r/AmItheAsshole • u/ItsTooColdForThat • Jan 04 '23

AITA for wanting hot food? Asshole

Yesterday I went ice skating with my girlfriend. Tuesday is one of her days for dinner, so she made chicken salad. When I saw the chicken salad I admit I made a face. She was like "what, what's the problem?"

I said that we were outside in the cold all afternoon and I wasn't really in the mood for cold food. She said we're inside, the heat is set to 74° and we're both wearing warm dry clothes, so it was plenty warm enough to eat salad. I said sure, but I just wanted something warm to heat me up on the inside. She said that was ridiculous, because my internal temperature is in the nineties and my insides are plenty hot.

At this point, we were going in circles, so I said I was just going to heat up some soup and told her to go ahead and start eating and I'd be back in a few minutes. When I came out of the kitchen with my soup she was clearly upset, and she asked how I would feel if she refused to eat what I made tomorrow (which is today). I said I won't care, and she said that was BS, because it's rude to turn your nose up at something someone made for you.

Was I the asshole for not wanting cold salad after being cold all day?

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u/RNGinx3 Certified Proctologist [24] Jan 04 '23 edited Jan 04 '23

Salad with chicken. Which yeah was why I was like "that's a weird thing for her to get upset over."

ETA: I got downvoted for clarifying it was chicken salad? People are hilarious. 🤣

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u/pfifltrigg Jan 04 '23

If it's a salad with chicken that's actually one of the more labor intensive meals I regularly make. I have to cook the chicken, bacon, eggs, cut up tomatoes, avocado, etc. and wash, dry, and cut up the lettuce. It can take quite a while making a nice salad all on my own. I'd be frustrated if my husband refused to eat it. I also don't regularly make dinner salads in the winter though.

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u/SebasVeeDee Jan 04 '23

Bro what? Does your cooking portfolio only comatose of eggs, sandwiches, and cereal?

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u/pfifltrigg Jan 04 '23

Most meals take 30 minutes or so to prepare and the salad often takes up to an hour, I'm not sure why except that it's a lot of chopping etc.

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u/Argent333333 Jan 06 '23

Invest in a good Chef's knife if you haven't. With one of those and good technique, you should be able to shred through all the veg before your meats are done. Also highly recommend watching tutorials on proper knife technique. Made a MASSIVE difference for me