If you went to university, the likelihood that you resulted to extreme measures to stop your pesky flatmates from stealing your food and drink is probably quite high. Whether you resulted to writing on the milk carton with a Sharpie saying 'do not touch' in aggressive capital letters, or you resorted to a personal fridge for your room - it all depends on how much it annoyed you.
Doing that when you've finished uni and are married, however, is frowned upon as you live with people you trust wholeheartedly - and one woman took to Mumsnet to express her frustrations with her husband as he was labelling 'his' food in marker pen.
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Getty Images/Maskot)She fumed: "Now, am I being old-fashioned here? My husband, since 2014, has taken to labelling ALL the food he buys with a Sharpie pen, which ironically I bought, expecting no one to touch it.
"But when it comes to the food I buy, plus literally everything else from loo roll to bin bags to washing powder that I buy, is fair game for him to use or eat as he sees fit.
"So much for a shared household eh? Sharing is caring (lol)! Has anyone else experienced this? Am I being unreasonable to be totally razzed off by this?"
One wrote: "Of course nobody else has experienced it because it's absolute madness!"
Another fumed: "Weird behaviour unless you always steal things he looks forward to eating."
"Start labeling the loo roll and milk! He's a n**", someone raged.
One Mumsnet user agreed commenting: "Well you know the answer, Sharpie at the ready. I would label literally every single thing I bought until he realises what a massive b****** he is."
"You've got a lodger", somebody warned.
Another tried to explain why her husband may be doing this, but she did say it didn't seem like what he was doing, writing: "Very weird. Do you have separate finances? Does he think you're his mum and your job is to buy for the household while he can just get things he wants for himself?
"I do sometimes say to my family if I've bought something I'd like to have some of, as with multiple teens it's common for things just to get eaten which is annoying if you've been looking forward to it (eg I've bought some raspberries, you're welcome to have some but please leave enough for my yoghurt tomorrow). But that doesn't sound like what he's doing."
