AIO over my boyfriend refusing to cook dinner?
I (30f) am currently living with my boyfriend (30m). He’s been covering most of the bills while I’ve been unemployed the past few months but looking for work. We have an agreement that I’ll pay him back once I find something. I’ve also been dealing with some chronic health issues that made me have to leave my old job and have to switch career fields. It’s been hard finding something in a new field.
He’s been getting frustrated with me the longer the job search goes on, which is understandable but I feel like he’s blaming me for my lack of success. It seems like he feels like he’s being taken advantage of financially, which I’ve tried to alleviate by doing the majority of the chores around the house and doing other things to help. He’s doesn’t seem to appreciate any of it.
He’s been sick for two weeks now. He’s been miserable and had to take a lot of time off work. I know he’s under a lot of financial stress. I’ve been doing gig work as much as I can to try to help, but I physically can’t do it for that long. Not enough to really make a difference. So I’ve been at least trying to make him dinner and tea and bring him his meds if he’s in bed, just little stuff like that so he can rest.
Last night we were going to bed and we were kinda joking around about how I haven’t gotten sick at all (it’s been a miracle). And I can’t remember exactly how the conversation went but I made a joke like “come here and French kiss me, that’ll do it” and made some kissy motions at him and he responds by coughing loudly in my face…. Like a lot.
Well, I woke up sick today. I feel like utter crap. Can barely move. I cleaned up the yard earlier and thought I was going to pass out. I have barely gotten up from the couch all day.
And I asked him if he could “figure out dinner” after he got home from work and was playing video games and he just said “no” that’s it. Nothing more, nothing less. I’m pretty sure he’s being passive aggressive and trying to punish me for not having a job or going out and doing gig work. Maybe he thinks I’m faking being sick, I don’t know. Or maybe he just doesn’t care. Either way, I just haven’t talked to him since and I made dinner for just myself. I’m planning on not doing anything nice for him anymore. No more doing his laundry, no more offering emotional support when he’s venting about work, no more sending him reels. I’m also thinking about moving out after I recover.
So AIO for being upset that he wouldn’t figure out dinner when I spent two weeks trying to make sure he had dinner every night when he got home? When is literally his fault I’m sick!
Posted Jan 10, 2026, 12:35 AM UTC