DH Refuses to Order Pizza

[Anonymous]

I have a similar husband but I don't really mind. The thing is that his pizza making skills have gotten better as pizza delivery has gotten progressively worse and more expensive. And now I'm spoiled and find delivered pizza mostly bad.

We do occasionally do pizza takeout from a nearby place where we can get it home ourselves in a few minutes so it's genuinely hot and fresh when we eat it. And it's a local pizza place with good ingredients as opposed to like a Papa Johns. Would your DH go for something like that.

But mostly I just don't think of pizza as convenience takeout anymore. We do takeout at least once a week but we get other stuff -- Thai or Chinese or hot chicken or something that we can't make at home as easily.

[Anonymous]

I can understand where he is coming from. I get offended when someone goes to Taco Bell or chipotle or pizza place when I can make it much better at home - and healthier. I’d only order these things out if electricity off or we are far from home.

[Anonymous]

You and he are both annoying. You have a few options:
1) Order a different type of cuisine, or deep dish pizza
2) Relegate pizza baking nights to weekends ONLY
3) Offer kids veggies and dip for appetizers before the pizza is ready

[Anonymous]

I have the same problem, with a controlling and verbally abusive spouse. So going out for pizza would create an incredible row. But we might just have to do that one day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a home pizza maker too. Are you all waiting for the dough to rise? Homemade pizza isn’t a spur of the moment decision. That said, I understand his frustration. Unless you are lucky enough to live near one of the few good pizza joints in the dmv, the insane prices on mediocre take out pizza aren’t worth it.

My suggestion is to find something else to order out on the spur of the moment. Chinese?

But they don't want Chinese. They want pizza. Just not HIS pizza. I order pizza from a number of different places, depending on whether I am craving thin crust, Sicilian, etc. If someone told me I could only order pizza from one place, I'd think they were crazy. This is no different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you can convince him that the kids need to experience bad pizza to appreciate his. Although my guess is he secretly fears the kids will like the take out more.

OP here, I think this is it. For some reason he’s fixated on how good his own pizza is and nothing else will do.

To the other posters who asked why I don’t just order the pizza, I did this once, and he whined through the whole meal and afterwards that take out is terrible and we don’t appreciate good pizza. It was exhausting and I decided it wasn’t worth dealing with in the future.

Just keep ordering it, like exposure therapy. Every time he makes a comment about how bad the pizza is, loudly proclaim how good you find it and roll your eyes about "right right, we all know it cant compare to yours!" Sooner or later he'll feel foolish enough to stop

[Anonymous]

DH is obsessed with his Ooni and has become quite the pizza aficionado, but we are not above ordering Papa John’s every once in a while. Are you not capable of doing this on your own, OP?

[Anonymous]

Is he leaving a lot of dishes too? If you're truly doing home pizza it's a decently long process. You have to let the stone come up to temp, the dough has to rise, good sauce needs a half hour to simmer. If I'm making pizza I usually decide at least 3 days beforehand and make bits of it ahead because it takes time and is messy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH is obsessed with his Ooni and has become quite the pizza aficionado, but we are not above ordering Papa John’s every once in a while. Are you not capable of doing this on your own, OP?

Well, Papa John's is just crap. Anyone should feel offended by such awful pizza.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a home pizza maker too. Are you all waiting for the dough to rise? Homemade pizza isn’t a spur of the moment decision. That said, I understand his frustration. Unless you are lucky enough to live near one of the few good pizza joints in the dmv, the insane prices on mediocre take out pizza aren’t worth it.

My suggestion is to find something else to order out on the spur of the moment. Chinese?

But they don't want Chinese. They want pizza. Just not HIS pizza. I order pizza from a number of different places, depending on whether I am craving thin crust, Sicilian, etc. If someone told me I could only order pizza from one place, I'd think they were crazy. This is no different.

Why don't the kids want HIS pizza? Do they not like it? Or are they just enamored with the idea of delivery pizza (which is presumably more greasy and salty?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a home pizza maker too. Are you all waiting for the dough to rise? Homemade pizza isn’t a spur of the moment decision. That said, I understand his frustration. Unless you are lucky enough to live near one of the few good pizza joints in the dmv, the insane prices on mediocre take out pizza aren’t worth it.

My suggestion is to find something else to order out on the spur of the moment. Chinese?

But they don't want Chinese. They want pizza. Just not HIS pizza. I order pizza from a number of different places, depending on whether I am craving thin crust, Sicilian, etc. If someone told me I could only order pizza from one place, I'd think they were crazy. This is no different.

Why don't the kids want HIS pizza? Do they not like it? Or are they just enamored with the idea of delivery pizza (which is presumably more greasy and salty?)

Pizza from different places tastes different. I make excellent lamb chops but am not mortally wounded when my husband orders them at a restaurant. He needs to get over himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH is obsessed with his Ooni and has become quite the pizza aficionado, but we are not above ordering Papa John’s every once in a while. Are you not capable of doing this on your own, OP?

OP here. I am Calle of ordering pizza on my own, but did you read my response where I explained how he reacted the last time I did this?

[Anonymous]

I like your DH's idea in theory but he needs work on execution.

I have cold dough on the fridge and meal prep toppings. I can have a delicious pizza ready to eat much faster than ordering food. I never buy pizza al

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like your DH's idea in theory but he needs work on execution.

I have cold dough on the fridge and meal prep toppings. I can have a delicious pizza ready to eat much faster than ordering food. I never buy pizza al

What does "meal prep toppings" mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like your DH's idea in theory but he needs work on execution.

I have cold dough on the fridge and meal prep toppings. I can have a delicious pizza ready to eat much faster than ordering food. I never buy pizza al

What does "meal prep toppings" mean?

I have the toppings I want ready to go in advance. I have sliced proscuitto at the ready, use boccacini instead of slicing mozarella logs, mushrooms have been sauteed so it's not a wet mushy mess on my pizza, etc.