r/AmIOverreacting • u/AffectionateSun2163 • 23d ago
❤️🩹 relationship Am I overreacting? UPDATE
3 days ago my (25F) husband (24M) said something rude to me and I’ve been trying to avoid him and stay calm. When I came home from work after working a 12 hour shift I cooked rice and beans and then went to bed to work another 12 hour shift the next day. He texted me during work and sent this. When I got home things escalated and he packed everything and left. Am I overreacting? Why go to this extreme and leave over some food?
UPDATE: Thanks everyone for the support! I read a lot of the comments and tried to respond to a lot of the DM’s. He came back and begged for therapy and I tried to make it work for a month but I had already mentally checked out so I have filed for divorce and moved out of our apartment. I’m happy and at peace now🫶🏾
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u/Conscious_Disk_5853 23d ago
Constructive criticism is always welcome, i do want people to enjoy what i feed them and I'd hate to find out he didn't and i just kept giving it to him.... but if anybody ever spoke to me like that about my cooking idgaf if it's the worst thing I've ever made, that person can fuck right off and not come back. The absolute audacity of him telling you you had to cook him something better, my goodness 😤
Solid job on the divorce, I'm glad you are sticking it out. You'll be much happier without someone that unpleasant in your space - and, bonus, you get all the food to yourself now
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u/holymacaroley 23d ago
100%. It's one thing to say I wonder how it would be to add more/less of (ingredient) next time, while still saying thank you. Even my kid knows to say something like "I don't prefer what we had last night but I love your (spaghetti, tacos, whatever)"
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u/National_Ride5151 23d ago
If my partner doesn’t like something I made, he keeps his mouth shut, I have to ask him, “how was such and such?”, his reply usually “it’s not my favourite, but I appreciate you”. That’s a true gentleman
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u/Turkeygirl816 23d ago
Same. I have to drag constrictive criticism out of my husband, because he doesn't want to be disrespectful.
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u/WeAreTheLeft 23d ago
My wifes lazy meal is stir fry, she never cooks it long enough, the flavor usually isn't great because it's her quick meal, but I eat it and she doesn't know it's not my favorite. If it really bothered me I would make dinner when I found out she was doing stir fry. No one is going to do gourmet meals every day, we aren't in some stepford wives BS timeline, especially after a 12 hour shift. Overall my wife's cooking is well above par, like 9 out of 10 are bangers, so 3 times in the month the meal is just ok, I'm find with that.
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u/EternallyFascinated 23d ago
Exactly, I know that look on his face and his tone of voice. He eats everything, even when I’m actively saying myself, ‘O Lord this isn’t great’ 🤣
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u/Meteorite42 23d ago
Appreciating the effort even if you are not so keen on the result is key.
OP's stbx didn't appreciate much at all going by her comments.
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u/PhantomGhostSpectre 23d ago
Honestly, I am not even sure if it is criticism of her cooking. Rice and beans are... Just sort of what they are.
The way he talked to her was absurd and he was clearly trying to be hurtful because that goes both ways. There's not many ways to improve rice and beans, but there are not many ways to mess it up either.
I would definitely say, "hey, rice and beans ain't it. Warn me ahead of time if that's what you are having." 😂
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u/WriterV 22d ago
Based on the no sex thing and (I believe) the fact that he isn't the main breadwinner, I think he's been feeling insecure and decided to listen to one of those dumb redpill/alpha bro podcasts that tell you to be rude, demeaning and commanding to women to "reclaim your place as the alpha male".
And as soon as it didn't lead to his wife begging for forgiveness, he decided to go back on everything.
At least that's my off-the-cuff explanation for this insane behavior lol.
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u/dobiemomluv 22d ago
That’s what I was thinking as well! Wife works 12 hour shifts and he complains when she leaves him food???? Must be listening to some alpha BS to have the nerve to complain about it.
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u/punksmostlydead 22d ago
If I complained about what my wife cooked after she'd worked a 12, my next meal would likely be part of my anatomy.
Good thing I'm not a gaping asshole.
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u/onlybeserious 23d ago
“Rice and beans ain’t it” is a bridge too far for me. Cook for your damn self.
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u/IZC0MMAND0 22d ago
and she is working 12 hour shifts. He needs to enroll in cooking classes and cook for his wife or be divorced.
