Let's get real: Over the past few months staying home has caused most of us to pack on a few pounds of fluff. Although it's truly not a big deal, some of us may be ready to work some of it off.
A wife shared on Reddit recently that her husband gently suggested she (and he) should work on losing weight, so she decided to be proactive about it. When her husband found out what she was doing to shed a few pounds, however, he became irate.
The wife confessed she put on a good amount of weight due to stress-eating and becoming less active, as had her husband.
"Since I'm the one who does most of the cooking and grocery shopping, I started making some healthy swaps in our meals," she wrote in her post.
"It's the stuff you'd expect — instead of just rice to go with a stir fry, I'd do half rice/half cauliflower rice. Instead of just potatoes for mashed potatoes, I'd swap half for caulfilower, and then tinker with the dairy involved as well. Greek yogurt for anything it can be swapped for, etc etc."
She figured this was perfectly acceptable especially because he wasn't complaining, liked the meals, and she noticed the scale going down.
"The other day, he came in while I was making fried rice to go with a stir fry, and he saw me grating the cauliflower," she wrote.
"He asked what it was for, and I told him I used it to swap out some of the rice. HE ACTED LIKE I WAS POISONING HIM! He got SO UPSET when I talked more about the things I swap out. He acted like it was this epic betrayal of unparalleled proportions."
So she came up with what she thought was a reasonable compromise.
"I told him that if it bothers him that much, I'll set aside a portion for him before I make any swaps," she added. "This wasn't enough for him, because 'What if there's leftovers?' and 'You shouldn't be doing this to begin with!'"
Completely frustrated, she says she snapped.
"In the end, I told him that I'm going to just continue doing what I'm doing, and if he has such a problem with it, he can start making his own meals, and said, bluntly 'You're acting like a [expletive] child."
Now he is sulking around the house, crying about how hungry he is, and she's beyond furious. Nevertheless, she still wants to know: Is she being totally off the wall?
Redditors were beyond appalled at her husband's reaction.
"So … he’s the one who initially pushed for you both to lose weight/get healthier, he liked the substitute ingredients just fine when he didn’t know they were there, yet he’s upset now that he knows there’s hidden vegetables," asked one reader. "You’re right, he’s acting exactly like a small child."
A few reminded her of the adage we all heard our mothers say growing up: "I'm not a short-order cook!"
"The fact that he didn’t even know you were substituting foods shows how much he contributes to your meal prep," pointed out another reader. "Good on you for not giving in to his tantrum. He’s a grown up (at least in age). He is perfectly capable of making himself food, or even driving his own self to get takeout. I am honestly so irritated on your behalf."
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