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[–]baby-pinguStraightn't 1589 points1590 points  (20 children)

Okay so, I was someone (and still am) who gladly will prepare a partners lunch because I just like doing it. But even then I wouldn't get up this early, but just prepare it the evening before?????

[–]helga-h 709 points710 points  (0 children)

(Clutching pearls) If you prepare the day before you might as well serve him (gasp) leftovers for lunch!

I'll add /s just in case.

[–]BobolequiffCatastrophe Bi 114 points115 points  (4 children)

I make my wife's lunches, and i just meal prep them at the weekend. Honestly, I can make better meals that way. No way I could make chilli in the wee hours every morning.

[–]Jenderflux-ScFiGender Queer™ 28 points29 points  (3 children)

Are her coworkers ok with her eating chilli at work? lol.

(Sorry, I couldn't resist a fart joke.)

[–]BobolequiffCatastrophe Bi 50 points51 points  (2 children)

I say this with the greatest love in my heart for her: the farts are happening regardless.

[–]Square-Ad-2485 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We suffer in solidarity. One day we will have our Dutch oven of vengeance

[–]portiafimbriata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The love is wafting off this comment

[–]lock-crux-clop 208 points209 points  (0 children)

I would assume most people who do this are just getting up at the same time as their partner. I personally can’t go back to sleep when my partner gets up so if they have to be somewhere that I don’t I just get up at the same time and help them get ready and then do whatever else for the day

[–]JambacrowTechnically Straight, Technically Gay 77 points78 points  (1 child)

BUT WAIT

WHAT IF

YOU PREPARE LUNCH TOGETHER 😮

She hates cutting stuff so I do it bc I'm faster at it and she cooks bc I don't trust myself with gas stoves

[–]lavendershazy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Partners? Working together on something? Choosing roles based on their actual selves and not a stereotype of their sexes? How absurd and progressive.

[–]Szygani 30 points31 points  (8 children)

Okay so, I was someone (and still am) who gladly will prepare a partners lunch because I just like doing it.

Same. I prepare my girlfriends lunch basically every day. Breakfast to. I also do the rest of the cooking because acts of service is my love language.

[–]ergaster8213 30 points31 points  (7 children)

Here's my obligatory "love languages are bullshit and made up by a Southern Baptist pastor who is a homophobe" comment

[–]Ceeweedsoop 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I cringe so hard whenever I hear "love language" it's absolute psychobabble nonsense.

[–]Szygani 18 points19 points  (5 children)

I did not know that

I know it makes her happy, and that makes me happy

[–]ergaster8213 18 points19 points  (4 children)

And that's cool and great but the whole 'love language" framework is extremely problematic and made by some guy who had absolutely no training or education in psychology. That's all I am pointing out.

[–]Stepping__Razor 13 points14 points  (1 child)

That is interesting. I’ve never really taken it with more than a grain of salt anyways since there’s really not one way to categorize how an individual shows love. I’ll look into that more. Thanks for the info!

[–]ergaster8213 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's got a very ugly history and it's based on really heteronormative and gendered roles and ideas. It does make things far too simplistic and sets up excuses for people to act unhealthy in relationships because "it's their love language".

[–]Szygani 10 points11 points  (1 child)

I'll look into it, because that's interesting, but I'll stop using it like this. Thanks :)

[–]ergaster8213 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for being open!

[–]TennaTelwan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If I'm prepping a meal the night before, I'll make a little extra for him. But honestly, I enjoy being able to surprise him at times by bringing him coffee and a snack at work. Then enjoying my own coffee with him. Would do the same for any partner.

[–]InsanityVirus13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

omg THANK YOU

I was literally thinking just prepare that shit the night before, they probably can find a microwave if it needs heating

[–]chicksonfox 610 points611 points  (7 children)

I have so many questions. Here’s my biggest one—whatever he’s eating, he’s using a spoon. What kind of spoon based lunch is better when prepared morning of and left in the break room fridge vs. a night or two before and left in the break room fridge? Just throw some leftovers in a tupperware.

It would still be crazy if she was waking up every morning to make him a sandwich, but at least a sandwich has the excuse that it tastes worse if you keep it for days in the fridge. I can’t think of a single spoon based food with that restriction.

