Grrr!

[Nada.Leona]

Giving you fair warning!

After fourty-five minutes of going through every possible item in the house and arguing with DH, I finally conceided and we're having delivery for supper.

GRRRR!!!

For a large chicken caesar salada and a 9" pizza, it's going to cost us nearly $30!!! I'm so ticked!

We have TONS of food in the house, but no matter what I suggested, he wasn't in the mood for it or didn't like it.

Spaghetti with garlic bread? No.
Rice with veggies and a chicken breast? No.
Shepard's pie? No.
Hamburgers? No!

I swear, he's pickier than any teenager I've ever seen, and he's a grown man. If I hear "There's nothing to eat!" again...

How do you ladies deal with it when your partner just doesn't want to be frugal or just isn't willing to co-operate?

[Mamaw]

Anymore I tell both DH and DD if they dont like what I cooked to take their own money and go to McDonalds. Since DH is not a fan of fast food, he is usually silenced at that point. I have also been known when asked, " whats for supper" to reply, whatever you decide to make yourself! Some days I just don't dont want to cook and since we are all supposedly adults there is no reason they can not make themself an omelet, a sandwich or something. Hang in there. At least he did not insist on going out and having appetizers, drinks, dessert, etc.

[Nikmom]

ouch, I can sympathize. My dh goes through that sometimes, not always though. I usually try to talk to him mid week, and plan what we want to do for food for the weekend. This weekend we did fajitas on Saturday and pizza for today (homemade) Sometimes it seems my grocery bill goes up, or I need to make a quick stop for a special ingredient, but it still is cheaper than the 30 or 40 dollars for eating out or take out.
I have found that sometimes paying a little extra for special groceries still saves over going out.

[Mom23boys]

Take out isn't an option here unless someone feels like making a drive to get it. Noone ever wants to be the one to go pick it up, so it is an easy problem to solve. We aren't close enough to any delivery places. (We live in a small, rural town without any restruants.)

[Darlene]

Sorry, maybe you can keep a nice frozen pizza on hand for the pizza fix? Lot cheaper than delivery and some of the self rising crusts ones taste pretty good.
I'm pretty lucky. Here they usually say "I don't care" when I ask them what they want for dinner.

[Telephus44]

I find that sometimes the only thing that helps is having something mostly ready. Last night DH wanted pizza but I pointed out that I already had a steak marinating in the fridge, and it was mark-down meat so that if we didn't eat it it would go bad.

Of course, we had to have pizza for lunch today... but it worked at least for last night.

[KimSecret]

Oh no! That would anger me too!! Id tell him Im fixing "such N such" and if he doesnt like it, to go find something else! Theres no since (sp) in spending $30 for take out when you have plenty to eat at home and are willing to cook...what is it with men?

[Michele Annette]

Oh boy would I be angry, but DH isn't very picky, Thank God! He also knows that we have a strict budget for food, so sometimes no matter how much we want it, take out isn't an option. I think your dinner choices sounded excellent!

[Hollyhandi]

I just cook and if they don't like it I hand them the peanut butter and bread. then they eat what I fixed.

[Lori Biever-Launder]

I always tell them I don't do special requests and I am NOT a restaraunt, so take it or leave it!

I try to have food ready most nights too for the same reason!

[tbs727]

I never ask Dh what he wants for dinner. If I cook it, he will eat it. Of course we have an agreement on what he will not eat. For example if I make Hummus I know he won't eat it. Generally if he comes home and the house smells good he's ready to eat. Maybe if you already started cooking spagetti or whatever the smell would entice him to want it. Sorry you are having a hard time with DH. Some people are just picky. I agree with the suggestion of keeping a frozen pizza on hand. Thats what I try to do to avoid eating out on nights I don't want to cook.

My dh fights frugality too. It's particularly difficult with his impulsive spending. But he's getting better and I will continue to learn how to convince him to control it better. Give it time.

[pkellyc]

My dh acts out on me once in a while. I just threaten him with something. I agree we will eat out and then I drop the bomb, it usually goes something like this. "Ok if you want to but I guess we won' t be taking our trip Saturday, we can't afford both." Funny how all of a sudden whatever is in the house is good.

P.S. Sometimes this is harder on me than it is on him for I just love to eat out too. No mess no fuss.

[bamamomto4]

Originally posted by tbs727
I never ask Dh what he wants for dinner. If I cook it, he will eat it. Of course we have an agreement on what he will not eat.

Usually I plan our meals.Sometimes I'll take suggestions,but most of time,if someone doesnt want what I cook...they can always make a sandwich,canned soup etc....

Dh is not one to suggest eating out.He prefers ANYTHING I cook to eating out. I'm usually the one who suggests we go out.

I agree with the others...next time just start cooking something...if you get home first...and can

btw--I do have a picky eater,Ashley! She is hard to please when it comes to meals. One week she'll eat meatloaf,the next she won't....same with pork chops,chicken etc...

[Nikmom]

I like to eat out too, but it is getting to the point that an inexpensive place (at least by eating out standards) the food isn't always good. Then an expensive place, maybe it is good, maybe not, but it is harder to enjoy when I know that big bill is coming and so we shouldn't have even gone in lol! I have been working on enjoying making creative fun meals at home. You can buy a little more expensive groceries, like some shrimp, or nice steaks, and it's still way less expensive than eating out.

[annieacid]

I have to admit that my SO and I usually are on the same wavelength when it comes to eating out, and both usually want it on the same night. We do about once a week (sometimes 2 if we really really want it), but since I work full time and always make sure the money is there for it, I let us have the pleasure. We always try not to make it TOO expensive.