Since we retired my husband has taken over the shopping, going to our local independent shops, just leaving me to do an occasional supermarket stock up. It was working well, as he got to choose ( control?) what he ate to a large extent.
Now we are reliant on deliveries he is really grumpy and difficult about food. He wants his routine of meals to be unchanged. Neither of us is going to shops, so I have organised deliveries of milk, veg and groceries, not without some difficulties and a few changes.
This weekend I ordered an addition to my veggie box, the ingredients for a cream tea. The strawberries won’t last long, but he says he can’t eat them with the wrong cream, as they have sent clotted cream. So my effort to provide a bit of a treat have been wasted. It is the same with any new recipes I try, or an adaptation of a meal to suit whatever items are available.
I am tired of such lack of appreciation, and his failure to adapt to circumstances. Every week he asks me what veg is coming, but every week I say we have to wait and see, then he grumbles that he doesn’t like what has come. It is really dispiriting. It is not worth having a go at him as we are stuck In this situation for a while yet, and generally we get on reasonably amicably, provided we give each other space.