Not everyone expresses love the same way, and her love language is homemade sourdough and themed cupcakes. She’s been sending her husband off to work with the most thoughtful lunches imaginable, completely unaware that he’s been hiding them from his coworkers…in shame.
This 26-year-old woman has a husband who is 14 years older than she is, and they got married eight months ago. Now, she packs him adorable lunches to take to the office every day, and she really thought he adored her hard work.
She would spend her Sundays browsing Pinterest for inspiration for what to make for him next. Unfortunately, her husband recently said to her that he finds her lunches humiliating and will leave them behind in his office if he eats lunch with the guys he works with.
“I always bake everything from scratch, so on Sundays I do bread, muffins, cookies, etc. I was making them in shapes like hearts. He owns an entertainment law firm, so when baking, sometimes I did little law-related designs on stuff,” she explained.
“I know it sounds silly, but he’s always stressed, so I thought it would make him smile. And I was also adding a note with a little Polaroid of me (again, I know it’s dumb, I thought it was fun). He never said anything before now. I’ve been doing it since I moved in with him.”
“He actually would prefer it if I packed everything normally, he just didn’t want to hurt my feelings, he said. The worst part is I was bringing this stuff in for everyone & on his birthday, I made them all cupcakes with little edible briefcases on top that said 40, and I thought they all loved them.”
She can see now that it was pretty childish of her, and all throughout her life, she’s found certain things interesting or cool that other adults deemed strange.
Back when she was 15 and 16, she still wanted to watch kid TV shows and do activities everyone else her age found immature at the time.
After her husband called her lunches embarrassing, she got flashbacks to when her childhood friends would make fun of her for her different interests.
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“Also, he’s a good husband. I understand where he’s coming from, I just feel bad and a bit embarrassed. Baking my cookies and muffins in regular shapes tonight in sadness, lol (I’ll get over it, I think I’m about to get my period though because I should not be crying over this),” she concluded.
She seems like a total sweetheart, and I can’t imagine how anyone couldn’t appreciate and adore such thoughtfulness. I’m sad for her that her husband finds her lunches something to be ashamed of instead of something to flaunt to his coworkers!
Shame on him for trying to stomp all over her whimsy. She should start packing him Lunchables or Uncrustables for lunch instead. He deserves some petty punishment.
What advice do you have for her?
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By Bre Avery Zacharski
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