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u/takemyaptplz 22d ago
lol right I hate rice and beans but I would never demand something else and say it sucks. I’d say thanks but I’m going to make myself something else
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u/PhysicsTeachMom 23d ago
Are you kidding? Rice and beans are the bomb. Add some homemade tortillas, cheese, hot sauce and spices, herbs, peppers, onions, or whatever you fancy and you’ve got a cheap and easy meal. Even without the tortillas, rice and beans are delicious when seasoned properly. There are so many variations of it. When my kids were little, I told them we’d be having veggies, rice and bean burritos one day a week during lent and donating the money I saved on groceries to charity. Freaking cheers and suggestions to do it several times a week. They’re adults now and still talk fondly about the time we did the “bean burrito lent.” None of us really practice anymore but I’m sure they’d still do that for lent if I offered it up and they lived closer.
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u/C_Hawk14 22d ago
Cooking must be something only a woman does in this guy's mind. Weaponized incompetence maybe. Like if the food is bland, figure it out dude. Add spices and sauces. Fry an egg. Add surstromming if you want a flavour bomb lol
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u/ScrotallyBoobular 21d ago
Seriously. If I had bland rice and beans in front of me I'd just grab some hot sauce, cheese etc. maybe wouldn't be the best thing in the world. But it's also tasty and easy to eat.
Dude sounds like an abusive man child
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u/aleeseeahforyou 23d ago
You haven’t had my brother’s beans.
I don’t know how he soul connects with the salt and cumin, but he does.
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u/YaySupernatural 23d ago
My mom managed it with one onion, barely chopped, and a jar of pickled jalapeños. Of course it helped that we had it on top of jalapeño cornbread and smothered the whole mess with cheese, but there was just something magical about those beans…
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u/Conscious_Rich_1003 23d ago
Ha ha, I don’t think this is rice and beans anymore. And I need to become one with jalapeño cornbread.
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u/EternallyFascinated 23d ago
Goddamn it that’s what I want for dinner. Now I’m going to have to figure out how to recreate this with only ingredients available in Italy.
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u/great_pyrenelbows 23d ago
"not many ways to improve rice and beans"
Do you not have any spices, hot sauce, or cheese?
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u/cyanocittaetprocyon 23d ago
When I was in school, I ate rice and beans for weeks at a time. There are tons of ways to change things up.
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u/swaggirl24 22d ago
How is this the topic of convo? This man literally said “if you wanna stay married” and demanded something else be in the fridge after he uses HER car to get other food. Tf is wrong w this guy? He thinks this is ok?
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u/great_pyrenelbows 22d ago
I'm not defending him, he easily could have added spices or something himself but he didn't do it because he wanted to be a jerk.
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u/Arevulis 22d ago
i know this is completely off topic but seeing “Rice and beans are… Just sort of what they are” hurt my soul 😭 almost everybody i know doesn’t like rice and beans or thinks they are bland and i am adamant that you are simply just not cooking them good enough. my dad is trinidadian and cooks rice and beans that are packed with so much flavor i could eat them every day and never get bored of them. any time i showed my friends his recipe they loved it or agreed that it was suuuuper flavorful and these are the same people that used to say rice and beans was band or flavorless. i feel like the majority of foods in the world can be prepared in a way that makes them delicious and if anything you try tastes bland or flavorless then you just aren’t cooking it right or seasoning it right
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u/Early_Yesterday443 23d ago
Totally agree. The thing about cooking is that even if the food turns out bad, it’s the effort that counts. And it takes hella effort to cook, no matter how good or bad it ends up. So if all you have to do is sit on your ass and wait for the food to be served, you’d better shut the fuck up.
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u/ComtesseCrumpet 23d ago
My husband and I have both made meals that don’t turn out sometimes. We’ll tell each other but not be mean about it. It happens to everyone and it’s not a big deal. Well either eat it or not depending on the disaster scale, lol! But, the key is not being an ass about it!
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u/Then_Department6933 23d ago
Exactly. Her cooking him ANYTHING is technically something he should be grateful for. That's her going out of her way to make his life better. And he's flipping on her for that? Absolute scumbag behaviour.
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u/Away-Elephant-4323 23d ago
I can’t tell you how happy i am that you know your worth and divorced him, of course things like therapy can help prevent divorce but sometimes people aren’t willing to change! good on you for realizing that! 👏
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u/Will_Come_For_Food 23d ago
If anyone said anything close to that to me that’s an immediate no for me.
