Entitled Boyfriend Criticizes Girlfriend’s Cooking, Going as Far as Making a PowerPoint Presentation to ‘Help’ Her, Despite Him Not Being Able to Boil Water

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    r/AITAH 2 days ago eska089 AITA for refusing to cook after my BF tried to "critique" my cooking with a literal PowerPoint presentation?
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    So, this happened a few days ago, and I'm still trying to process it. For context, I (28F) have been with my BF (30M) for about 2 years. We live together, and I've always done most of the cooking because I genuinely enjoy it, and he claims he can't "even boil water" without setting off the smoke alarm.
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    The other night, I made one of our favorite meals, and while we were eating, he got a weird smirk on his face. He then says, "You know, I've been taking notes.” | laughed, thinking he was joking, but then he said, "No, really. I made a presentation."
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    I still thought it was a joke until he got up, connected his laptop to the TV, and opened a PowerPoint titled "Improving Our Home Dining Experience." I was in disbelief as he went slide by slide critiquing my dishes: "Slide 1: Too Much Garlic," "Slide 2: Pasta Consistency," "Slide 3: More Salt, Less Sass."
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    The kicker was Slide 8, which was just a photo of Gordon Ramsay facepalming with the caption, "What he'd think."
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    I was stunned. I told him if he had such detailed opinions, he should cook himself. He tried to backtrack, saying it was "all in good fun" and that he was "just trying to help." But I wasn't laughing. I haven't cooked since, and now he's been living off cereal and takeout. He's sulking, saying I'm overreacting and "ruining the joke."
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    So, Reddit, AITA for refusing to cook after my BF presented me with a PowerPoint critique of my cooking?
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    wigglepie 2d ago • ΝΤΑ he claims he can't "even boil water" without setting off the smoke alarm. If he had the time to make a powerpoint, he has time to learn to cook
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    Webinformal9558 • 2d ago • Holy sh, what a . If he can make a Powerpoint about all his complaints about your cooking, he can learn how to follow a recipe like a big boy.
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    choppedliver65 • 2d ago Make a PowerPoint presentation about how he can improve his sexual performance. NTA
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    redditlurker1981 • 2d ago • I'd make a presentation about how he can move the f out and cook alone in his new bachelor pad. Why are you tolerating this?? Do you want your bar so low the occupants of it?? trip on
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    Couldn't he have used that time to learn how to boil water? The weaponized incompetence in this one is staggering
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    hetfield151 2d ago • Make a powerpoint presentation about his cooking. Its endless slides that say: "You dont cook at all. Better start now." in different fonts. Make him watch at least 30 of them. The last one says: "Maybe dont bite the hand that feeds you."
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    After that say, it's just a joke. When he sulks, say: "Dont ruin the joke."
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    Glaucus92.2d ago • NTA. Also, if you have the PowerPoint, you could try @-ing Gordon Ramsay on social media and have him tear your BF a new one. I don't think he'd take too kindly to your BF using him to be a sh
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    wengelite 2d ago • He's sulking, saying I'm overreacting and "ruining the joke." When he says this again; ask him, "I'm sorry, I'm just not getting it; what is the joke? What's funny?"
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    changelingcd 2d ago • What the absolute f was he thinking? I'd never cook for that particular a_h_le again either. NTA
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    Ashamed-Direct... • 2d ago • Yeah, no. My ex was the same. He'd absolutely decimate me about something, could be anything, cooking, eating, what I wore, my make up, literally anything. Then when I got upset or fought back, every single time I got,
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    verbatim "f sake, can you no take a canny joke?? | say anything like". Every. Single. Time. You'll notice I said "ex". Cook for yourself, let him eat cereal until he can understand he was wrong and why.
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    ChiaraSs7 2d ago The only thing you ruined. was his attempt to "sneakily" ruin your self esteem. NTA

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