Back-wash infiltrated soured milk

[RGHS150]

Seriously, I am going to beat my husband. With a spoon.

He keeps pouring himself a BIG glass of milk at night time, drinking about two-thirds of it, and leaving the rest to sit until morning. So it sits at room temp all night stewing with his mouth bacteria and I wake up in the morning playing a game of "Where did hubby leave the saliva cultured milk THIS morning?"

What I am I supposed to do with him? He knows this stuff is 8 bucks a gallon! The way I figure it, that is .19 cent a morning! Over 5 bucks a month! ALMOST 70 OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR!

The man is going to give me a stoke yet. Sigh.

What should I do, other than incessant nagging and lecturing? LOL, he's immune. I asked him to finish it, pour less, put it back in the fridge but the poor guy just can't help himself. Should I buy him a cheese making book, since he seems to have a longing to let milk products naturally sour?

[Llyra]

I'll be frank-- in your place, with my husband, I'd pour it in his morning coffee, and take it to him with an entirely straight face, and then when he sputtered and spit it out, I'd be like, "what? I didn't want to waste it. The stuff costs too much to waste." Or I'd "forget" to buy the coffee entirely, and when he went to get it, I'd be all like well I needed the money to pay for all the milk you wasted. Sorry. Go buy it yourself.

I've found that nagging and asking incessantly get me nowhere. If he doesn't respond to a reasonable, assertive, friendly request, then I resort to direct action.

But if your DH doesn't have a reasonable sense of humor about guerilla tactics, this may just start a fight, and that you don't want. Have you showed him the numbers, the cost of it?

[gardenmommy]

Originally Posted by Llyra

I'll be frank-- in your place, with my husband, I'd pour it in his morning coffee, and take it to him with an entirely straight face, and then when he sputtered and spit it out, I'd be like, "what? I didn't want to waste it. The stuff costs too much to waste." Or I'd "forget" to buy the coffee entirely, and when he went to get it, I'd be all like well I needed the money to pay for all the milk you wasted. Sorry. Go buy it yourself.

I've found that nagging and asking incessantly get me nowhere. If he doesn't respond to a reasonable, assertive, friendly request, then I resort to direct action.

But if your DH doesn't have a reasonable sense of humor about guerilla tactics, this may just start a fight, and that you don't want. Have you showed him the numbers, the cost of it?

LOL! That is great! I'd be tempted to do the same thing.

[RGHS150]

LOL! Love it! Put it in his coffee! Or not buy the coffee... Now there is a brilliant idea.

He KNOWS the cost. For Pete's sake, he is the one that helps with the milk runs and he knows what the cost of four gallons is. He just doesn't "get" that an ounce or two here or there adds up. He just isn't a frugal person I guess.

I showed him the glass from this morning, he said that it wasn't his. I think I need to have a talk with the ENTIRE family tonight about the cost of our food, and why we bother to purchase such expensive food.

[MammaG]

Go with your first instinct...wooden spoon. Or a rolling pin. That's what it would take around here. Although coffee deprivation would have a pretty hefty impact too.

If my DH feels the need to drink a whole glass of milk rather than an occasional splash in coffee, I get him the supermarket stuff. The expensive stuff is FOR THE KIDS!

[lil_earthmomma]

I used to drive my dh NUTS doing this.

I have to have my milk ice cold, and by the time I'd get to the bottom inch or two it was luke warm and I wouldn't drink it.

I started pouring myself half glasses.

[stephienoodle]

Buy smaller glasses and get rid of the big ones?

Or just use the wooden spoon... though I prefer using a kitchen towel. I had to resort to that tactic (in a loving yet frustrated way) when explaining to my husband for the 5,246,572nd time that microwaving raw cheese is NOT ok. If I'm going to spend extra money to get him healthy raw cheese instead of pasteurized stuff, he'd better not nuke it!

[RGHS150]

Not a bad idea about the smaller glasses. I did have a talk with him (he still denies the glass from the other night, lol) and he walked around last night checking the house for half finished cups of milk.

I don't mind if he drinks the milk, and I don't mind if the kids drink a lot of milk (within reason). Just as long as they DRINK it. It won't do the body any good if it doesn't actually make it into the body.

I'll keep a sharp eye on it and see how it goes, hopefully my talk helped them all understand.