Dad Gets Bashed Online For Refusing To Serve Wife’s Undercooked Chicken To Kids
It’s no big secret that marriage can be pretty beneficial to one’s well-being, life satisfaction, and stress management – however, let’s face it, every partnership comes with its own set of difficulties.
Money problems, communication, household division of labor, parenting differences, different values and beliefs, lack of trust and boundaries, anger, and simple life stress – whatever it is, bickering is unavoidable.
Now, don’t get me wrong, an occasional disagreement can be a healthy thing as it helps you to relate to other people and even learn something new, but when you start to find yourself in a situation where your clash turns into a blatant fight that doesn’t even relate to the theme you’ve set in the first place – perhaps it’s time to ring the bell.
There’re a million and one explanations that could help you to get to the root of the problem, yet most of the time, the solution simply yearns for some listening.
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An American writer once said: “The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it”
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“AITA for not letting our kids eat my wife’s cooking?” – this web user took to one of Reddit’s most judgmental communities, asking its members whether he’s indeed a jerk for refusing to serve his children an undercooked chicken that his wife prepared prior for dinner. The post managed to garner over 19K upvotes as well as 5.3K comments containing some thought-provoking remarks.
Guy causes family strife by protecting the kids’ health and forbidding them from eating his wife’s undercooked dinner
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The father of two began his post with a brief introduction and revealed that he works as a manager at a care home, while his wife owns a bakery with her mother. The woman cooks most of the time because she’s better at the task than the author of the post – however, he still contributes at times. It was then added that she’s also the one who usually takes care of the house, kids, and any other chores.
Recently, when the post’s creator returned home from his shift, he was glad to find that dinner was already prepared, so he plated it up and began cutting it up for his little ones. The man then noticed that the chicken looked a tad pink; he informed his wife and while she did agree that it was a tiny bit undercooked, he was told that it was all fine.
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The man insisted that he wouldn’t be letting his children eat it if it was pink – however, was quickly told to stop acting like a baby. He claimed that they could get food poisoning that could lead to serious complications, which is when the wife finally gave in and told him to “cook their dinner”.
The author of the post later made a bunch of cheese and ham toasties for the whole family, yet the wife refused to eat it. She then said that she won’t be talking to him if he thinks that her cooking is horrible. He offered some extra insight and said that he didn’t think that her chef abilities are horrible, he simply didn’t want his kids to get sick.
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Judging by the character of the situation, it’s safe to assume that both parties could be severely overworked and it was simply a matter of something being said at the wrong time. The safety of your offspring should be your #1 priority – however, it wouldn’t hurt to present the concern in a way that’ll keep everyone tranquil. That said, in reality, only the couple knows why this harmless issue turned into such a big stir, but what are your thoughts on this matter?
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I have pulled chicken out of the oven and found it pink in the middle. I just check it with my meat thermometer. If it’s 165 F, I serve it. If it’s less, I either put it back into the oven or slice it and sauté in a pan until it’s a safe temperature. I wouldn’t just call the meal a loss and throw out the entire chicken.
Grilling slices in the pan is my favorite way to make sure meat is cooked. But my mom used to serve dangerously undercooked food so I'm probably over cautious.
Load More Replies...Or split them evenly like it should be. She's his wife, not his mother
Load More Replies...She cooks all the time because she's better at it... but he knows better when the meat is safe to eat?
Exactly! Apparently she's also better at cleaning and raising the kids , too. So what's he good for , besides whining? In our house, I work the outside job, my wife's job is stay at home mom. I do most of the cooking because I like cooking, she handles all of the laundry and the vast majority of the cleaning. I don't tell her how to do her job and she doesn't tell me how to do mine, but frequently one of us will ask the other if there's anything we can do to help. It's called being a team. Sounds like OP needs to read up on that.
Load More Replies...Yta for everything you said. You Need to step it up in your household. Info:what the heck is a ham and cheese toasty?
Why risk it especially for you're kids, but also why not just cook it longer?
If I get a wife, I'm splitting chores 50/50. If she's better at cooking, then I'll clean up the dishes afterwards. If she does laundry, then I'll take out the trash. If she vacuums, then I'll sweep/mop. Like... I'm so sick of people who just depend on one spouse to do everything. The whole point of being in a relationship is to do things TOGETHER!
