Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is an example of why it will always be a man's world. Spending energy on this petty stuff.

Yeah, because a man dumped 10 lbs of watermelon on me that he couldn’t be bothered to eat or cut with 5 days to go until trash pickup.

You sound like 💩 wife. You would be mad if he didn’t get watermelon and now you’re mad that he got the watermelon that YOU asked for.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is an example of why it will always be a man's world. Spending energy on this petty stuff.

Yeah, because a man dumped 10 lbs of watermelon on me that he couldn’t be bothered to eat or cut with 5 days to go until trash pickup.

So start eating the watermelon. And buy more containers. It takes about 5 minutes to cut up watermelon, but you've probably spent hours being furious.

If you don’t want the f’ing watermelon throw it outside but whining about it does nothing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put them here. Here’s mine:

DH leaves Monday morning for a work trip. He said he would get stuff for a quick Sunday lunch for DD and a friend at the grocery store. I said to get a small watermelon to cut up for them. He said good idea.

I came home from taking the other kid out and it seemed that all was well and the girls finished the watermelon.

Tonight I open the fridge to plan for the big grocery shop tomorrow night and what do I see? An enormous watermelon wedged into the largest shelf with just the very end sliced off.

DH: they didn’t have small ones so I just cut off a small piece. And I figured you could have watermelon for the week.

Me: there’s no room for anything else in the fridge. And would you mind cutting it?

DH: I don’t have time and there are no containers that fit it.

Me: exactly.

You lead a small, sad life. I bet you complain a lot about your husband to your friends (who probably secretly don't respect you).

I think the kind of person who has insomnia and is venting a 2 am on dcum is the opposite of the type to vent recklessly to friends.

It's exactly the kind of person who would vent to any poor soul who will listen.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put them here. Here’s mine:

DH leaves Monday morning for a work trip. He said he would get stuff for a quick Sunday lunch for DD and a friend at the grocery store. I said to get a small watermelon to cut up for them. He said good idea.

I came home from taking the other kid out and it seemed that all was well and the girls finished the watermelon.

Tonight I open the fridge to plan for the big grocery shop tomorrow night and what do I see? An enormous watermelon wedged into the largest shelf with just the very end sliced off.

DH: they didn’t have small ones so I just cut off a small piece. And I figured you could have watermelon for the week.

Me: there’s no room for anything else in the fridge. And would you mind cutting it?

DH: I don’t have time and there are no containers that fit it.

Me: exactly.

You lead a small, sad life. I bet you complain a lot about your husband to your friends (who probably secretly don't respect you).

I think the kind of person who has insomnia and is venting a 2 am on dcum is the opposite of the type to vent recklessly to friends.

Anonymous wrote:No way is a grocery store in VA out of small watermelons in August. They are everywhere. He just grabbed the first thing he saw.

OP and that was my thought, too.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is an example of why it will always be a man's world. Spending energy on this petty stuff.

Yeah, because a man dumped 10 lbs of watermelon on me that he couldn’t be bothered to eat or cut with 5 days to go until trash pickup.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is an example of why it will always be a man's world. Spending energy on this petty stuff.

It's not petty to be frustrated by the reality of living one's life with a man who pretends to be incompetent so his partner will mother him, and then complains bitterly and is a nasty jerk when she's not hot to jump in the sack with him anytime he likes because he acts like just another child she's responsible for and that isn't at all a sexy thing.

Sexy is the man who takes 15 minutes away from his phone play/sports watching/other self indulgence to cut up the watermelon and put it in multiple containers and put it away in the fridge.

What the hell are you talking about? Now you're just making things up.

No way is a grocery store in VA out of small watermelons in August. They are everywhere. He just grabbed the first thing he saw.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I mean most (not all) DCUM posters are heterosexual married women. If this isn't a space to vent about husbands then I don't know what is.

Your problem is your colossal lack of self-awareness. You seek a space to complain about someone you promised to love for the rest of your life, when you should be looking for a space to examine your actions and choices so that you can make better ones in the future.

And, no, I do not mean the choice you made to marry your DH.

I mean the choices you make every day that lead you to blame him for whatever it is that brings you here to complain. If you were an adult, you could look at your reaction to his perceived shortcomings and grow from it.

Translation: I suffer from internalized misogyny who can't handle the notion that men are not perfect and can be legitimately vented about.

I think you need to work on yourself so that you don't feel so much distress about other women venting about their husbands. This must be awful for you. The first step would be to stop reading these forums.

In fairness, everyone would be better off if they stopped reading these forums.

Anonymous wrote:Put them here. Here’s mine:

DH leaves Monday morning for a work trip. He said he would get stuff for a quick Sunday lunch for DD and a friend at the grocery store. I said to get a small watermelon to cut up for them. He said good idea.

I came home from taking the other kid out and it seemed that all was well and the girls finished the watermelon.

Tonight I open the fridge to plan for the big grocery shop tomorrow night and what do I see? An enormous watermelon wedged into the largest shelf with just the very end sliced off.

DH: they didn’t have small ones so I just cut off a small piece. And I figured you could have watermelon for the week.

Me: there’s no room for anything else in the fridge. And would you mind cutting it?

DH: I don’t have time and there are no containers that fit it.

Me: exactly.

You lead a small, sad life. I bet you complain a lot about your husband to your friends (who probably secretly don't respect you).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is an example of why it will always be a man's world. Spending energy on this petty stuff.

It's not petty to be frustrated by the reality of living one's life with a man who pretends to be incompetent so his partner will mother him, and then complains bitterly and is a nasty jerk when she's not hot to jump in the sack with him anytime he likes because he acts like just another child she's responsible for and that isn't at all a sexy thing.

Sexy is the man who takes 15 minutes away from his phone play/sports watching/other self indulgence to cut up the watermelon and put it in multiple containers and put it away in the fridge.

+1000000

Anonymous wrote:This thread is an example of why it will always be a man's world. Spending energy on this petty stuff.

It's not petty to be frustrated by the reality of living one's life with a man who pretends to be incompetent so his partner will mother him, and then complains bitterly and is a nasty jerk when she's not hot to jump in the sack with him anytime he likes because he acts like just another child she's responsible for and that isn't at all a sexy thing.

Sexy is the man who takes 15 minutes away from his phone play/sports watching/other self indulgence to cut up the watermelon and put it in multiple containers and put it away in the fridge.

This thread is an example of why it will always be a man's world. Spending energy on this petty stuff.

You people need to get past the anti-watermelon prejudice that has been expressed here in recent days.

You are often going on and on about weight, weight loss, weight maintenance, healthy eating, etc. - and yet you maliciously malign a food that is, ounce for ounce, one of the healthiest in all creation.

Fiber, abundance of hydration, fantastic nutrient profile.

The best way to store cut up watermelon in the fridge is in a salad spinner or similar type produce saver container - something that lets the excess moisture fall away so the watermelon chunks aren't sitting in it.

Cut the watermelon up the day it arrives home from the farmstand or store, and get it in easily accessible containers in the fridge. Don't worry if it takes up lots of space - that will reduce the room for other junk while you consume one of nature's most perfect foods.

And if you're a smoothie fan, freeze some watermelon chunks for use in smoothies - it freezes nicely and goes great in the Vitamix.