He Allowed His Son To Eat A Large Pot Of Stew That His Wife And Stepdaughter Made For Her Friends, So Now They’re Furious At Him
Have you ever cooked yourself something special, only for someone else to eat most of it without your permission?
It’s a tale as old as time between families when someone eats someone else’s food, and it causes a lot of tension.
One man recently allowed his son to eat from a large pot of stew she had made for herself and her friends. However, his son ate way more than he should have, and now his wife and stepdaughter are mad at him.
He’s been married to his wife for five months but has been living with her and her 16-year-old daughter, Ann, for a year. He has a 17-year-old son named Leo, who mostly lives with his ex-wife but stays with him on the weekends.
Leo and Ann go to different schools but generally get along, and so far, the arrangement has been working for everyone. Until now, that is.
“My wife and Ann are great cooks,” he said.
“My wife’s parents came from another country, and she and Ann regularly make exotic dishes from their homeland [that] are delicious. Both my son and I appreciate the dishes, though we still have problems learning what is what.”
A few days ago, Leo needed to stop by their house before heading back to his mom’s. No one was home then, but he noticed a large pot of stew on the stove that smelled delicious. Leo asked if he could have some, and he said yes since his wife and Ann often make large batches of food.
He told Leo he could have some stew as long as he left enough for everyone else.
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“Leo is a wrestler, and he eats a lot,” he explained.
“A while later, he sent me a photo showing me how much stew was left in the pot. I could tell there [were] at least five servings left, so I thought nothing of it. An hour later, Ann called me, upset. She asked if I had eaten the stew she made. It was a special recipe from her grandma, and she invited her friends over to try it. She said the stew was supposed to feed nine people, and she invited six friends, but someone had eaten almost half of her stew.”
He told Ann that Leo had eaten the stew and apologized. He offered to buy some pizzas for her and her friends, and although Ann accepted the pizzas, she said it was poor compensation for what happened, as she spent a long time cooking the stew, and her friends were looking forward to eating it.
Later, he had Leo call Ann and apologize, and while she accepted their apologies, he could tell she was still upset with them.
“My wife later told me I should not just allow Leo to eat whatever he wants in our kitchen as sometimes she and Ann have plans for their dishes,” he added.
“I think it’s completely ridiculous that Leo is not allowed to eat things from his own father’s kitchen, and if my wife or Ann has a special plan for their food, they should put a note on it. Otherwise, things in the kitchen should be up for grabs as the kitchen is a communal space for food, and I pay for most of the groceries.”
He believes that letting Leo eat food that’s in their house is a way of making him feel like he’s a part of their family. So, from now on, he thinks there should be notes left behind on any containers of food that aren’t up for grabs.
Was he wrong to let Leo eat so much of Ann’s stew, or did Ann overreact?
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