Redditor Tells Wife "Who Can't Cook To Save Her Life" To Stop Helping Him Cook, Wife Calls Him Ungrateful

"I'm not sure why but she seems to have no sense of taste or smell"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• February 25, 2023

In this technological era, where cooking lessons are readily available, not understanding how to cook as an adult is pitiable and unacceptable. Even if you don't want to learn how to cook this way, if you ask your friends or family, they'll probably teach you rather quickly.

Cookbooks are also easily accessible if you're prepared to pay for them. You can go for this option if you're too humiliated to do either of the two options we mentioned first, or you just don't learn that way.

The fact that you can only make instant ramen is not cute or special. You may learn how to make a good steak or a good red sauce for pasta with just an hour of research. 

Meet u/Ok-Distribution1503, whose wife of 15 years cannot cook to save her life. The OP is not sure why she seems to have no sense of taste or smell.

So she doesn't care what food tastes like, and she also doesn't care how it feels in your mouth. The OP knows that she is busy with work and the kids, so when he's between jobs, he takes over the cooking.

In fact, the OP does meal prep for the kids and his wife when he has the time. The OP was cooking one day when his wife decided to "help," only for her to ruin the whole thing.

The OP asked her to stop helping but was called ungrateful. 

The OP Begins His Story

When the OP is between jobs, he takes over the cooking

The OP took the dogs for a walk while he was waiting for the shoulder to rest

The OP has left detailed recipes for his wife to make simple meals for the kids

And the comments roll in...

You two do not seem compatible here

This Redditor takes great pride in what they do

Redditors are in a dismay so they had to ask

This Redditor would have cried if that happened to them

She doesn't even want to learn how to cook

This Redditor wishes the husband could cook

She needs to stay out of the way

This Redditor's wife also has the "food is fuel" mentality

You say she is jealous the kids prefer you cooking

Her actions ruined the meal for everyone else

She knows she cannot cook

Approaching her at a time when she hasn't done this

Feel free to grab a snack if you can't wait

You're not blocking her access to groceries

You need to sit down and communicate

This is no longer a discussion or a suggestion

This Redditor is just like the OP's wife

Part of this Redditor likes cooking everything from scratch

This Redditor would be so pissed off

Redditors believed that the OP's wife might be doing this on purpose and would not stop. They advised him to try to find a way to keep her away from the food while it’s cooking and also get some couples counseling as her behavior isn’t normal.

The OP got the "not the AH" verdict, and you can also drop your own opinions in the comments section below.

Maryjane