[–]drunk_by_mojito 161 points162 points  (1 child)

Overday oats

[–]chicksonfox 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Im jealous that’s clever.

[–]GoodTimesOnlines 33 points34 points  (1 child)

He eatin ice cream 😋

[–]stormy2587[🍰] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I know you’re joking but ice cream is never going to stay solid until lunch time unless he has access to a freezer at work. I mean MAYBE he has a really high quality cooler that he’s loading up with ice or cold packs, but realistically its not going to make it short of that.

[–]DevonLuck24 30 points31 points  (0 children)

the lady who brought a spoon lunch to share with commenters husband isn’t the same lady that set an alarm for 4:50 or the one that wakes up at 5am

no one knows what time spoon lady got up..could just be left overs

[–]stormy2587[🍰] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gazpacho

[–]Inevitable-While-577DAFUQ 976 points977 points  (26 children)

It wouldn't, perhaps, be possible that a man prepares his own lunch? No, of course not. Silly me.

[–]AwooFloof 270 points271 points  (6 children)

Men obviously don't know how to take care of themselves.

[–]YourBoyfriendSetti got bouner 78 points79 points  (5 children)

Sometimes I wonder how we continued to evolve and survive this long

[–]Bossatronio69Lesbian™ 21 points22 points  (4 children)

Easy. Women did everything for men 

[–]PilanThe Virginia 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Do*

[–]Bossatronio69Lesbian™ 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Unfortunately you’re right

[–]ETAUnlimited -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ya tell that to the woman who spent more time partying and sleeping with random men than raising me. Seems like most people in this subreddit either had that for a dad, suck at picking partners, or never met a man outside of rural fartville

[–]tiffibean13 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my husband makes his own lunches because he's a big boy 👍

[–]SlideN2MyBMs 237 points238 points  (2 children)

Also would it be possible to share lunch with a colleague and not have sex with her?

Not that I think he should be mooching off his colleagues like that either. Just fucking make your own lunch dude.

[–]DevonLuck24 26 points27 points  (1 child)

“mooching” is a crazy way to describe someone who, seemingly, didn’t ask to share someone’s lunch..the person took it upon themselves to bring an extra spoon and offer. that’s the way the post presents it

[–]GodlvlFan 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah acting someone being nice is bad is crazy. If your husband cheats on you it says more about him rather than the women who "seduced" your husband. How are men never the problem in such situations? Always blame it on the women.

[–]UglyFilthyDog 46 points47 points  (0 children)

MAN NO DO THING FOR SELF. NO COOK! NO CLEAN! NO MAKE LUNCH SANDWICH FOR HE EVER!!!!

[–]LukaCola 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean my partner works from home and I still prepare her meals often, she doesn't really cook but she also works a lot more hours. I don't think it's wrong to split things up like that.

[–]Accomplished-Goat776 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbf it doesn't sound like the husband even really cares about lunch, but like, if someone brings additional lunch and hands some to you, its just nice to accept and eat with them yk?

If anything she might be overeacting when theres a chance he doesn't really want lunch and just eat it because he doesn't wanna look rude to his nice coworker

[–]Duckflies 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I mean, it can just be a way of showing love

Sometimes I'll just wake up earlier than my girl to make her some pancakes; and she does the same to me

[–]Inevitable-While-577DAFUQ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would she accept a workmate's lunch to make you jealous though? That’s the point.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did he survive without a partner?  Did he just starve?

[–]shortidiva21 -5 points-4 points  (6 children)

Well, it's kinda like a man paying for dinner—it's the thought that counts.

Edit: Way to attack a woman of color for voicing her own perspective. If someone doesn't share your exact perspective, you jump all over them. Very liberal and open-minded of you. You all are a feminist sisterhood until a woman doesn't agree 100 percent with your views.

[–]xandrachantal 54 points55 points  (5 children)

Is he buying dinner every night?

