When you're on a really tight budget do you give to the kids before you eat?

My husband does this, too; heads straight for the snacks, as soon as he's home! I'm going to have to talk to him about it, but I don't think it will be a problem... He'll eat the things the kids won't want to eat, like the apples!

His hours were just cut, and things are really tight, and the snacks are for the kids, and for him to take to work... When things settle down, I won't care, but it's causing stress... Good luck!

Depending on the type of Job that your husband has, he may need all those extra calories.

Physical jobs mean that a man can and should eat way more than we do as women. We work hard and long hours, but very seldom are the hours filled with hard physical labor.

Yes, if there is no food in the house, your husband may get the message that something needs to give, but right now he is probably just obeying his stomach and it is telling him to eat.

When it comes to food, there are pantrys all over the place. They have different days that they are open and different hours. Call a few local churches and find out where they are. Your local trustees office may also have the names and numbers of food pantry's. Also, try the local welfare department, they will have a list of available help with food.

Some pantys' also try to stock paper goods needed to get by such as toilet paper, etc.

You should save some for the kids. Why not make it a family rule nobody get treats, like ice cream until after everyone has had dinner.

Then you can be the one to give everyone dessert. Tell him you want to make sure there is enough left over so the kids can enjoy it too. To me it doesn't sound unreasonable at all.

You could also buy a dessert or snack that's only for the kids.

Good Luck!

Men are pigs.

I kinda gave up snacking and now I just drink alot of water and take diet pills to fill me up. I'm not losing any weight, but I'm not eating. Hubby will come home and just eat forever, entire boxes at a time. pisses me off. I have a rule of no eating after 9. This cuts down on my snacking at night, and I usually have the dishwasher loaded and running by then, so I don't want to dirty any dishes. He gets home late. Sometimes 11 or 12 and dirties my dishes. That pisses me off too.

I know what foods he likes and dislikes. On purpose, I'll buy the ones he doesn't like, like chips and generic oreos. he hates cereal and cream of wheat and oatmeal. Plus, I hate touching meat, so I don't buy it or make it. We eat alot of fish and chicken, hardly any red meat. If I'm feeling nice I buy him oreos and stop at the deli. But the kids come first and I am sick of running out of milk at night and finding no yougert or bread. or peanut butter. or cottage cheese.

grrrrrrr.

I've been there, usually when we are having a tight week, I try not to buy snacks. If there's no snacks in the house, then husband can't be snacking.

I usually buy enough food to last for breakfast, lunch and supper for the week until pay day.

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Are you married to my husband? He and i have gotten into similar disagreements about food and snacks. he will insist on eating the whole box of fruit snacks in one or two sittings and then when i go to give the kids one they are gone. hes finally flat out told me to hide them if i don't want him to eat them. so thats what i do now, hide the snacks i don't want him to eat. i know its annoying but i don't know what else to do....

let me know if you find a better solution.

See if you can get your husband to eat pb&j for his snack. Its cheap and fills you up.

Start hiding the food on him, or tell him to cool it on the weed... :)

... hide the food

just don't buy it anymore. when he complains tell him you need more money.