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AITJ for refusing to redo my entire dinner party because my friend’s new boyfriend doesn’t eat “non-bland” food?
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No crime was committed here, other than disrespect disguised as sensitivity. The host had the courage to protect her own table from culinary colonization. Because anyone who rejects flavor demands plainness and disregards others' effort deserves to chew on their own mediocrity.
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No one deserves to have their menu rewritten for a man who thinks pepper is experimental. In the end, the only thing Evan got that was seasoned perfectly to his taste was her boundary, and that is a lesson worth more than any plain pasta.
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‘I said no, this is not a restaurant’: Dinner guest Evan refuses to eat non-bland food and demands 32-year-old host remake her entire Korean meal, but she refuses to play short-order cook and cater to his entitled palate
The 32-year-old host plans a dinner party built around bold flavor and care. Korean-style ribs, roasted vegetables, and kimchi fried rice fill the evening air with ambition and garlic. Every guest is excited, except for the friend's new boyfriend, a man named Evan, whose stomach apparently faints at the idea of seasoning. He asks what the "normal" option is, as if culture can be canceled with a side of plain pasta. When told that dinner is dinner, he requests something blander. The host laughs, you know, because he must be kidding, but realizes too late that his taste buds are those of a 5-year-old brat.
Patience collapses quickly under the weight of entitlement. Evan wants compliance, not dinner, demanding his preferences be canonized like food allergies of the soul. The friend joins in, asking the host to "whip something up," which is rich considering no one offered to supply ingredients or apologies. Meanwhile, the host's kitchen turns into a theater of restraint, her generosity stretching thinner than the flavor profile Evan seems to prefer. The evening sizzles with awkwardness instead of spice.
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