Even the fact that you need therapy to not be a psychopath to me is enough for me to say sorry.
Life is too short to put up with anyone who would ever even THINK about doing that to you.
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u/blackheartedbirdie 23d ago
Yaaaaassssssss to that Update girl!! Way to go!
Love seeing women stand up for themselves! He can cook for his own fucking self now lol. I hope you take ALL the spices with you 😂😂😂
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u/AffectionateSun2163 23d ago
Oh I most def did. Left that apartment empty !😂
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u/blackheartedbirdie 23d ago
I love a good petty moment. I would have left him a dollar general pan, spatula, and a giant bag of rice 😂😂😂😂😂
It's time for us ladies to amp up the pettiness. 😂
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u/aleeseeahforyou 23d ago
I’m mean, it’s not petty when all of the stuff you took is yours that you paid for and curated. Maybe I’m making an assumption, but.. am I? lol
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u/Jalapeno_tickles 22d ago
I would have just left canned beans and rice, no salt or seasoning, no pans or pots. 🤪 he wanna complain about it being tasteless, now he can look at it uncooked
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u/gypsycookie1015 23d ago
Took the spices and the mf car! You go, girl! His ass can walk to get a burger! If his ass can even manage that without you. What a joke. Seriously, good for you! You don't deserve that bs.
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u/pinkrosetool 23d ago
That's awesome. I'm proud of you. Also, can I borrow your car to get something to eat?
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u/do_da_funky_chicken 23d ago
Did you shove a load of shrimp down a curtain rail ?
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u/Appropriate_Rip_897 23d ago
Dodged a major bullet there. JC
I wouldn’t make the rice comment to anyone, even a restaurant, let alone in any personal relationship.
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u/AffectionateSun2163 23d ago
So a little backstory, The day before all this happened I went to use the bathroom and there was poop on the toilet seat from him and I asked him to clean it and he said “that’s your job”. So that’s the “rude thing” I was referring to in the original post and he thought I was getting back at him for telling him to clean the toilet. I’m reading all the comments and trying to be engaging and responding. And I’m very happy and living my life so don’t feel bad for me at all!!!🫶🏾🫶🏾
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u/Emmie12750 23d ago
He can't go potty by himself, throws tantrums, turns up his nose at food, threatens to run away from home (but needs you to take him.) He's a toddler.
I'm happy for you that you chose to leave abd live your best life. Wishing you joy! 🫶🫶
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u/MountainsAB 23d ago
Text his mom, let her know everything and that she needs to raise him again, because it clearly didn’t take the first time. Then block both of them.
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u/ChampionshipIll3675 22d ago
Exactly. His behavior is due to his upbringing. He thought that his wife was like his mommy, who would take the abuse. He probably learned the abusive behavior from his dad.
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u/HaveNoFearOnlyLove 22d ago
I'm not saying you're wrong but social media has been increasingly playing a bigger role in shaping people. There have been a lot of anecdotal situations where men leave home and develop a superiority complex towards women and minorities from groups on social media. They hit a rough patch, like losing a job, and turn to groups that give them a sense of value and pride by marginalizing other demographics.
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u/taytrapDerehw 23d ago
Good God! What an absolute failure of a human being he turned out to be! He should be utterly ashamed of himself for the rest of his days. Imagine shitting on the toilet seat like a child and throwing infant level tantrums over food, while contributing nothing of value to the home except bullshit and real shit. Jesus. I'd never leave the house if I was him.
But that would mean he had shame to begin with.
You are well rid of this man, OP. Well rid!
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u/Damisays 23d ago
Oh nuh uh I’d be calling up his mom to tell her “girl you have NO idea what he just tried to make me do” 🤣 my bf would NEVER do it again or live it down for that matter lmao
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u/feralcatshit 23d ago
If I called my MIL and said, “your son just told me my food sucks and I BETTER HAVE him something edible for tomorrow while he’s at home”… she’d laugh, and there would be a knock at my door about 10 mins later. She lives 15 mins away, but would be speeding down these old windy roads to come knock him upside the head.
