This relationship is on the chopping block.
There are many “icks” – or unattractive qualities – that can turn a partner off, but one in particular that has become a point of contention is cooking.
As some celebrities reveal they rarely cook dinner for their families — from Kim Kardashian to Brittany Mahomes — one Redditor shared his kitchen woes online after admitting his wife, 31, is pretty useless in the kitchen, he He asks if she’s doing it on purpose.
“Overall, things are great, but one thing that bothers me is that my wife can’t cook at all,” the 28-year-old wrote on the popular Reddit forum, “Am I The A-hole?”
“I’ve always been the one dealing with food, which I was good at at first because I like to cook.”
Now, however, he said it has become a burden. He is forced to prepare a meal after “a long day at work” while his wife stays at home. Despite his best efforts to teach her how to cook, “she’s really bad at it,” he said.
According to the original poster, she has tried to cut strawberries with the stems still on and has “literally mac and cheese, like box stuff.” He admitted in the comments that he didn’t know she couldn’t cook before she got married and “can’t tell if she’s doing it on purpose,” calling it a “deal breaker.”
“She refuses to cook and pretends there’s nothing wrong with not being able to cook,” he continued. “It’s been an ongoing issue between us.”
The issue came to a head when his mother came over for dinner and offered to help prepare the food, giving the woman a knife to cut the fruit, who “couldn’t figure out how to hold it properly”.
“My mom saw him fail at cutting the fruit and then said, ‘It’s honestly kind of pathetic that you don’t even know how to cut a piece of fruit at your age,'” the man wrote, explaining. that, after his mother left, his wife became angry that he “didn’t protect her” and “embarrassed her.”
“She’s literally bigger than me and she can’t hold a knife properly,” he continued, adding that his wife now thinks he’s “a big jerk.” “She told me that wasn’t the intention and I had to protect her and it’s not her fault she’s bad at cooking.”
While some Reddit users believed he should have at least defended her against his mother’s comments, most agreed that the woman should be able to prepare the basics — mac and cheese, grilled cheese, macaroni — and know how to cut products.
“Every adult should know basic cooking skills in order to feed themselves, such as safe use of a knife to cut fruit,” wrote one person. “She had it coming to her one way or another, honestly.”
“Your wife should at least know how to cut fruit and some basic dishes. She seems lazy not trying or asking how to do things if she really doesn’t know,” another person said.
“It is not difficult to boil the pasta, heat the sauce, the meatballs, etc. It’s not hard to make many simple dishes with a minimal amount of instructions,” someone else wrote. “Being able to feed yourself after microwave dinners and fast food is an important life skill that she refuses to even try to manage.”
The original creator said he believes “this is weaponized disability” and plans to take marriage counseling and cooking classes with his wife.
“If things don’t change, I’ll be out,” he added. “I will make this very clear.”
As dramatic as it sounds, a previous Harvard Business School study found that housework can be disruptive to couples. According to the study, 25% of participants said they had filed for divorce because of “disagreements over housework,” which landed in third place for reasons to divorce.
And at least one expert responded to the viral complaint — giving the hungry man the green light to do what’s best for him.
“Cooking is a life skill, and if your partner refuses to learn, then it’s not your job to teach them, and it’s okay to leave any relationship you don’t want to be in,” Cat Hoggard Wagley, a relationship expert. , Delish said.
“At the end of the day it’s supposed to be your partner and that means teamwork.”
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