Guy Eats Before Dinner Because His Wife Constantly Underfeeds Him And Can’t Take Any Criticism

Hey, it sounds like the guy who wrote this article on Reddit has a BIG appetite.

So can you blame him for what he’s been doing to his wife?

Well, she doesn’t seem too thrilled about it, but you have to get the whole story before you can make a decision.

He explained that just hasn’t been getting enough food at home…

“My wife and I are both 32.

Since we got married and moved in together five months ago, my wife has simply not made nearly enough food for me.

He felt he needed more grub.

This is not a kind of situation where I’m constantly agitated at her for incompetence or anything like that. I would be more than happy to microwave a burrito. I would be more than happy to whip up a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

But his wife is doing it her way.

But I can’t. My wife has, every single night of our marriage, done the same thing: she’ll make me a tiny dinner. I’m talking like a Chinese chicken salad with 30 grams of chicken and ten leaves of lettuce arranged fashionably with dressing. When I finish eating, I’m still hungry because for a 230 pound man who works a physical labor job, it’s not enough food.

At first, I tried to openly communicate with her, but she always took it horribly. She would adopt a thousand-yard stare, and then begin talking about how incompetent she is and how she can’t even make her husband a proper dinner.

And she wasn’t getting the message.

I’d try to calm her down with “Oh honey that’s not the case! I just eat too much” or “Don’t worry about it. I can make a bit more.”

I’d try to be overwhelmingly positive. It never helped.

She would always just get incredibly disappointed in herself, cry, and/or take it out on me.

Then she would make the same exact amount the following day.

After the communication route failed, I tried to eat her dinners as is. It became hard to sleep at night due to hunger and I lost seven pounds in the first month.

He decided to eat more on the sly.

Eventually I figured out my own system. On my way home from work, I started swinging by a fast food restaurant and getting myself a burger. I would basically pregame her meals with some more calories.

I figured it was win-win, as what she doesn’t know can’t hurt her, and I could have my fill of food. I would eat on my way home, walk in the door, pick at the salad or quinoa or homemade Mac and Cheese she made, compliment her for her delicious cooking, and later dispose of the wrappers discretely.

Two days ago I was on my way home and in line at a drive-through. My MIL was coming out of the restaurant. She ran over and greeted me.

Now he’s in hot water.

I asked her in a humorous way not to tell her daughter where she saw me because she’d take it badly, and she agreed, but then she told on me anyway. I got home to a furious wife who demanded details.

When I provided the truth she got extremely angry and looked legitimately hurt.

I’m not good at handling confrontation and feel like I betrayed my wife in some way.

Was I wrong here?”

Here’s what people had to say.

One person said he’s NTA and they’re concerned by his wife’s behavior.

Another individual nailed it.

This reader said they need marriage counseling.

Another person said she’s going to give him an eating disorder.

And one Reddit user said he needs to stop reassuring his wife because it’s clear he’s not getting enough food.

I guess you gotta do what you gotta do…

Sounds like he has quite an appetite!