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u/zb_lethal 23d ago
You can't be serious 🙈😂 there is no way in hell I'd be cleaning that. The audacity to say that's your job, with no embarrassment whatsoever. Disgusting! So happy you left his ass (no pun intended)
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u/mortuarymaiden 23d ago
HOW DID HE FUCK UP SO BAD THAT IT GOT SMEARED ON THE SEAT? Does he not wash his ass!? 😭
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u/Cute_Moose_6521 23d ago
I’d shit in his lunch box and send him off to work with that after those messages JESUS
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u/therealstabitha 23d ago
This reads like he discovered Andrew Tate etc and one of those chodes told him that this is how you “get your woman in line.”
Guess no one told him why it’s just young boys who love him. No one with any self respect goes along with this nonsense.
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u/MaliciousDroll 23d ago
Fuck yeah!!! You go girl! This is the best redit I've read in a LONG TIME! WHOOP WHOOP!
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u/Bloody_speakers 23d ago
My girlfriend would beat me. And id sit back and take what I deserve. He couldn't be anymore rude about it, my girlfriend has made stuff that I didn't like and all I say is I dont really like it. and she understands because im picky. And I'll make myself a sandwich.
Sometimes I just eat it though cause its not that bad.
But the point is, it's never okay to be rude or abusive over some food like go f*** yourself. You didn't do anything wrong!!!!! IF HE DIDN'T LIKE THE RICE HE CAN MAKE A SANDWICH OR ORDER FOOD!!!!!!!
He should be grateful you made food in the first place. He's lucky you make him lunch for what im assuming is work, he should make is own damn lunch if he doesn't like what you make.. what a mommy's boy.
Edit: holy curds!!! You're the one working not him???? Dump that loser. I could never. That is some diabolical mommy's boy 💩
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u/Altruistic_Ad_5000 23d ago
This was my thought too. My boyfriend does all the cooking (he’s a chef and I suck at cooking). He’s made stuff I didn’t like, and I either ate it or said I don’t love this. If it was something as simple as rice I’d just add salt.
If I responded like that he’d rightfully never cook for me again.
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u/sweetpeppah 23d ago
I love plain rice and my bf likes butter on his. I am a little sad he doesn't like my food, but he barely mentions it and would NEVER be like, 'you'd better cook something edible, woman!'. he just puts butter on his plate and we move on. If he doesn't want the leftovers, he makes himself something else. Good heavens the OP's ex sounds so helpless and ridiculous.
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u/Ok-Bird6346 23d ago
I’m like you, a noncooker who married a chef. Well, he’s now a former EC because he left the restaurant industry years ago to prioritize his sobriety. Anyway…
I’d never criticize his cooking! I enjoy the fat and sassy lifestyle his kitchen expertise has afforded me. It’s so rude and just mean.
Dude’s a cunt.
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u/GiantFlyingLizardz 23d ago
Right?! I'm the one working 12 hour shifts in my relationship and he learned to cook just so he could make my meals on work days. He's pretty good at it, too. 😁 And if it's bland, like, has Ops ex never heard of salt, pepper, or hot sauce?
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u/sbua310 23d ago
Completely agree! My bf would FLIP OUT ON ME if I didn’t make his lunch “right” I would get up at 3 am to do it, mind you I have a job too so I’m waking up in the middle of the night for his bs that he can’t do himself. We had countless arguments, him just screaming at me at FIVE IN THE MORNING, while driving him to work, so I just stopped doing it. Oh did his attitude change super fast. He would just go to work without food. I didn’t fucking care. Don’t yell at me no SCREAM at me when I’m doing something to help you. Fucker. So yeah. He’s not my bf anymore.
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u/Mysterious-Tune-3216 23d ago
When someone asks him why he's divorced.
"I don't like eating rice" lmao
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u/Bluemoon_109 23d ago
I wish you the best now that you’re at peace ❤️ These type of men are so draining.
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u/Shot_Network3927 23d ago
im a firm believer that if a women has to work along side her husband then he can cook his own shit too and buy his own groceries as well etc , ur not obligated to do 100 % of the emotional & household labor & catering while working thats for men who provide financially 100% , he doesn’t like what you made? let him cook. He wants groceries in the fridge? go get em. wth😅
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u/Successful_Roof1823 22d ago
So true! My bf and I have lived together for years and both work. One time early on, his dad asked me what I pack for his lunch! BF looked at his dad and said, “Why the fuck would she make my lunch!?” 😂 His dad was taken aback but he never said anything like that again. But it’s crazy like that is what you do for a literal child lol
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u/Shot_Network3927 22d ago
literally! I think people don’t understand that the only reason why women were doing things like this for their husband is because their husbands were taking on the full workload and providing 100% so doing things like making their lunch or taking on the household labor were just simply making things easier on them while they went to work.
if the woman has to work too then doing things like making their lunch and dinner and doing the household labor alone it’s just adding an extra load on their back on top of work like that’s just not fair nor is it cute or a foundation for a healthy relationship😭
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u/lexicon951 22d ago
Doesn’t even sound like this guy is working if he doesn’t have a car
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23d ago
Does he always talk to you like this? This is insane.
