She Refused To Attend A Celebration Dinner For Her Husband Since She Didn’t Like What Was On The Menu
Over the last two years, this woman’s husband has hustled to move up within the company he currently works for.
Clearly, all of this hard work paid off because he recently received a promotion that he’d been hoping to get, and she is so happy for him.
When his parents heard the news, they were thrilled and offered to take her and husband out for a celebratory dinner.
“My husband absolutely loves prime rib, and there’s only one place in our area that serves it, so he picked that restaurant. Thing is–I’m not fond of steak. I’ll eat it, but very rarely. I prefer chicken or fish,” she said.
Prior to leaving the house to head to the restaurant, she checked the menu online. At the time, the restaurant was serving a more limited menu.
“The place had only one fish entree and two chicken entrees, and none of them sounded good for various reasons,” she explained.
Since she couldn’t find anything on the menu that she wanted to eat, she asked her husband if he could choose a different restaurant for them to go to that had more options for everyone. But her husband said that he didn’t want to because they almost never have the chance to go to this particular restaurant, and they more often just go to other restaurants. While she acknowledged that this was accurate, she still didn’t want to go to this restaurant since she felt like the menu was too limited.
As a possible solution, her husband asked if she could order fish or chicken but request it to be prepared without any of the marinades or sauces that it normally comes with. But she rejected this idea because she didn’t want to be too picky and cause too much of a hassle for the chef.
Another option her husband came up with is that she just eat dessert at the restaurant while everyone had their dinner, and then afterward, he could take her to a restaurant with options for her, and he and their children could have dessert while she ate her dinner.
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However, she didn’t want to do this either because she would feel awkward sitting at the table and not eating dinner while everyone else was enjoying their food. So, she told him that she would stay home instead of attending the dinner.
“My husband asked me to go so he could celebrate with the people most important to him. I told him no again and that he needed to get going before he was late,” she shared.
Eventually, her husband and children left for the restaurant, and they came home about an hour later and they had brought some food home in to-go boxes.
Her husband told her that when their children questioned why she wasn’t coming to dinner with them, he didn’t know what to say. He didn’t want to make something up or cast her in a bad light. So, he decided to order their children food to carry out, and he and their children chatted with his parents in the restaurant parking lot.
In response, she said that he should have stayed at the restaurant. However, he told her that she put him in an awkward position since he didn’t know what to tell their children. Then, he added that she should have tried to be less picky for this one night to celebrate his promotion.
Despite her husband’s feelings, she doubled down and said that she believed that if he truly wanted the entire family together to celebrate, he should have chosen another restaurant that had more options for everyone.
Later, she said sorry to her husband, and she decided to take accountability by going with him to the restaurant he’d chosen for his celebratory dinner. Plus, she’s going to take him shopping for camping gear that he’s been wanting to buy.
Do you think she was wrong to refuse to go to dinner with her husband?
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