As much joy as it can bring , cooking for someone else can be pretty stressful . You have to take their dietary restrictions, personal preferences, and overall pickiness into account, which usually means a lot of prep work.
And for some people, that kind of work just isn’t worth it. Redditors were recently asked why they’ll never cook for certain people again , and I don’t blame them for these answers.
“I spent hours making a low sugar peach cobbler from scratch for my borderline dietetic dad on Christmas.” – coffeeteapop
“He has a huge sweet tooth, so he really took it hard when they told him to take it out of his diet. He ate one spoonful, told me he didn’t like the cinnamon, then threw it in the trash in front of everyone there.”
For someone with a sweet tooth, that sure was a bitter move.
“My parents were coming back from a long trip, and I know that’s hard for them.” – purpledaze1970
“I made turkey tetrazzini after roasting a turkey breast, and made one for them too, and left it in their fridge as a nice meal when they got back. Mom told me a week later she tried it but she doesn’t like ground turkey, so she threw it away.
“My dish had chopped roasted turkey. She lied like a rug and I will never cook one more thing for her.”
“I threw a Christmas party for my siblings and their families, told them all I was making chili.” – toxic_pantaloons
“Made 2 huge vats, every single one of them stopped and ate on the way. And then one of their wives asked me for one of the huge (untouched) pots to take home with her so she wouldn’t have to cook dinner for the kids. That was the last time.”
Imagine eating before going to a party… with food.
“Made red beans and rice by request for a dude I briefly dated.” – invisible_for_this
“He came into the kitchen and without tasting anything he added A CUP OF SUGAR to the whole pot of beans, then took the lid off the rice half way thru cooking and added sugar to that too, in one dump of the measuring cup without even distributing it evenly. BTW I’m diabetic. I’m also a personal cook.”
Unsurprising that OP used to date the dude.
“I once made a small batch of some sweet desert for my mom. I had gotten some frozen bread dough and flattened the center and stuffed it with apples, cinnamon and sugar.” – msjammies73
“I didn’t have a recipe (I was 14). For some reason they turned out really beautiful and were delicious. My mom refused to believe I made them. Not in the cute flattering way, but in a really accusatory way where she essentially called me a liar. Not sure I ever baked anything for her again.”
“Made a very nice coconut chicken soup with plenty of veggies for a date.” – Set9
“I was super proud of how it turned out. Watched him fish out all of the vegetables because he didn’t like them. Now I only date people who eat their veggies.”
Imagine being a grown adult who doesn’t like vegetables…
“I love to bake but don’t have anyone to bake for so I would bring in treats to work.” – azorianmilk
“Last time I made boozy cupcakes. Guinness cake, Jameson chocolate filling and Baileys frosting. It was expensive and time consuming. A girl at work passed them out to all her friends. Yeah, nope. Never again.”
“I made garlic mashed potatoes and steak for a friend and her mom.” – Ahoy_Koi
“This was my first time at her house and all her mom did was talk about herself and drink while I cooked. After I served them they both literally poured a small mountain of salt onto the mashed potatoes and when they finished the meal they never thanked me and continued getting drunk without offering me anything.”
“I made borscht for a friend who has money issues.” – coimas
“I put hardboiled eggs in it. He told me that ‘Ukrainians would never put eggs in borscht!’ I’m not Ukrainian, I made my borscht my way.
“Not making food for him again. I have never been so insulted in my life. He is barely making it through life but he still had the chutzpah to insult my cooking.”
“I became friends with a mom of 6 kids. One day she lamented that nobody invites her family over for dinner because she has so many kids.” – Excellent_Shopping03
“I love to cook so I invited them over for dinner as soon as I could. I think she was trying to be polite? She made the kids put everything on their plates even if they didn’t want it. 75% of the kids’ food went in the trash can. I am never inviting them over again!”
“My last job, I made baked goods a couple times, I was the new guy in the office. Usually one or two people would stop by and say thank you.” – dirtgrub28
“Then I made Claire Saffitz’ homemade pop tarts, which are a lot of work. Brought them in and not a single person even acknowledged I made them. They sure ate them though. Never made them anything else.”
“I made him pancakes from scratch. My grandfather’s recipe – a sentimental favorite that calls for separating eggs and beating the egg whites.” – bmcarson
“He asked why I didn’t just use a box mix. We kept dating for a few months but that was because I was young and trying too hard. These days that would be an immediate deal breaker.”
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“Husband and I invited a colleague for Christmas dinner since he has no family here.” – sobriquet0
“I made him a special dessert. He never showed though he lived in town. HE SLEPT THROUGH THE DINNER. He’s still our friend and has apologized but not cooking for him again.”
“My ex. I used to cook rather passionately for her.” – dafishinsea
“I mentioned that she seemed unappreciative, and she replied with, ‘well, it’s not like you’re cooking Michelin-level food.'”
I’m noticing a trend here. A lot of these stories are about exes.
“Nother husband story… when we were dating he told me he loved Mexican wedding cookies so I tested a couple of recipes and made them for him.” – ChickenFeetforYou
“A couple months later his cute coworker handed out bags of Mexican wedding cookies for Christmas. He told me hers were better. Never made them again.”
“Niece asked me to make Thanksgiving dinner for the family.” – yumyumgoodiegoodie
“I did. It was great. None of the family showed. I can’t remember what their excuse was. Will never cook for them again.”
Family can be the worst sometimes.
“Not I’ll never cook again, but I did have an incident one Thanksgiving.” – Square-Dragonfruit76
“I make my whipped cream with heavy cream, sugar, and bourbon. My uncle came over and told me that I should make it with powdered sugar and salt instead.”
“And my mom came over and told me that she and Grandma thought there was too much bourbon last time.”
“And my aunt came over and said that she didn’t want any alcohol at all (she’s not alcoholic), but then afterwards, my cousin asked if I could add more bourbon next time, and also said he didn’t like the powdered sugar as much as the regular. By this point, I was really pissed. The next year, I made two desserts, but refused all requests to make whipped cream.”
“Husband and I had just bought our home and asked our immediate families to come for thanksgiving. We spent close to $1,000 buying all the cookware and food.” – TurbulentArea69
“I spent probably a total of 12 hours prepping and cooking. I made a Turkey, ham, six sides, and a pie.
MIL refused to speak to me the entire three days she was in my home because I didn’t greet her ‘properly’ when she arrived.”
“She never said a nice thing about the meal while everyone else kindly raved about it.”
“She later told my husband that she was upset that I had more of my family there than hers. That’s purely because I have a larger immediate family.
“I won’t cook for her ever again.”