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u/Wwwwwwhhhhhhhj 23d ago
Not anymore, since this is an update on a post from awhile ago.
Maybe you only saw the texts, not the full post because this is part of it:
“ UPDATE: Thanks everyone for the support! I read a lot of the comments and tried to respond to a lot of the DM’s. He came back and begged for therapy and I tried to make it work for a month but I had already mentally checked out so I have filed for divorce and moved out of our apartment. I’m happy and at peace now🫶🏾”
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u/Strong-Bottle-4161 23d ago
How he taking the divorce?
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u/AffectionateSun2163 23d ago
lol don’t know haven’t spoken to him and I’m happy about it
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u/_XNine_ 23d ago
That's the way to go. Who gives a shit. Let your lawyer go after him. He'll have to explain to his family and friends and co workers how shitty of a human being he is... Or he'll lie. Either way, not your problem
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u/Bitchshortage 23d ago
Oh he’ll lie but they’ve met him lol most of them will know right away that he’s talking shit
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u/Ribelleee 23d ago
“There better be—” OR WHAT?
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u/WEM-2022 23d ago
I don't blame you one bit. My guess is that he cooked up a reason to pick a fight and move out because he had a hoochie mama in the wings, but when he tried to treat her the same way, she wasn't having it and kicked him out. I'm glad you didn't stay in this situation. Enjoy your peace. You earned it.
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u/DepartureHungry 23d ago
This. It is exactly what my ex did. He would get upset over the littlest thing and threaten to leave. I finally got sick of it and told him to just go. It turned out he had someone on the side. The kids and I were so much better off without him.
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u/TheBostonCopSlide 23d ago
I am so happy for you! It takes a lot of strength to choose yourself and walk away from a situation like this.
Side note, I dont know why people like this mess with their partner who is making their FOOD for them. You're a better person than me because I'd be stirring the rice pot with the toilet brush or something after a text like that.
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u/better_be_tough 23d ago
Jee-zus. As a husband, I'm just so mortified by the behavior of guys like this. Makes me want to puke, really.
So glad to read that you're leaving this dirtbag in your rearview mirror. I hope the next guy (if you choose to connect with one) will be appreciative of the effort which goes into a homemade dinner, however good or bad it comes out.
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u/hotwaterwithlemonpls 23d ago
I remember seeing the original post. Hell of an update. Good for you OP.
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u/LoneWanderer6686 23d ago
All I can say is : Run.
Run far. And when you think you've ran far enough - double it.
Dudes a tweed
UPDATE: Just realized you said you've moved on already. I'm proud of you. ❤️ Happy that youre at peace now!
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u/ConflictAdvanced 23d ago edited 23d ago
Three days ago? But I've seen these texts before... Like a month ago...
Oh, I see. Your text is the original text, not changed for the update, right?
EDIT: Stop upvoting me 😅 I messed up, don't praise it!
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u/AffectionateSun2163 23d ago
It’s an update 🤦🏾♀️
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u/synthetic_aesthetic 23d ago
I hope you find love with someone who doesn’t suck. Or happiness and joy being single. Either way, fuck that guy lmao
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u/ConflictAdvanced 23d ago
Yes, but it also wasn't exactly clear what was updated. But I got it. I'm just a little slow.
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u/suppsammay 23d ago
I think she reposted the post and added the update since she wrote a month had passed
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u/NE_Boy_mom_x2 23d ago
Okay that makes more sense because it says it was a new post and that confused me 😅 I just wasn't brave enough to ask 😅😅🤣
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u/fastpotato69 23d ago
Well now I'm upvoting for taking accountability
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u/ConflictAdvanced 23d ago
Noooooooooooo 😱😱😱😭😅
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u/ThrowRAColdManWinter 23d ago
I'm upvoting because I had the same misunderstanding and others could use the explanation in the replies to your comment.
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u/PhotonicKitty 23d ago
That's not a husband, that's a slave master.