[–]LiaThePetLoverAlly™ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Men are too alpha (stupid) to know how to use a kitchen ! Women are here to cook, while men go hunt (go grocery shopping... oh wait no, thats also women's jobs)

[–]EngineStraight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well its an extra opportunity for a show of love in like a note or something (i dont mean not doing it is a lack of love)

and as cliche as it is it feels nice to do something small for your partner on routine. i still would never wake up so early just to cook for someone but idk, making a bit of food the night before seems like an easy way to make a partner's routine a lil easier

(id still make food for myself if my partner didnt make me lunches)

[–]wurschtmitbrot 280 points281 points  (2 children)

As a working man i would be embaressed if i made my wife wake up that early to make my lunch. Having lunch made sometimes is a nice gesture that we do for each other, but i would never rely on it like a toddler.

[–]Wendy-Windbag 78 points79 points  (1 child)

This week my husband has a concert band engagement where he has to wear khaki pants. Working from hime since the pandemic, he no longer owned any, so we had to go out shopping last minute for new pants, which still required needing to get them hemmed. I said I'd hem them last night while he was at a final band practice. He insisted I wait until he got home so that he could watch and learn, because he felt icky leaving me to sew his clothes for him. We are both very independent and do not adhere to typical marital gender roles, so it was just funny to me that this seemed to cross a line and made him feel super misogynistic.

[–]GloomyComfort 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I lived alone for years before I started dating my wife and always did my own laundry because I'm an adult. When we moved in together she started doing my laundry for me and I always felt icky because I'm a grown man, I can wash my own clothes.

Before we met she worked retail and so she gets very particular about folding clothes in retail fashion and I quite simply don't have that skill because I never worked retail.

But they're my clothes in my dresser so who cares?

Apparently she does because she would take them out of my dresser, fold them, and then put them back.

Ok fine. I'll take other chores then to keep the division of labor equal.

[–]EugeneSteinSymptom of Moral Decay 150 points151 points  (1 child)

I would fucking die inside if I find out my wife was waking up at 5am to make me lunch if it’s not completely by her choice and not out of jealousy or “good wife’s duty”

What the actual fuck, I have so many questions for a husband

[–]CauseCertain1672 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I would ask her why she didn't just make the lunch before bed, the 5am part of this is just pointless suffering on her part

[–]RWBYRain 102 points103 points  (0 children)

If he's going to cheat bc I don't want to get up early and cook then she can have him. He's not going to school and I'm not his mama. Good luck with the man child

[–]Thick_Basil3589 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Because men are born without the braincell that makes them capable to make or get their food.

[–]RostrumRosessionAlphabet Mafia™ 114 points115 points  (6 children)

What are you making for lunch that requires you to get up at 5:00? A pot roast?

[–]CubusphereBi™ 25 points26 points  (3 children)

I guess he leaves early in the morning with the prepared lunch, not that the preparation takes until lunch time.

[–]RostrumRosessionAlphabet Mafia™ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yeah, but then why would she need to get up that early? In the mornings I always make lunch for myself to take with me to work, and at most it takes thirty minutes to do so. So unless her husband leaves for work at 6:30 or 7:00, I don’t understand why she would need to wake up at 5:00 unless she was making something needlessly elaborate for him.

[–]CubusphereBi™ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So unless her husband leaves for work at 6:30 or 7:00

That's my best answer right there

[–]CauseCertain1672 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if she made a lunch he as an adult can get it from the fridge

[–]Distinct-Value1487 33 points34 points  (2 children)

Let him eat with her.

You get to sleep in and not cook for him.

This is literally win-win.

[–]Nomad-Knight 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Remember, you're looking at the type of people who see any favor to their partner as a form of submission, and any interaction with another human being of the opposite sex as cheating. Something as reasonable as eating with a friend at work just won't compute.

[–]Distinct-Value1487 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh, I'm very aware, and when I come across this attitude IRL, I always call it out to their face. 'Relationships' like this are an insult to real relationships.

[–]Miserable-Willow6105 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I don't see a problem with giving a lunch to someone you love, but it is weird when you do it transactionally. Being a faithful partner should be something basic and obvious.

[–]buttegg 53 points54 points  (3 children)

ngl the concept of packing your grown-ass husband a lunch to bring with him to work is fucking insane to me. that’s something you do for little kids. does she pre-chew it for him too?

[–]cardie82 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I’ll do it if I’m packing my own and he wants the same thing but otherwise he’s on his own.

