Wife Calls Lunch Her Husband Prepared For Them Disgusting, Gets Upset When He Sels Packed Lunch To Coworker

She even accused him selling the food to his colleague to flirt with her

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• February 16, 2024

A couple noticed how much they spent on lunches at work. To stay on budget, they decided to bring packed meals to avoid buying food at work.

The OP's wife volunteered to prepare the meals they would bring to work. She stayed true to her word for about two weeks.

She skipped cooking most days because she was too tired from work. OP understood his wife and picked up the slack.

He woke up at 5 A.M. every morning, an hour earlier than usual, to prepare their lunches. Their new set-up worked, and his wife even complimented his cooking skills.

Her opinion changed when she woke up in a terrible mood one morning. OP was nearly done cooking the roast when his wife tasted it.

His wife claimed, "It never tastes good, but this time it tastes disgusting. Don't make lunch for me." OP was hurt by his wife's unsolicited food review but kept his mouth shut as he needed to leave for work.

OP took his wife's food container because he did not want the roast to go to waste. He decided to eat it for dinner because he planned to log in extra hours at work anyway.

At work, one of OP's colleagues asked if any of them could sell her their lunch because she did not have time to prepare hers. This was not an unusual request — their male colleagues sold their lunches to buy takeout.

OP sold the roast he made to his colleague. When she brought back his empty container, she said OP was lucky to have a wife who was a great cook.

OP felt vindicated. He had to blink back tears because he was still hurt by what his wife said about his cooking.

His wife asked what happened to her serving of roast when OP got home. OP explained what happened and said they could add the money for transportation.

His wife got upset and said OP had no right to take her food. She implied that OP used the food to flirt with his co-worker.

OP refused to believe that he was an a-hole as his wife claimed. Was OP wrong to sell the meal his wife said was inedible?

OP's wife lost her privilege of eating the food he prepared when she insulted his cooking by saying it was disgusting.

If this behavior was uncharacteristic of his wife, it would be worth it for OP to investigate further what had happened to put his wife in such an awful mood.

They need to communicate better. OP shouldn't cower or hide his feelings while his wife tramples on them.

If she truly finds the food her husband painstakingly makes, what's stopping her from making and packing her lunch?

OP did nothing wrong when he sold the food. Why would he save it for someone who claimed it was disgusting?

If OP called his wife's food disgusting, would she save it for him to eat later? Would she be so forgiving if her spouse called the food she woke up early to prepare disgusting?

It would be an entirely different conversation if OP regularly walked on eggshells so as not to upset his wife.

What is she hoping to achieve by not talking to OP?

Redditors chose to give his wife the benefit of the doubt. If there is something else going on with her, she shouldn't take it out on OP.

Redditors expressed their concerns for OP. They said he needed to reflect on his marriage if his wife was regularly mean and downright disrespectful towards him.

If her treatment of him that day was out of the ordinary, OP needs to talk to his wife to figure out what else is going on in her life that affected her mood. Most commenters praised OP for trying to be a good husband and gave him much-needed reassurance that he was not a jerk.

Chelsi