He’s Making His Wife Cook Her Own Meals From Now On After She Ate His Meal Prepped Food And Left Him With Nothing To Eat
When you live with someone who has a drastically different work schedule from you, planning meals together can be quite difficult.
One man recently said he refused to cook for his wife after she ate the meals he had prepared for himself in advance, knowing he needed them in between his work hours.
He and his wife have a kid together and very busy work schedules. He usually works from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., while his wife is a nurse who works late nights.
His wife is a very bad cook and doesn’t like to do it, so he does most of the cooking in the house.
“It’s just easier on our taste buds if I cook for us,” he explained.
“Earlier this year, we both decided that it was time for us to get back in shape, [so] I decided to research some macro [and] calorie-friendly cooking recipes and got big into meal prepping. My wife stuck with it for a few weeks but ultimately decided to quit.”
At first, he didn’t mind that his wife decided to step away from meal prepping and continued to do it for himself. He’ll make six days’ worth of food on his meal prep days, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He works hard on the meals and likes to have them ready for the work week.
Last Thursday, he had a busy day planned where he’d be popping in and out of the house, to and from work. He wouldn’t be back home until Friday morning.
His wife knew about this busy schedule because he had it set in advance. He figured she’d find a way to make food for herself and their kid while he was at work because she knew about his schedule.
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“The next morning, I’m running late and drive through home looking for my last breakfast and lunch for the week, and they’re gone,” he recalled.
“I don’t have time to ask my wife, nor do I want to wake her up early before her shift, so I just go. I end up skipping breakfast and lunch. I get off work, and I’m starving and decide I’m just going to eat dinner early, and when I look for my dinner for that night, it’s not there.”
When he confronted his wife about what happened to the food he made himself, she said she and their kid ate it because he didn’t set aside anything for them to eat while he was gone.
He couldn’t believe he had portioned out enough food to last him an entire day, and they ate it in one night. They argued, and she called him selfish, which set him off.
He decided that from now on, he would leave his wife responsible for her own meals since he didn’t want to have to deal with them anymore. Of course, he’d still cook for himself and their kid, but if his wife wanted food, she’d have to make it herself.
“I told her I would keep this up and that she should learn to cook for herself if she’s not happy about it,” he added.
“She told me that she’s too tired when she comes home from work to cook and that I’m being incredibly petty. I think I’m justified, and I’m pushing her to learn a life skill she should have by now.”
Is he being mean by refusing to cook for his wife, or will it end up saving them from frustration?
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