I take meal prep pretty darn seriously. In my household, Sunday afternoons are sacred: containers out, oven on, podcast playing. It saves money and helps me eat better, but the biggest perk is knowing my meals are lined up, leaving me with one less thing to think about during a busy week.
Nothing shakes that peace of mind quite like a plan falling apart midweek. So you can imagine my vicarious frustration reading this 31-year-old woman’s story. She’s working full-time while studying for a professional certification in the evenings, which is no easy feat. To lighten her load in the kitchen, she and her husband agreed on a “leftovers arrangement” at dinnertime. In theory, it should have made life easier. But here’s how things actually played out.
A woman studying while working full-time thought she’d found a way to save time in the kitchen
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But despite agreeing to the plan, her husband seemed to have other ideas
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Some commenters suggested the husband start cooking his own meals, and the poster agreed it was “probably the best solution”
Others called the husband childish and selfish, and some even suspected sabotage
Ten days later, the poster shared an update
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“He sounds like an infant”: Commenters continued to criticize the husband
One commenter called the poster out for “coddling” him
