'My husband makes cruel comments about my cooking - it gets under my skin'
When you've done something nice for your partner like cook them dinner, you expect to be appreciated for your efforts.
But one woman has shared how her husband always makes the same vile comments every time she serves up a meal, and it's beginning to get on her nerves. The anonymous woman said she would consider herself an "above average" cook, but her husband can't stop making gross "jokes" about her cooking - as he keeps comparing her food to his bowel movements.
She said her spouse has a "sensitive digestive system", and he always talks about her cooking in relation to what it'll do to his stomach after he eats it, and by extension, what his poo will be like. And while the woman knows he's joking, she can't help but feel underappreciated.
In a post on Reddit, she wrote: "I'm not a bad cook. I would even rate myself slightly above average. The problem is, my husband has a sensitive digestive system and the humour of a 12 year old. He enjoys my cooking, but he always, without fail, makes a comment about what it's going to do to his s**ts the next day. Tonight he pantomimed his a** launching him into space after tasting the chicken tortilla soup we were about to eat (it was mild, but had a little spice).
"It's made me laugh in the past, but it's starting to get old. I buy, plan and cook meals, and the best I get is a rating on his diarrhoea scale. Am I silly for letting this get under my skin? We've been together for almost 20 years and have two small kids. He thinks it's funny and that I just can't take a joke."
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The woman later edited her post to clarify that her husband doesn't "expect" her to cook for him, she cooks because she "enjoys it and he generally appreciates it". She added: "I really think this issue boils down to his comfort around me and his high opinion of his sense of humour. I'll have a chat with him again when we aren't about to eat."
Commenters on the post were quick to defend the woman, with many of them saying that the issue isn't necessarily about the content of his "jokes", but about his decision to ignore her pleas for him to stop. One person wrote: "The problem isn't the humour, it's that you've asked him to stop and he's refused to do so and doesn't see the big deal. The big deal is you're doing him a favour by cooking, he doesn't have to eat what you cook, and the bigger deal is he's been told something bothers you and he doesn't think that is worth it."
While another added: "It's not funny unless everyone is laughing. Serve bananas, rice, applesauce and toast tomorrow like he's a kid with a sore stomach," and a third posted: "I'd remind him that jokes are only funny when both people laugh and if he doesn't knock it off, you will stop cooking for him."
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