'AITA for not letting my sister's boyfriend use hot sauce?': Boyfriend storms out when Italian family forbids usage of hot sauce

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Jan 28, 2023 1:00 PM EST

People can get weirdly cult-like over the way they like their food, and it's one of the smallest hills people are consistently willing to die on; there are so many people that have overly strong opinions about and will gatekeep what topping or sauce you should or shouldn't eat on any given food.

So what if you like ketchup on eggs? Or hot sauce on Italian food? If you wanna pile mayonnaise and dijon mustard on your linguine, then you go right ahead. I certainly won't be joining you or partaking in the abomination that you have created, but I'm also not going to go storming out of your house or tell you that you're not allowed to do it. Pineapple on pizza, though?.. Get out of my house.

Redditors ultimately decided that "everyone sucks" in the situation at hand, for both policing how someone likes their food and for overreacting to said policing. What's your vote? Who is in the wrong here?

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For more AITA stories, check out this friend who invited themselves on a group vacation and then proceeded to complain about the cost, ultimately getting kicked out of the host's vacation home.