After Two Years Of “It’s Fine,” This Husband Admitted He Didn’t Love His Wife’s Cooking—Now Dinner Is Awkward

Two years of polite nods and forced compliments finally caught up with one husband, and dinner at home got awkward fast.

He says his wife puts real effort into cooking, but the meals have been consistently overcooked, under-seasoned, and hard to enjoy. He kept quiet for a long time, thanked her anyway, and only occasionally floated takeout before backing off when she seemed hurt.

Then one dry chicken dinner turned into a blunt confession, and now she has stopped cooking altogether. Read on.

The OP's wife's reaction was immediate and icy.

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I have been married to my wife for 2 years. She tries really hard and she’s good. The problem is her cooking isn’t just good. It's always overcooked or under seasoned. Meat is dry. Vegetables are mush.I have quietly eaten it this way since. i had no problem at first, no dreams for better quality. although Sometimes I suggest takeout She just kinda gets upset and feels like i don't appreciate her effort. So I eat it and say thank you. I work like crazy and i'm barely home to help.Last week she made a new recipe. chicken with some sauce. The chicken was so dry I could barely chew it and the sauce was bland. I ate what I could then she asked how it was and I said it was fine like always. this time she wasn’t satisfied at all. She said she spends hours cooking and I never really compliment her. she said that in tears. She said she feels like I hate her food. I didn't know what to say so I told her the truth.I said the chicken was dry and the sauce needed salt. I said I love her but cooking isn't her strongest skill. She got quiet and went to bed early. The next day she didn't make dinner. She ordered pizza and she barely talked to me. it's been a week and she hasn't cooked once. She buys takeout or makes sandwiches. She told her sister what I said and her sister called me to talk about her disappointment...[truncated]

That one honest answer changed the whole mood at home.

Let's see how the Reddit community reacted.

Independent_Prior612

You should have been honest from the start.

Sillydevil

This commenter thinks the silence did more damage than the truth.

Perhaps you should do the cooking.

CranberryBauce

YTA.

Individual_Ad_9213

You've been lying to her for years.

ashmaht

Several people were not impressed with the two-year delay.

This is also like the exhausted wife refusing her husband’s favorite dish for his family dinner.

You waited too long to tell her.

eyrefan

Cooking isn't genetically coded.

AnalysisOne6770

Hearing those words would have really hurt her.

mphs95

That was the part a lot of readers kept coming back to.

It's good that you finally told her.

Pylette

Learn to cook together.

mike-foley

So, cook for yourself and stop complaining.

Bright_Ad_3690

NAH.

AccomplishedGrass567

Perhaps don't lie to your wife for two years again.

No-Strawberry-5804

Sometimes honesty comes with a side of unintended consequences. Now, the OP is left wondering if speaking up improved things, or just made dinner a whole lot more complicated.

For another tense dinner moment, read about a spouse calling their parents mid-cook because the cooking got stressful.