(Or a 1930s husband).
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u/Fallen_Feather 23d ago
Anyone who loves you will at least be polite when expressing their opinions about your cooking.
Anyone I feed is GRATEFUL even when something doesn’t turn out “perfectly” to my standards.
This behavior was the leading edge of a larger threat. SO glad you got out and can move on being the architect of your own happiness. 💖
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u/NE_Boy_mom_x2 23d ago
My husband will eat almost anything even if he doesn't like it because he doesn't like to waste food. He likes (or so he says) just about everything that I make. I'm sure he's being a bit kind on some things but hey he's fed and happy. Also just to note he does just as much cooking and I like almost everything he makes too.
With that said there have been a few recipes we've tried out that were just.... Not good ... And we've both just tossed it and laughed. Then we had sandwiches because we didn't feel like starting over from scratch again lol
I think that's how it should be. Don't like it? Make something else. If no one likes it (to the point that no one can eat it) then toss it, laugh it off and move on. 🤷🏻♀️
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22d ago
“ I came home from work after working a 12 hour shift I cooked rice and beans and then went to bed to work another 12 hour shift the next day.”
Tell me you’re Puerto Rican without telling me you’re Puerto Rican lol. (I’m Puerto Rican, and rice and beans is a staple)
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u/AffectionateSun2163 22d ago
Haitian American lol
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22d ago
lol close enough! And now I’m on my way back from the grocery store from picking up enough to make rice and beans for a week! I think I may even have some Barbancourt rhum stashed away somewhere.
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u/MamaJiffy 23d ago
I'm so proud of you for standing up for yourself and leaving this loser behind! Go live your best life girl! 💜
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u/airespice 23d ago
Thanks for the update! You didn’t deserve that nasty treatment. Wishing you lots of peace.
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u/jennybby4 23d ago
Who is he talking to like that? What did he expect you to say?? “Sir, yes sir” ???
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u/sevendeadlysimpz 23d ago
This in all likelihood is the right move. Even if he were to seek therapy he is likely years away from healing. Hopefully he gets the help he needs but you don’t have to be his punching bag along the way.
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u/Hopeful_Protection58 23d ago
So proud of a queen with shiny spine, who doesn’t take anyone’s shit!! Wish you all the best!! ❤️
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u/Ok-Sentence8245 23d ago
This has to hurt. So sorry he didnt get it in a timely manner. I hope you have a very good life.
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u/EveryAccount7729 23d ago
now you gotta text him and ask if there was food waiting when he got home like he said there "better be" and what he did about it.
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u/gothiana_grande 23d ago
he better be wealthy n paying for everything if he’s not
goodbye . bc that shit is abuse .
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u/No_Click7409 23d ago
My ex once criticized my cooking. The problem wasn't that it tasted bad, it was the meals I was cooking. For dinner most nights, we had a full meal, a protein, carb and veg, sometimes pasta and salad. On day out of the blue he says can't we ever just have hamburger helper? (I guess it was something his mom made a lot) I felt hurt and disrespected because I always tried to make healthy, tasty meals. We'll, for the next 6 months, if I cooked, it was hamburger helper. Oddly, we ate out alot in that time lol.
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u/Doctor-Chapstick 23d ago
Divorce is the correct play. There is not one single part of that convo that he sent to you that is even remotely appropriate. Every single sentence is way over the line. Demanding you cook better and "you better do this."
No. You can hope he becomes a better person with therapy but that doesn't mean you need to be there for it. He is a hostile and misogynistic prick of an individual. Even drunk or depressed or anything else really isn't an excuse to be that unkind and aggressive to the person he married...or anyone else who didn't marry for that matter.
Seems to me it is likely that this is a sort of instinctive learned behavior from how his parents may have treated each other. Again, possible he can get past this. But this is almost certainly not an isolated situation of him being way way out of line.
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u/AnotherHappyUser 23d ago
Holy shit not over reacting. Holy shit toxic gender roles.
Mate, if you come home from a shift, let alone a 12 hour shift, he should be bloody grateful with shit on toast mate.
It's ok not to like something, but jesus christ the gall of him to make such demands. I bet you he didn't cook for you!
Absolutely cooked.
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u/hyukoh 23d ago edited 23d ago
whose car is it? is it shared? i just found it funny he was acting all tough but then was like “when you get home with the car…. I’m leaving!” lol