His Girlfriend Wouldn’t Stop Complaining During Mealtime, So He Started Eating In The Basement And Locking Her Out In Order To Enjoy His Food In Peace
This 39-year-old guy and his girlfriend, who is 41, have been living together for just over a year. Throughout this time, he’s become accustomed to one of his girlfriend’s arguably annoying habits.
More specifically, she uses complaining about other people in her life – such as her coworkers and her mother – as a way to “de-stress.”
“But much of this complaining is about me and how I’m not meeting her expectations in one way or another,” he explained.
He was typically fine with hearing her complaints, too, and he usually showed his girlfriend that he was really listening to her. Yet, just a couple of months ago, she seriously increased the frequency of her whining, and he started to have a problem with it – particularly when he was eating.
Meals are the one time he doesn’t want to listen to any negativity and instead just savor his food.
Enjoying his breakfast was never an issue, as his girlfriend was often asleep while he ate. Lunch wasn’t a concern, either, since he worked six days a week and went out to get food.
Dinner, on the other hand, became a main pain point in their relationship, as his girlfriend wouldn’t stop complaining whenever he sat down to eat after a long day.
“I would really love nothing more than to just have a quiet dinner,” he admitted.
“It’s especially irritating because she gets upset when I don’t answer her fast enough, even when I’m chewing. She’ll start saying, ‘Hello? Hello? Hello? Are you even listening?’ as I try to swallow the food quickly and answer her.”
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He tried voicing his frustration about this a few months ago, and he told his girlfriend that he just didn’t do well when trying to talk during meals.
In fact, he stated that discussions have the opposite effect on him when he’s eating.
Well, after that, his girlfriend didn’t change her behavior at all. Rather, he is now convinced that she’s actually timing her complaints to coincide with precisely when he starts eating dinner.
“While I’m making my dinner, she’ll be quiet, and when I sit down, waiting for it to cool, she’ll be quiet. But once the fork reaches my mouth, she’ll immediately start complaining,” he revealed.
And before his dinner last Saturday, he simply couldn’t take it anymore. He hit his breaking point and ultimately told his girlfriend that if she kept whining, he would begin eating meals somewhere else.
Despite that, as soon as he sat down to take his first bite of food, she jumped in with more complaints.
“Oh, by the way, today you kicked one of my shoes when you were putting yours on. It made me feel like you only care about your own things and not mine,” she said.
So, he followed through on his threat. He actually stood up, took his dinner, and walked down the basement.
Next, he locked the door behind him and finished eating down there alone.
Since then, he has continued enjoying his meals in the basement every single day. Sometimes, his girlfriend will bang on the door. Other times, she demands that he give her the key.
“Today, she was literally crying and begging me to eat dinner at the table, but I said no,” he detailed.
Now, his girlfriend has even been threatening to take the basement door off its hinges while he’s away at work.
He only wanted to have some peace during mealtime. However, his girlfriend’s intense reaction has left him wondering whether locking her out while he ate was really the wrong way to handle this situation.
Does it sound like their relationship is toxic? Should he have to hide behind a locked door to eat his food away from negativity?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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