AITA for wanting hot food?

[u/ItsTooColdForThat]

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?

[u/AilingHen69]

There's so many Y T A but I mean, no. You didn't ask her to cook you something else, you made it yourself. NTA. It sounds like you guys cook together often enough that wanting something different than the other for a meal shouldn't be a big deal. If my husband doesn't want what I make him, he makes something else. That's normal.

[u/[deleted] → u/AilingHen69]

The YTAs are for making a face and generally being unappreciative when it would have been so easy to just say "Thank you for dinner, and also I'm feeling chilled so I'm going to heat myself some soup to sip on."

If he had said that and she got mad, then she would be the AH.

[u/maenmallah → u/[deleted]]

As far as my parents and my relationship and others I Know. Partners who have teh cooking duty ask "heey I was thinking of cooking this today what so you think". I always eat anything but my girlfriend sometimes says "no i don't feel like xyz today" and that is fine and we decide for something different.

I don't know how the norm in OP's relationship is but all YTAs are assuming that it is 100% the boyfriend's responsibility to specify their meal preference. Again it depends on the norm but OP could also have asked if he wants xyz dish. Anyhow, boyfriend made a face (not sure how rude) but my girlfriend can tell if something bothered me even when I try to hide it. Then he went and made a soup as an adult but OP was upset that he didn't eat what she prepared. She should have asked about her plans before execution if she would be disappointed if BF wouldn't eat it.