I seem to be copying Laura over at muddlingthroughaspergers again, this time about shifting the blame. Mr H is at home today and decided to make a lemon meringue pie (lord only knows why as there are only the two of us home, and I'm on a diet). I went out shopping and returned to chaos and disaster.....firstly he was using a baking tin far too small, but when I pointed this out he said "well I didn't know" despite the fact that the tin size was in the recipe. So I decided to let him get on with it......but was called in from the garden on no less than 5 occasions to tell him where an ingredient or utensil was. Because the tin was so small, the filling almost came over the top. I said nothing, but returned to my gardening. Next he starts making the meringue, the recipe clearly says beat the egg whites into stiff peaks then add the sugar a spoonful at a time. " the meringue won't work, maybe there's something wrong with the eggs" he whines plaintively, actually what is wrong is that he's mixed the whites and sugar at the start. " well it wasn't very clear" he says "what shall I do?"
"You'll have to start again with the meringue" he is now banging around the kitchen in a sulk, because he didn't read the recipe!
He does this all the time, with cooking, assembling flat pack furniture, anything that requires instructions, he doesn't read the instructions properly and then tries to shift the blame when it goes wrong. Best to keep out of his way while he's sulking though!
Hannah x
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