24-year-old boyfriend denies adding anything hot to spice-sensitive girlfriend's spaghetti, the red pepper flakes on the counter tell a different story: 'Every single time he cooks, he makes it spicy'

Some people don't consider a meal a meal unless there is a spicy component. Personally, I am a total baby when it comes to heat. People automatically assume that because I am Latina, I have some sort of built-in, genetic tolerance to spice. My excuse for not being able to handle even a single jalapeño seed in my food is that Honduran cuisine isn't known to be particularly spicy; it's sweet, coconutty, and fishy. My fiance is the exact opposite; he would literally drink hot sauce straight from the bottle if it were socially acceptable. Still, we somehow live and cook together in harmony.

That's where this story comes in. A heat-loving man and his girlfriend are engaged in a years-long battle over spicy food. To her, spice ruins food, but he is completely convinced that he can bring her to the hot side by sneaking it into her food. Things finally come to a head when he sabotages her spaghetti. He attempts to deny that he added any spice, but the red pepper flakes on the stove tell a different story. Now she's wondering if she's being ungrateful for refusing to eat the food that he put effort into cooking, or if her boyfriend is the one in the wrong for ignoring her boundaries.

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AITA for not eating the spaghetti my boyfriend made?

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It's not really about the red pepper flakes and the spices. He just doesn't have any respect for our protagonist. Someone who respects you simply wouldn't do something like this repeatedly.
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One time, I put cauliflower into my partner's smoothie because I read online that it's a great way to sneak in extra fiber with zero impact on taste. He was so shocked that he couldn't taste it, and for a few months, I'd try to sneak it into other foods for fun. I haven't done it in a long time, but he still asks after EVERYTHING he eats (even cookies!) whether or not I put cauliflower in it. The difference is that my boyfriend hasn't explicitly asked me not to add cauliflower to his meals.
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