If something doesn't turn out right, how do your husbands respond???

Depends on his mood.... :rollseyes:

If he's had a bad day at work AND then I make something for dinner that he ends up not liking, he'll get even more grumpy and dump it in the trash.

If not, he'll choke it down and either give suggestions as how to "tweak" the recipe OR mention that maybe that one isn't a "keeper".... :P

Either way, I've learned to just let it go......I tell him it's fine if he doesn't like it and he's free to make himself something else to eat.

And make a mental note to NOT fix it again!! B)

Matt's always a trooper. If it's inedible, we'll both laugh about it and throw it away, if it's just mediocre, he'll eat it and still thank me for making dinner.

My DH has yet to complain in our 9 years of marriage :D
He's a firm believer of being thankful that we have food to eat and follows in his father's footsteps of always being thankful there is food in front of him.
Having said that, I've made a few "not so good" dishes before and I've commented about it and he always replies with "it's not that bad" or "at least we have something to eat". :booyah: :thumbsup: :yay: :belly:

My husband doesn't care. I guess it's because I'm such an amazing cook, that this rarely happens. :belly:

Once, I made a pizza on a brand new pizza stone. It was awful! I didn't read the directions so the whole thing stuck to the stone. We literally had to soak the stone, one half at a time, to soak the pizza off! That time my husband laughed. He teased me about that one for a while.

:smack:

I'm shocked! :o Was that directed at me?! :tease:


Does Ty seriously throw his dinner in the garbage if he doens't like it? Do you :box: him when he does?

He's been known to do it, altho he hasn't done it recently! I don't let it bother me any more, tho. I figure, he's a big boy, if he doesn't want to eat what I make then he can have a cold bowl of cereal or something....

And that :smack: was directed at ALL you ladies whose hubbies always eat what you give them.... :cheeky:

If he don't like it, he knows where the kitchen is. But he knows that it drives me absolute BONKERS when he tells me what HE thinks I should've done instead of what I did. Tough. That's how it is. Eat it.

Well...At least I am not alone in having a husband who has thrown my time and effort in the trash when it wasn't up to his standard...He hasn't done it in a while...

I ask becaus this morning my scones turned out wierd tasting...I'd made that recipe before but this time it turned out horrid...Anyway, my oh-so-loving-husband did his usual thing--He asked me what I did wrong, looked at the recipe, griled me about whether or not I got all the measurements and ingredients right....

It doesn't havppen often, but if I do mess something up he always goes after me for screwing up the recipe.... :nono:

Still don't know what happened to this batch of scones...

My husband tells me, food is sustinence. Having it taste good, just just a bonus. He teases me for wanting a colorful plate - protein, starch, veggie. He's just not the kind of guy who would criticize me for something that didn't turn out well. He's too laid back for that.

Did you get up at 5 to make these?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

If you're being interrogated at 5 a.m. over a bad batch of scones...

I did happen to make these in the morning before 5 AM, but I would have been awake anyway..

I hate that your DH does this to you...And I feel bad saying it because I know I've said it before. But I just feel like you're so overwhelmed and that not getting support where you need it most just...sucks. I wish I could give you a big squeeze :hug: Then the Jersey girl in me takes over and I'm thinking of having a sit down with your DH and a batch of scones. :box:

:hug: Thanks... I don't think he even realises that it is a mean thing to do or say..

I kinda feel like I am just airing dirty laundry here....

No String, I don't think that. Sometimes I think you're just trying to figure out if you're losing your mind! And I can totally relate. It's like checking to see, is this normal? Is it ok that I feel like this? Does anyone else feel like this?

And this is a safe place to do that.

:agree:

I feel bad saying all these things because it paints a negative picture of my husband whichj in turn will cause people to judge him on my perspective alone...I am not sure that is a good thing...


I do get frustrated with him a lot and sometimes wish I could go back in time 7 years and undo it all....

How can two poeple, who are at odds with each other and who disagree and argue, be happy in a marriage and teach their children how to behave in a mariage??? I don't see any good things being modeled...(Of course I am rather pesimistic and fatalistic :doh: )