He's petty AF. He'd be making all meals from here on out since he wanted to complain about something so stupid. People who do the least try you the most!
Yup, this guy is TA, because of the way he handled the situation. Pink chicken meat can be ok, but sometimes it isn't. Better ways to find out are using the thermometer, checking the texture, checking the juices (clear juice ok, pink juice not ok). Raw chicken is disgusting and can cause food poisoning or even GBS , caused by campylobacter bacteria. I would never serve chicken if I wasn't sure of it. But geez, guy, just stick it back in the oven.
I completely understand not wanting to eat pink chicken, but there were 2 people who could have done something about it and handled it better. I really don't think this was about chicken. If I cooked chicken that was pink and my husband let me know we couldn't serve it to our kids it would be a simple fix and probably a joke later on. So yeah not about the chicken.
I concur.. She may as well file for divorce at this point and be a single mother at how much she does... And obviously how much OP literally admitted he doesn't do.. Yikes.
Load More Replies...Why did he need to make an entirely new meal? Just heat up the chicken to microwave or oven or stir fry on stove for few seconds will do the job. And why did he need to raise up who work what who did the chores etc? And now that he mentioned it, what did he do in the house except for a bit of cooking?
I have pulled chicken out of the oven and found it pink in the middle. I just check it with my meat thermometer. If it’s 165 F, I serve it. If it’s less, I either put it back into the oven or slice it and sauté in a pan until it’s a safe temperature. I wouldn’t just call the meal a loss and throw out the entire chicken.
Grilling slices in the pan is my favorite way to make sure meat is cooked. But my mom used to serve dangerously undercooked food so I'm probably over cautious.
Load More Replies...Or split them evenly like it should be. She's his wife, not his mother
Load More Replies...She cooks all the time because she's better at it... but he knows better when the meat is safe to eat?
Exactly! Apparently she's also better at cleaning and raising the kids , too. So what's he good for , besides whining? In our house, I work the outside job, my wife's job is stay at home mom. I do most of the cooking because I like cooking, she handles all of the laundry and the vast majority of the cleaning. I don't tell her how to do her job and she doesn't tell me how to do mine, but frequently one of us will ask the other if there's anything we can do to help. It's called being a team. Sounds like OP needs to read up on that.
Load More Replies...Yta for everything you said. You Need to step it up in your household. Info:what the heck is a ham and cheese toasty?
Why risk it especially for you're kids, but also why not just cook it longer?
If I get a wife, I'm splitting chores 50/50. If she's better at cooking, then I'll clean up the dishes afterwards. If she does laundry, then I'll take out the trash. If she vacuums, then I'll sweep/mop. Like... I'm so sick of people who just depend on one spouse to do everything. The whole point of being in a relationship is to do things TOGETHER!
He's petty AF. He'd be making all meals from here on out since he wanted to complain about something so stupid. People who do the least try you the most!
Yup, this guy is TA, because of the way he handled the situation. Pink chicken meat can be ok, but sometimes it isn't. Better ways to find out are using the thermometer, checking the texture, checking the juices (clear juice ok, pink juice not ok). Raw chicken is disgusting and can cause food poisoning or even GBS , caused by campylobacter bacteria. I would never serve chicken if I wasn't sure of it. But geez, guy, just stick it back in the oven.
I completely understand not wanting to eat pink chicken, but there were 2 people who could have done something about it and handled it better. I really don't think this was about chicken. If I cooked chicken that was pink and my husband let me know we couldn't serve it to our kids it would be a simple fix and probably a joke later on. So yeah not about the chicken.
I concur.. She may as well file for divorce at this point and be a single mother at how much she does... And obviously how much OP literally admitted he doesn't do.. Yikes.
Load More Replies...Why did he need to make an entirely new meal? Just heat up the chicken to microwave or oven or stir fry on stove for few seconds will do the job. And why did he need to raise up who work what who did the chores etc? And now that he mentioned it, what did he do in the house except for a bit of cooking?

























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