06/2013 10:45

(I realise I am being hypocritical in that I'm finding the time to comment on a thread debating numbers of wedges, but I'm avoiding work...)

I am avoiding housework I think when you get to a wedges thread then it is time to do something

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HighBrows · 18/06/2013 10:45

If you want to be petty, take three ordinary size wedges, and cut two of them in half = 5 wedges.

NumTum arf! Grin Grin

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plainjaney · 18/06/2013 10:45

Its not that simple is it? Is he overweight? Unfit? Health Issues? Does he eat lunch? All would have bearing on how much he ate for an evening meal.

OH and I were both a bit overweight and I'm terrible for 'feeding the street' as he calls it because I always cooked so much. My solution was quite simple.....smaller plates Grin
I've dropped from a size 18 to a 12 and he's gone down to a 34 waist from a 38 so its working hehe

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wannabedomesticgoddess · 18/06/2013 10:46

:o mrsjay. Womens food? Why?

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MsGee · 18/06/2013 10:46

Ok, clearly IABU. I don't normally monitor his food in any way. I was just surprised that my previous meals were so lacking.

He can have his five wedges although he might have the five smallest

And yes its petty. We embrace pettiness. And trivia - many conversations are to be had about trivial matters.

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Oblomov · 18/06/2013 10:46

Is this to do with money or obesity op? If not, why are asking?

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Hazelbrowneyes · 18/06/2013 10:47

Only 5? I'd probably eat double that Blush

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MsGee · 18/06/2013 10:49

I have no idea what prompted this conversation. He is six foot and slim build (although just starting to show signs of middle age) but I am definitely the fatty in the relationship

I like the idea of giving him fifteen though Grin

I am avoiding work mrsjay

Does this get the most trivial and pointless thread award?

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Otherworld · 18/06/2013 10:49

When you are lurking on threads about wedges it's definitely time to do something. I'm hiding from a document at work.

So, now I have posted I feel better.

Without knowing the size of the wedge it's difficult to comment. Can you provide photos or illustrations of the relative size of wedge vs quiche?

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MsGee · 18/06/2013 10:51

I think the reason for asking was that I was surprised that a meal that we normally eat (quiche and salad) without complaint was actually so lacking that he needed lots more food to fill him up.

I am a useless cook and its the family joke that when we first got married he would often have dairylea on toast for tea and sometimes he has cereal for tea rather than face whatever I planned to make

Never cooks himself though. (but does all the cleaning).

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mrsjay · 18/06/2013 10:52

mrsjay. Womens food? Why? I have no clue he half jokes about it I think it is because it usually has salad with it which is also not man food

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