Hubbies who wont pack

[PrincessPerky]

I have noticed several other places posters saying their DHs wont pack a lunch. I know my DH was perfectly willing to do it, if he woke up in time. And if there was a convenient premade whatever to stuff in his lunch box. So that means he mostly didn't!

I started prepacking his lunch, I would occasionally actually put it in the lunch box and put the lunch box in the fridge for him and everything. (Ok so I no longer do that, and he does it all himself.) I would recomend that to any wife wanting he DH to 'brown bag it'. I would throw in a note about how much I loved him just often enough to make him look. And I was highly insulted if he brought the food back. He learned to eat it, pitch it or store it .

If the grand total time for him is 5 minutes in the morning, it can't be more than 5 for you the night before (or the morning if your up)

[terry1156]

My wife taught me to pack a lunch very effectively when we were in our tight money stage. She gave me the amount of money it cost for me to pack a lunch for my lunch money each morning - which was practically nothing - so I had the choice of taking money that wouldn't buy me anything to eat or make myself something quickly in the morning. I chose to eat and started to pack my own lunch.

[zoegirl]

ughhh i wish my hubby would! he has just gotten a very good paying job and he thinks because we have extra money it is ok for him to use 5 or 6 dollars a night! granted he works very hard long hours .. he has been woring 6 and 7 days a week some 12 hour shifts .. but i wish he would at least take some can drinks instead of buying them out of a machine.. i even bought him those freezer things ot keep the cans cold! he has yet to use them!...it just burns me up to pay a dollar for a 20 ounce drink when oyu can get a 2 liter for the same price!!!

[PrincessPerky]

yeah bu you can' drink the two liter all at once, doesn't fit right in your hand . Have you tried packing it for him? Maybe with a note from you about how sweet he is (so if it comes hom unopened you can be upset that you did all that work and he didn't even peek)

[Tree0164]

Getting the 20 oz bottles in a 6 pack is much cheaper than buying out of a machine.

[miclason]

Originally Posted by terry1156

My wife taught me to pack a lunch very effectively when we were in our tight money stage. She gave me the amount of money it cost for me to pack a lunch for my lunch money each morning - which was practically nothing - so I had the choice of taking money that wouldn't buy me anything to eat or make myself something quickly in the morning. I chose to eat and started to pack my own lunch.

LOL! Terry, tell your wife I admire her!!...I would try this approach!...makes it veeeery real!!
Another thing you could do is write a slip for whatever it is that he's spending an put them in a jar, then at the end of the month, you could show him! ($4 for lunch everyday didn't seem like much to me, until I realized it was $80 a month! ...now I have an "allowance" of $4 per week...this allows me my sodas and a *1* full lunch if I forget to pack or something!)

[PRICEPLUS]

Usually my wife packs me a lunch and when she can't I pack one myself. I like the little notes my wife puts in the brown bag. I also use a thermos to bring coffee. I love not spending money I could be saving for something really important!