"My mom's version tastes better": Immature boyfriend constantly puts down girlfriend's cooking, she refuses to keep cooking for him

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    AITAH for Telling Him to Eat What I Cook or Starve?

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    So this has been building up for months. I swear I've tried to be patient. I've tried to stay cool. But I hit my limit, and now I'm getting called rode and dramatic. Here's
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    what happened. I cook almost every night. Nothing fancy, just real food. I try. I put in effort. But every single time, without fail, he
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    makes some comment like, "My mom's version tastes better," or "That's not how my mom makes it." Like... okay? Then go eat at her house? He doesn't even taste my
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    food sometimes. He just looks at it and already decides it's not gonna be good. Last week I made beef stew, and he straight up said, "My mom adds more garlic, this
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    smells weird," and he didn't touch it. I'm not even exaggerating when I say I felt this close to crying. I stood in the kitchen for hours while he scrolled on his
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    phone, and then he just turned up his nose and made instant noodles instead. The worst part? He didn't even try it. Not one bite.
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    And when I tell him it hurts me, he says, "I'm just being honest. You're too sensitive." Nah. That's not honesty. That's just disrespect. So yeah, yesterday, he
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    tried pulling the same thing again when I served dinner. Looked at it, sighed, mumbled something about his mom again. And I just snapped I said, “You know what?
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    If you like her cooking so much, maybe you should go eat over there. Or better yet why don't you call her and ask her to cook for you every night? Because this? This is what I made.
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    And if you can't eat it, then don't eat at all.” He got mad. Said I was being immature. Said I was "weaponizing food" or whatever. Now he's sulking. Said I
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    embarrassed him. That I'm trying to "compete" with his mom. I'm not. I never was. I just want to be respected in my own kitchen. In
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    my own home. I'm exhausted. I feel like no matter what I do, it's never good enough. I'm not trying to replace his mom. I'm just
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    trying to be me, and apparently that's not enough. So tell me... AITAH?
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    Backgrounding-Cat ⚫ 7h ago He doesn't like you. How's that your fault?
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    Me-Me91 7h ago NTA Stop cooking for him. He can go sulk at his mummy's house.
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    Not-a-Cranky-Panda • 7h ago "well get you Mom to teach you how to make it and you can cook it for me"
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    Lissa Bryan 6h ago Said I was "weaponizing food" or whatever. Accusations are often confessions. He's using food as a weapon to belittle you
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    and make you feel that you don't measure up to his mommy. NTA
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    Laurieatoz 7h ago Definitely NTA, my sister made her husband dinner once, he refused to eat it so she picked up his plate and chucked it in the bin. Send him back to his mummy he is not worth it!
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