Update - AITA for not cooking fancier meals?
Original post - https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/s/ppzHqLC25o
I'm still in shock at the way that post blew up. I honestly was just to prove a point to my husband, and that post definitely did that and more.
So when I showed him the post, he was shocked. Angry for a minute but then read a few comments, then turned off his phone and acted like it didn't bother him. He didn't talk to me for the rest of the evening and at night, I woke up to see him reading the comments again but just went back to sleep.
I didn't mention it and the next morning, he was still not really talking much. That evening for dinner when we sat at the table, he finally brought up the post. He asked me if I agreed with what the comments said. I just shrugged and said that yes, I agreed with some.
He was quiet after that and while we were cleaning up, he apologized for his behavior. Then a few days later, he asked if we could start making dinner together every night. It was... a bumpy road at first but honestly after a week, we started enjoying it and now a few weeks later he's gotten much better and even made a few meals himself.
The reason behind his behavior, he admitted, was because his mother has been trying to contact him lately. It's been stressing him out and one time when she called him, she started talking trash about me (what else is new) and kept mentioning that I'm not feeding him well enough, that he was much happier when he was eating her food. Honestly I don't even know what she was trying to do. My husband apologized for it and said that he likes my cooking but let her words get to him. He is talking to his therapist about all this.
That's really it. A lot of people asked for the update or for his reaction lol but there wasn't much. He handled it a lot better than I hoped. He even started joking about some of the comments a few weeks ago and it's become somewhat of an inside joke. Thank you Reddit for helping us through this haha. Life is good, hope you all have a good dinner tonight!
Posted Jul 3, 2025, 3:09 AM UTC