Another day, another incredibly questionable relationship being exposed on Reddit. It seems like there is a never-ending plethora of men and women doing things that are so inconsiderate and rude it blows my mind how they ever got partners in the first place.
This latest story is no exception, and if you’re anything like me it will tick you right off!
One young woman recently took to Reddit to ask if she was wrong for not preparing her boyfriend’s dinner recently.
Of course, you immediately have questions as to why this man is expecting wife treatment from a woman who he hasn’t proposed to yet, but I digress.
The 28-year-old woman began by explaining that she had been dating her 32-year-old man for a few months now and recently spent the night at his place.
The following day he invited her to hang out at his place while he went to work because she had the day off. He told her that he’d return back around 6 o’clock for dinner.
The woman explained that she had a relaxed day and hung out with his dog while waiting for him to come home. However, her boyfriend was not happy to see that she didn’t have a hot meal on the table for him when he got back.
I know, right? 1950 called and they want their gender roles back.
“At 6pm he comes home, says hello, and asks what I cooked for dinner,” she wrote.
“I thought he was joking around and joked back that I’d been slaving over a hot stove all day. He got excited and asked if I’d gone to the market or if I was able to use ingredients that he had in the kitchen.”
As you can imagine, this didn’t go over well.
“I then asked him if he had seriously expected me to have dinner on the table when he got home. He said yes. He said that was why he made a point of telling me exactly when he’d be home for dinner.”
She was quick to explain that she wasn’t his housewife, to which he replied that he’s well aware of that fact, but was surprised that she didn’t just take the initiative to make dinner.
“We got into a little argument about this. He tried to shrug it all off as a misunderstanding and offered to order delivery. I was kind of annoyed and decided to leave instead of eating together,” she explained.
The next day she told her friends about the “misunderstanding” and they all believe he’s sexist, but she’s still undecided considering how genuinely surprised he was.
The kind people of Reddit assured her she wasn’t in the wrong here.
“He should’ve communicated his expectations not made an assumption. I don’t think he’s being misogynistic necessarily, at least, there isn’t enough information to fully assess,” wrote one user.
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“The fact he expected you to have dinner on the table after he has a day at work is an outdated assumption and, yes, misogynistic. If he truly wanted food on the table at 6pm then he should have explicitly said so, not just expected you to do it,” said another.
I think it’s clear that this was a big misunderstanding and one that these two will surely not make again!
