We’ve all been there – doing more than our fair share of the chores and feeling unappreciated. But what happens when the tables turn, and the one who usually does the work asks for a little help? Let’s delve into the story of an 18-year-old girl who found herself in a sticky situation involving spaghetti, dirty dishes, and a chocolate cake.
The Dinner Deal

A Sweet Request

The Dishes Remain ️

Promises Forgotten?

A Warning Ignored

A Daughter’s Retort

A Mother’s Advice ♀️

The Cake Conundrum

The Bitter Truth

The Ultimate Question ❓

A Plea for Understanding

To Bake or Not to Bake: A Daughter’s Dilemma
Our young heroine found herself in a culinary conundrum. She cooked a meal, asked her father to clean up, and he agreed. He then sweetened the deal by asking for a chocolate cake, promising to provide the ingredients. But when the dishes remained untouched, she was left questioning whether she should keep her end of the deal. As the tension rises, she grapples with the decision – to bake or not to bake. What would you do in her shoes? Let’s see what the internet has to say about this… ️
Setting boundaries with dad over cake and dishes

Engagingly refuse with a smile, nod, ignore, and proceed.

NTA. Don’t reward him with cake, but consider potential retaliation.

NTA- Help out with dishes, not cake. Avoid arguments.

Promises broken, trust shattered. NTA takes a stand.
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Don’t cook for him anymore! Show him you’re appreciated! NTA

Refusing cake as a way to teach him a lesson

Verbal agreements broken: NTA for breaking your promise

Make the cake to show him the power of keeping your word

A fiery demand for no cake sparks controversy
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Don’t make him the cake! Throw it at him! NTA

Don’t make the f**king cake! Ignore his bad behavior
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Convenience meals reign supreme! It’s every man for himself

NTA. Relatable! My dad never did dishes either. Poor mom!

NTA. Fairness matters. And yes, the cake is a lie.

NTA. Playfully avoid making the cake and enjoy his reaction
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A tricky situation: when a yes isn’t really a yes

Playful revenge: Make the cake sound like a joke

Don’t bake for him! NTA, he needs to grow up.

Equal division of chores is important for a harmonious household!

NTA: A generational cycle of behavior that’s hard to break

Common courtesy: he promised to do dishes after dinner ️

Daughter’s sassy response to dad’s cake inquiry

NTA. Shut him down and let him bake his own sht

Consequences for not doing dishes: no cake for you!

NTA: Make smaller cakes for you and your mom, not him

A sweet suggestion to solve the daughter’s dilemma ️

The perfect recipe for some sweet, petty revenge ️

Turnabout is fair play in this cake vs. dishes debate

NTA. Engaging revenge plan for a cake dilemma ️

Are you the Little Red Hen? Absolutely NTA

Sweet deal: Cake for dishes! Daughter wins, NTA

Oral contract broken: NTA, but expect backlash from parents.

NTA, your mother’s lack of support is disappointing

Stand up for yourself and set boundaries with some cake

Helping with cake: common sense and courtesy
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Don’t bake the cake if he won’t do the dishes!

Heartfelt comment about Steven Universe brings tears of joy

Stepfather’s behavior condemned, mother enabling – NTA

NTA. Fair deal, he didn’t hold up his end.

Hold him accountable and take care of yourself too.

Make him clean up first!

Stand your ground! Demand fairness and accountability from him.

Who pays the bills? A messy situation with frozen food

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NTA. Dad broke his promise and acted like an a**hole

NTA. Standing up to disrespectful behavior is always justified!

Bake your own cake and take a stand! ️

Who bought the groceries? A sauce showdown between Mum and Dad!

Don’t bake him a cake, he doesn’t deserve it!

NTA, but be careful who you side with
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NTA. Cake revenge is sweet

Father’s ‘apartment’ in marital home: Divorce, money, and living arrangements
