30-year-old boyfriend refuses to cook for his girlfriend after finding her leftovers in the trash again, friends accuse him of starving her: “She can cook for herself”

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    AITA telling my girlfriend if she's going just throw make away she can cook herself?

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    I (30M) live with my little brother (28M) and my girlfriend (30F) and sometimes neither of us will feel like cooking, so when the other goes to cook we ask them to cook for us too. It's a system that works out and not one thats abused, we normally cook for
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    ourselves but sometimes we also cook a big meal for everyone in the house. We also all pitch in for the grocery bill, most of whats in the house is for us to use and specific stuff meant for just that person are marked and told in advance.
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    Lately when my girlfriend has asked me to cook her something that I am making for myself and I have, I wake up the next morning to find most or all of it in the garbage. I am not a world class cook by any means, but I don't burn my food or under season it
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    either. After the last time when she asked me to cook her something I told her no, that I am tired of seeing food wasted (not to mention the time I took to cook for her) and that if she's going to keep throwing food away like that, she can cook for herself.
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    My brother agrees with me on the subject. That the food waste is annoying and frustrating to see and it needs to end. Some of our friends agree too while others are saying I should just cook for her anyways and calling me an a h_le for "letting her go hungry". Well reddit. AITA?
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    lihzee ETANTA. Throwing away food that someone else made for you instead of putting it into a Tupperware is incredibly wasteful and there's no excuse for her to be doing it. She can feed herself if she's so particular.
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    IN.FO - what is her explanation for throwing most of the food away after asking you to cook for her? Have you asked her about it? Is your house unfamiliar with Tupperware and leftovers?
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    AITA_throwaway_food OP I have asked her. She just tells me she doesn't like it or how it tasted, though I have told her what I am cooking before I make some for her so thats when she could have said she didnt want it.
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    lihzee Why doesn't she put it away as leftovers?
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    AITA_throwaway_food OP I honestly wish I knew. We have the Tupperware for it, but she just throws it out instead. To be fair if it was put up as leftovers, I wouldn't be so frustrated.
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    Deanie1458 Letting her go hungry???? She is a 30 YEAR OLD ADULT I cannot stand when people whine that they are hungry like.. then make your self a sandwich
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    Careful-Use-4913 I can't stand it when my 10 year old whines about being hungry. Go make yourself something to eat. Find a snack. We have a house full of edible food. You're not helpless.
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    Six Pack 1776 My six year old niece can make cereal if she is a ADULT whines about hungry, but a grown a "going hungry." Cry me a river. NTA.
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    angelicism NTA; I would never cook for her again. I am lucky that I've never had any food insecurity in my life but I still find it abhorrent to throw away perfectly edible food. If she took a couple bites and
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    didn't like it, at the very least she should say so and then ask if you'd eat her leftovers if she put it away in a Tupperware. Wholesale tossing food (that hasn't gone bad or something) is childish af.
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    JustheBean NTA Going out of your way to ask someone to cook for you and then making a pattern of throwing it away is pretty r de.
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    Pretty-Scientist-848 Wow you're friends are jerks! You are not "letting her go hungry", is she incapable of making her own food? She's an adult and can absolutely make her own food so they are being dramatic with that
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    assessment. I'm curious, why doesn't she put it in tupperware for leftovers? That's what normal people do instead of wasting it. She seems very dismissive and frankly, super wasteful. NTA
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    kipsterdude NTA. If she didn't want it, the least she could do is leave it for you to eat. Throwing it out is incredibly wasteful and disrespectful.
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    1962Michael NTA. Most people cook for themselves the same 10 or 12 meals over and over. So it's very likely that your GF has had any given dish that you're likely to make. She shouldn't ask you to make her some unless she's planning to eat it.
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    The least she can do is to save the leftovers for one of you to finish. Throwing out food that you've asked for is incredibly ride.
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    GothPenguin She's letting herself go hungry. She's thirty years old and capable of feeding herself if she's hungry. If she doesn't like the food put it in the fridge and let someone else eat it not throw it away. NTA

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