Her Boyfriend Kept Criticizing Her Cooking, So She Told Him She Won’t Make Him Food Anymore
by Matthew Gilligan

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This guy you’re gonna meet in this story is a real gem…
A real sweetheart…
Wait a second!
What am I saying?!?!
He sounds like a total jerk!
But the young woman who wrote this story on Reddit wants to know if she took things too far when she refused to cook for this fella.
Read on and see what you think.
AITA for refusing to cook for my boyfriend again?
“I (21 F) have been with my BF (20) for 4 years.
I will be the first to admit that I’m not the best at cooking, but I can follow directions and get the job done.
My boyfriend has been feeling a little under the weather the last few days and asked me to make hash browns for him, which I initially refused because I wasn’t confident in my ability to make them, but my boyfriend kept asking so I gave in.
She did her best…
When I initially made them, I made 4 hash brown patties that all looked pretty good.
It contained egg, potato, and a little bit of a flour, and I followed a video I saw on TikTok.
However, I forgot to wash off the potato shavings which made them come out a little gummy.
I gave them to my boyfriend who thanked me, took a very small bite, didn’t chew, immediately spat them out, and said they were very gross.
I took a bite of them, and they tasted fine to me.
Yes, they were a little gummy, but overall edible.
They tasted like potatoes. I didn’t add much salt or pepper to them because my boyfriend has a low tolerance for salt, while I like a lot of salt, and I didn’t want to overwhelm him with it.
She gave it another shot.
I figured if he wanted more he could have more, which is what I told him, but he refused to eat them.
So, I decided to give it one more try and make more hash browns, this time, I did everything the same but I washed the shavings and cooked the hash browns all together instead of small patties.
I don’t know what I did, but the hash browns wouldn’t stick together in the pan.
I also made some eggs for my boyfriend if he wanted that.
He came downstairs right when I finished making everything and saw the plate, said the hash browns looked disgusting, but he’d eat the eggs.
Then cook for yourself, dude!
I was annoyed by this and told him that I wouldn’t make him food anymore since anytime I did, he seemed to have some issue with it.
I went back upstairs a little after him, and saw he threw the entire plate away, without even trying the hash browns at all.
I feel guilty.
Like I’m such an incompetent person that I can’t even make hash browns, but it really bothered me that he wouldn’t even try them.
My BF is mad at me now.
AITA?
Here’s what people had to say on Reddit.
This person had a lot to say.
Another Reddit user said she’s NTA.
This individual spoke up.
Another reader spoke up.
And this person weighed in.
It sounds like she needs to give this guy his walking papers…
Talk about unappreciative.
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