02 September 2023 , 12:05
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A woman has been slammed for rejecting her husband's terrible attempt at making her a birthday meal.
She told Reddit users that her husband, 30, had planned a birthday meal for her which she assumed meant getting a takeaway due to his awful kitchen skills. However, when she came home from work he had surprised her with a pasta dish, cheese-stuffed pastries and a chocolate pudding.
But she was left less than impressed when she took one look at the spread her doting husband had put on and refused to eat it. The 31-year-old said that the pasta dish was “weirdly grainy and oily, and smelled off too” all the pies were “half-burned” and the chocolate pudding he made for dessert was “extremely liquidy".
She ended up ordering a takeaway and offered to get her husband some food as well. However he became upset and refused, calling her a "jerk". She said: “On the rare occasion we want homemade dinner, I'm the one who cooks because frankly, my husband is a horrible cook. Always has been."
She concluded that her hurt husband said she should have "at the very least tried the food", asking fellow Redditors, "AITA (Am I the A**hole)?" And, in classic social media style, responders didn't hold back.
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Many felt that she had been way too harsh on her husband, saying they too would be "hurt" if their significant other had responded this way. One wrote: "100 percent. I would be hurt if my spouse mocked my efforts. You could have tried the food at least and didn’t need to throw his skills in his face."
Another agreed: "My partner once cooked an awful meal (several dishes). I ate it, then gently remarked it needed improvement and pointed out what part was quasi-acceptable.
"Fast forward years later, we were discussing that meal. My partner said: 'Remember the food I cooked? It was awful. But you ate it, and were gracious about it. That's how I knew you loved me'. You didn't need to eat it all. But taste it, yes."
Others, however, were keen to point out that the husband shouldn't have used this occasion to test his skills. One wrote: "Man with tiny ego makes a woman's birthday about himself. How was that cooking enjoyable for her?"
And another said: "This isn't a child playing. It's an adult. He chose to plate food that smelled and looked weird, and sat there expecting compliments.
"He might not be an a**hole, but he's clearly an idiot; plating up poorly made and burnt food in front of a tired person on their birthday."