November 8, 2024 at 5:47 pm

Wife Bakes Husband A Banana Cake For His Birthday But He Claims He Doesn’t Like It Anymore, So She Says She’ll Never Bake For Him Again

by Diana Whelan

Source: Reddit/AITA/Pexels/Mimi Moromisato

This woman tried to make her husband’s birthday special by baking a two-layer banana cake with vegan frosting and toffee sauce, knowing how much he used to enjoy it.

But when he publicly dismissed her effort, claiming he didn’t like banana cake anymore, it left her feeling hurt and unappreciated.

Especially since she regularly buys him banana cakes from the bakery.

Read on for the not so sweet tale.

AITA I told him I would never again bake him something

My husband is lactose intolerant but he likes banana cake.

For his birthday, I baked a two layer banana cake and made the recipe of a vegan frosting and a vegan toffee sauce that was really good!

When we were going to sing the usual Happy Birthday song, he stood up and was walking over the cake table.

I was saying that I had baked a banana cake for him with vegan frosting and sauce.

His answer, in front of everyone, was that he didn’t know why I had baked him some cake if I already knew he didn’t like them.

He says he has not eaten in so many years that he doesn’t even like it anymore.

Uh, wow.

I felt hurt and didn’t say a thing there.

I thought that he would appreciate me baking a cake for his birthday because that’s what his mom used to do when he was a kid and he always makes a comment about me not baking the kids’ cakes.

Every time I go to the local bakery, I get him a banana cake and he eats it and says how much he likes it.

The rest of the celebration, I was trying to act normal, but he noticed and when everyone left, he asked if I was ok.

No. No I’m not.

I said I was never going to bake him something.

His answer was, thank you and that I was being unfair with him because I should have already know.

Worst of all of this was that, my birthday is the same day as his.

So I baked another cake for me because I wanted a chocolate cake, but this is just venting.

AITA Reddit?

It’s tough to feel like your heartfelt gestures are being thrown back in your face, especially when it was meant to evoke warm memories.

Reddit had a field day with this one.

This person finds this kind of behavior pretty aggressive.

Source: Reddit/AITA

This person has one word: Gaslighter.

Source: Reddit/AITA

This person’s got jokes.

Source: Reddit/AITA

Sounds like he dropped the ball on gratitude, and now he’s got a cake-shaped hole in his birthday.

Good luck winning her back with that attitude!

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Diana Whelan | Contributing Writer, Life & Drama

Diana Whelan is a contributing writer for TwistedSifter specializing in family dynamics, viral internet culture, and interpersonal relationships. Drawing on her extensive professional background as a senior copywriter in the digital marketing space, Diana excels at transforming community-driven conversations and trending social media debates into relatable, highly engaging narratives.

Rather than simply aggregating online drama, Diana brings a balanced, humorous, and empathetic editorial voice to everyday dilemmas and parenting moments. She has a keen eye for finding the human element at the center of complex relationship conflicts and viral social trends.

Outside of writing, Diana is usually spending time with her husband and two kids, planning elaborate themed parties, or chasing down new family adventures. Fueled by a little too much caffeine and a love for a well-placed pun, she can often be found unwinding with a glass of wine and her very patient golden retriever.

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