Man infuriates girlfriend by not ‘catering’ to her dietary restrictions: ‘Mean and insensitive’
A man isn’t sure if he handled his girlfriend’s new dietary restrictions the right way.
He went on Reddit’s “Am I the A******? (AITA)” forum for help. His girlfriend recently learned she is lactose intolerant. They each cook for each other once a week. When it was his turn, he cooked her a meal with dairy in it. She called him a jerk and went home.
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“AITA (M25) for not ‘catering’ to my GF’s intolerance to lactose? (F22)” he wrote. “My GF recently developed a strong intolerance for lactose. Yogurt, and milk makes her stomach hurt really bad, and all other dairy, while tolerable, gives her extreme gas and a sick feeling in her throat.
Due to this, my GF has recently developed a dairy free diet. She refuses to eat any dairy, even the stuff that just gives her gas. I never complained about this, although it made it difficult for me to cook for her/go out to eat since she has so many limitations now. We live separately but visit each other twice a week (Wednesday I go to her house and Sunday she comes to mine). We usually cook for one another on those days.
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Lately her meals haven’t been as good due to all the dairy substitutes, which is fine. This is where I may be the asshole. Last night I made her a pasta dish with heavy cream. I told her to take one of her Lactaid pills beforehand and she said she didn’t want to deal with the gas afterwards, & demanded I get her something else. This slightly annoyed me because I had put in a lot of work for this dish.
I told her that while I was fine with eating her food on Wednesday, I don’t want to change my eating habits for her. A lot of Dairy free alternatives don’t taste as good (dairy free cheese is awful) & I don’t see a point in changing my groceries for one meal when she can just take a Lactaid pill. She called me a jerk, teared up and went home. I thought she would get over it but she has barely answered my texts.”
Redditors didn’t think the boyfriend was being considerate.
“Frankly you sound mean and insensitive,” a person responded.
“You do know that cheese is not compulsory for all food?” another commented.
“You made her a meal that would make her sick, and you’re upset about it?” someone added.
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