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OP’s meal prepped post

Before OP’s husband goes away on a business trip, he prepped days worth of meals for OP, along with instructions on how to cook/heat up the meal, and the day OP should eat it.

OP takes a picture of their open fridge, and posts it to /r/pics:

Hubby prepping me for his business trip

[Meal instructions seen in the image are transcribed as the following:]

Tacos (Monday)

Notes: Complete. No additional info or steps required

Lunch (Tuesday) Taco meat + rice

Cotolette Mash (Tue)

Notes: Complete. No additional info or steps required

Burgers (Wed)

Notes: Locate black box “smash burgers” in freezer. Cook according to instructions. Cook fries as usual.

Tortellini Soup (Thurs)

Notes: Cook pasta as per instructions. Heat broth and serve.

Bonus! A whole chicken

Meal preppers & food lovers react

The chicken won’t get eaten:

Based on the level of instruction required, I think that chicken is going to be there when he gets back. If you need a manual to boil water, you aren’t carving up a rotisserie chicken

OP: I thought I could just put my face into the container and move my jaws up and down?

At least I know how much salt to add

[to OP] I bet you give great BJ's

[to top comment] I never understood this, do people really not know how to boil water or is that just a meme?

OP’s ‘incompetence’ is tragic:

Tragic if you need this much instruction and can't fend for yourself/cook for a few days. Honestly shocking. If the roles were reversed this would not be cute, and it ain't cute now.

It's actually pretty thoughtful and cute in my eyes. There are many reasons that could explain the reason behind it and you're just being mean and ignorant. There are numerous disabilities, mental health issues etc out there that could justify it. Hell maybe the guy has no clue how to do laundry or homework with their kids because she does it everyday and it's just a way of splitting chores.

Yeah nah. OP hasn't mentioned anything to suggest there's a reason so I think my comment stands. You're entitled to your own thoughts on the matter but being too incompetent to cook for yourself to the point that your partner has to leave step by step instructions to cook a freaking burger is just sad.

Of course random internet stranger, you are entitled to be shown this person's medical history before you would even think of refraining from posting judgmental comments.

Go on OP, prove to this asshole that you really deserve to be loved.

Lmao whatever dude. Off of this post, all I can see is either a micromanaging partner or an incompetent girlfriend. Comments also show there are plenty of people out there who are simply useless at cooking and will rely on their partner to do it rather than bother to learn.

"I have no extra information but I'm willing and ready to jump to conclusions"

Cool well when you have extra info please do let me know dude.

User who relates to OP:

I don’t think she’s trying to be cute. Some people just don’t know how to cook. I can cook somethings, but actual meals? Nope I’m out. Caused a fire and bf banned me from the kitchen 🤣 I have adhd so when I cook I tend to forget that I’m even cooking and he doesn’t want burnt food or a burned down home.

But that's absolutely tragic for an adult? Being reliant on your partner to eat is honestly not something to find funny or quirky, it's just sad.

This. And what does the ADHD has to do with it? Millions have it and yet we are capable of cooking and wiping our own asses.

Wow I had no idea? I am forgetful, I will forget I’m cooking. I explained that, that’s what adhd has to do with it. My boyfriend is more attentive so it works better that he cooks. Definitely survived for years without him and I ate lol.

That's all good, but if you are forgetting that you are cooking, ig you have something more going on with you, other than just adhd. As that's kinda a huge thing to happen.

Could be, that’s why I don’t cook things that take too long. I’ll start doing something else and the cooking is completely out of my mind.

OP should learn how to cook:

This is actually incredibly sad. You lack basic skills to survive. You should really take classes and learn.

Or maybe she is a corporate employee who works 60hrs a week and has a partner who loves her

I don’t know how working 60 hours a week is any less sad…

Maybe she is the primary income for the household

He’s going away on a business trip. Stop making excuses for OP’s inability to learn important life skills, like prepping their own meals.

OP’s husband meal prepped too much:

He shoulda just left you lunchables and juice boxes. Anyone who says this is a normal adult relationship is weird.

Hopefully you can locate your binky without his help!

How do we know she isn’t recovering from surgery or has medical issues?

That she can’t locate the hamburger buns on her own? They have to be portioned out into a tray with the toppings?

Also with written instructions on how to cook said burgers. lmao

Idk - I’m not judging based on one picture. My husband left specific instructions for how to make our kids’ smoothies, as they hate the way I make them and one of my kids HAS to have one with special medicine and powders (med condition). So that would have looked similar to this.

If I went out of town - I would do the similar set up for my kids’ night time routines, for their clothes for each day. Etc etc.

The post is embarrassing:

I know this is mean, but I would have been embarrassed to post this. I have ADHD and a host of other mental illnesses, but I am an adult who can feed themselves for a week. Also he did it before his BUSINESS trip? I assume that means he has a full time job and still has to cook AND write child-level instructions for you on top of that? You're really lucky to have someone that loves you like that, I guess. Or enables you.

OP: But in your week do you eat as good as this?

Bro this is not good eating lmao

It's basic ass food... I'm not sure what you're floating about here?

[to OP] Yes? Tacos, burgers, soup, and a rotisserie chicken aren't even difficult meals to make/obtain. I don't eat a fresh homemade lasagna everyday or anything, but nothing in the OP pic is that fancy.

Singular takes

Don’t forget to pack the crayons too.

Looks like the wife is now the one who has “weaponized incompetence,” a nice twist

Honestly if it was just the meals being prepped I would agree with you. It's the little notes with instructions on it that indicate OP is incapable of feeding themselves or the husband is extra controlling and condescending.

I don’t get why so many people are being dicks about this. Have none of yall had a relationship with shared strengths and responsibilities? Is my wife helpless because she doesn’t put out fuel in her own car or me helpless because my wife packs my clothes when we go on vacation?

Nobody's talking about how the bottom drawer is full of candy.

The "hubby" is either married to a mentally disabled person, or a person who decided to stop learning around the age of 5. Because this is way too much effort to be putting in to make sure a fully functional grownup is okay for a week

Full thread with more hangry meal prep takes here

Reminder not to comment in OP’s thread!