She Stopped Cooking For Her Husband And Son Months Ago Because They’re The Pickiest Eaters On The Planet, And She’s Been Enjoying Girl Dinners By Herself Ever Since
This 37-year-old woman is sick and tired of making dinner for her 39-year-old husband and her son, who’s 13, mainly because they rarely ever eat it. According to her, they have become the most unbearably picky eaters on the planet.
A while ago, she was able to work around their picky eating habits by rotating at least 10 different dishes that they liked.
“But over the last few years, they have both gotten worse with their picky eating to the point where it’s only like three different dishes they will eat that I cook,” she said.
This is particularly frustrating for her since she’s a great cook. She is Spanish, and her mom taught her how to make both cultural dishes and more “Americanized” meals.
Her husband, on the other hand, won’t eat anything that isn’t American or Italian. And his pickiness goes even beyond that.
For instance, he will only eat white meat chicken if it’s not touching any bones. He also refuses to eat seafood.
“He told me that he used to be the person who would only order chicken fingers at restaurants, so I’m married to the adult version of that kid,” she explained.
Her son has begun following in her husband’s footsteps as well. In the past, her son had a much wider palate and was open to trying anything.
That’s obviously changed, and nowadays, he claims that he cannot handle most foods, just like her husband.
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“They aren’t even blood-related. My husband is his stepfather,” she revealed.
Anyway, she’s just annoyed because they both used to love her meals and praise her cooking. That’s why she doesn’t understand why they became so picky over time.
Both her husband and her son suddenly started saying they weren’t hungry whenever she’d cook, declining to even touch her food. Or, they’d flat-out tell her, “I’m not eating that,” causing a perfectly good dish to go to waste.
She got so fed up with this that, a couple of months ago, she simply stopped cooking for her husband and her son at all.
“My husband brought it up like it was a problem that I’m not making any of the three boring dishes he can handle. I’m sick of cooking these three dishes, and sometimes, they won’t even eat that!” she reasoned.
This has left her husband and her son to “fend for themselves” at dinner time, and thankfully, she feels much less stressed out.
She thinks it’s only fair as well, given the fact that she works full-time, just like her husband. And if he wants to be picky, she believes he can figure out his own food.
As for her meals, she’s been enjoying “girl dinners” alone, which mostly consist of cheese and crackers.
Nonetheless, she can’t help but wonder if never cooking for her husband and son anymore is justified or makes her a jerk.
Does it sound like her husband needs to grow up? How would you have handled this?
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