Eating with someone when you have dietary restrictions can be painful.

This woman needs to restrict her food intake due to a health condition, but when she eats with her husband, he always puts more food on her plate.

She found a way to avoid this, but she’s wondering if she made the right decision or not.

Read the story below for all the details.

AITA for choosing not to eat than cooking for my husband?

I have been married to my husband for almost 15 years.

We both work in the same company.

We have the same schedules, sometimes, even until Sunday.

It just depends on what the job demands.

This woman and her husband split chores 50/50.

We have always been very open about our 50/50 roles in our home.

We do it for paying bills, laundry, chores, etc.

And that was never an issue.

She has to watch what she eats because of a health condition.

I got diagnosed with a thyroid problem.

It forces me watch what I eat.

I should not let my weight go up no more than 80 kg. I’m 74kg now ,and I should be less that 70kg.

It could trigger an uncontrollable weight gain and other problems.

She and her husband agreed to make their own dinners.

We used to eat whatever we wanted, and that led me to gain some pounds in just 2 months.

We decided that for dinner, each one would cook for themselves.

He is more of a high protein/carbs intake kind of guy.

I can’t eat like that at night or I wouldn’t sleep well.

But her husband has been asking her to make his dinner lately.

My dinners are more like a small portion of protein with a light salad and hot tea.

This worked out well for us.

But little by little, he has been asking me to make his dinner.

She agreed initially since she was already in the kitchen.

At first, I was like, “Hey, I’m already here, so why not?”

But that has been turning into a routine, so I end up making 2 different dishes every night.

That’s not the bad part.

He puts some of his food on her plate.

When we are dining, he is always putting from his food on my plate.

And I know it tastes good, I made it.

His excuse? I’m not eating enough and he worries.

I’m thankful he does, but every time, I eat too much, I wake up very tired the next day.

She starts eating without him.

So, lately I eat something good and light before we get home from work so that I don’t have to cook.

He has noticed and is not very happy but ends up cooking for himself.

Her husband isn’t too pleased that he had to make his own dinner.

As soon as we get home, I ask him what he’s going to cook tonight because I already ate something at work and I’m full.

I reminded him our agreement.

But he dislikes that I’m not cooking that often, especially at nights.

AITA?

It’s not the cooking she minds. It’s that he wants her to eat what she cooks for him.

Let’s see what others have to say about this on Reddit.

This person states an honest question.

Another user shares a similar experience.

Here’s some honest advice from this person.

Set a firm boundary, says this person.

And finally, people are siding with her.

It’s better to eat alone than to eat with guilt.

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