A woman has taken to Reddit after her—now ex—boyfriend messed up her birthday breakfast, and most platform users said she was right for breaking up with him.
In a post shared on Monday, which has so far received over 14,500 upvotes and almost 4600 comments, the woman, who goes by the username u/grumpylemoncurd, explained that her ex was unable able to cook anything—from a simple round of toast to a boiled egg, or even heating leftovers.
According to her post, cooking is not the only skill he’s lacking. She was always picking up his dirty clothes and wet towels from the floor, and doing all kinds of home chores as he has no idea how to help.
She further explained that being a mother of two who works over 60 hours a week, she just wanted a relaxed day in bed her birthday with breakfast in bed, but he managed to ruin her day when after two hours of trying and messing up the entire kitchen, he ended up telling his wife he was tired from trying and needed to have a lie down.
“All he had to do was poach a f*****g egg, the rest of it was grilled. Step by step instructions with photos. Even the sauce was premade. Again, it’s he who insisted he’d do it. I hardly think it’s demanding of me?!” the angry post read.
According to data from Comfyliving published in January, about 36 percent of Americans cook at home on a daily basis. As a result of the pandemic, Americans are cooking 54 percent more and baking 46 percent more than they were before lockdown.
Most users agreed with the mother of two, saying she was right for leaving a man who can’t help with anything. One user, LiveOnFive, commented: “Now let’s talk about that best friend and why she thinks you should keep wasting time with a manbaby.”
And Youcancallmesizzles said: “Girl you really got out of a bad situation. Those types of guys tend to become psychologically abusive and wear you down. AND they tend to cheat… Congratulations on your smart decision and Happy belated birthday :). Enjoy your new year of freedom…