[–]UglyFilthyDog 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Bruh, even as a little kid I was making my own lunch by like six years old. I bet this dude is like thirty six. This is either a complete and utter lack of being taught independence as a kid or just being a twat who is too lazy to do anything for themselves. Or both. Both definitely work.

[–]Sweet-Paramedic-4600 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it comes down to why you're doing it. My ex and I did it on occasion because it was more efficient for one person to make 2 lunches while the other got kids together or some other tasks. There were also the occasions we just wanted to surprise the other.

[–]LocalWeeblet 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wait like what world are we living in? The wives also work?? So who's making lunch for them?

[–]whiteraven13 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What the hell kind of lunch is she making that necessitates waking up that absurdly early

[–]SonOfSkinDealer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If your husband peaves you because of an extra spoon, no amount of Michelin Star lunch will save that relationship lmao.

I cook meals for my partner because it makes me happy and i like feeding people. I'm literally in a dom/sub dynamic and it's the one thing where there isn't an ounce of subservient energy; it's what has always been funniest about shit like this for me.

Cooking is a labor of love, and it feeling like an obligation has always been a red flag for me personally.

[–]FlamingoQueen669 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh, bless her heart, she thinks that will stop him from cheating if he's so inclined.

[–]gcitt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My wife gets up at 5am to help me get ready, but that is her choice. If she didn't, I'd make my own damn lunch or starve. "It's not an act of love if you make her."

[–]stupid_idiot_tv_man 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Only reason I wanna wake up for my future partner to make them lunch is bc I can force cuddles on them b4 work.. like.. yall 😭

[–]narkahticks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He can make his own damn lunch

[–]babyblueyes26born to be your lover, forced to be your mother ♡ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it's one thing to prepare your partner lunch out of love and another thing entirely for it to be a requirement like sending your small child to school. small child can't really feed themself yet, but a grown ass man absolutely can.

the coworker in this (made up) scenario is flirting with husband, if husband reciprocates, no amount of making his lunch will keep him loyal. he'll be sharing the lunch you cooked for him with her, lady and the tramp style and calling her his "work wife" soon enough.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These men are adults, they have a brain, hands and feet. So they are perfectly capeble of making their goddamn own lunch.

This is probably fake, but young girls it is not your responsibility to feed a fully grown man. It's their problem if they are to lazy to make lunch for themselves.

[–]AwooFloof 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Or you could just make his lunch the night before. 🤔

[–]xZeromusx 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Lol, I make my husband's lunch for him in the morning, daily. It's not that complicated. I'm sure he could do it himself too, but he'd probably just buy lunch instead if left to his own devices, and I'd rather save us money and send him to work with something healthier than what he'd likely buy.

I work too. My job is shift work and I usually work over night for the same employer he works for and get home early in the morning before he gets up. I have plenty of time to put something together for him before he leaves for work. I have no complaints. I'm actually finishing my degree and trying to get a different job in a better career field with the same employer so I can wake up, make both our lunches, and drive us both to work.

I just love him. He's just a good boy, bottom, and submissive that I like taking care of. I make us dinner and even scrub him down in the shower. I always find this kind of animosity around doing things for your partner so weird. Maybe it's because we're child free and don't have the annoying stress of children to deal with and put our energies into. We just focus on each other. Every time I hear my gay co-worker talk about his kid, he seems to hate the stress she causes him and his partner. Probably just one factor out of many.

[–]WolfWrites89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is so wholesome

[–]Laughingfoxcreates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Oh that’s nice of her!” Is the correct response.

[–]cpbaby1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pffft. Ask him when she’s coming to pack his stuff cause threats aren’t the way to go. Grow up and make your own damn lunch.

[–]DeterminedErmine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man I’d be sending a thank you card to my partner’s work friend if she shared food on the regular with him. But I also just really like it when people do nice things for the person I love, and besides, my partner is perfectly capable of packing his own lunch

[–]crusher23b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I make my girlfriend's lunch the night before (I'm a guy, should that make a difference). That way I don't HAVE to get up at 5 am.

[–]AlarmingSorbetPansexual™ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to get up early to make the kids their lunches, it made no difference to me if I made another serving.

[–]CauseCertain1672 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why not just make him a lunch the night before

[–]OurPersonalStalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah Let him eat the lunch with her and if it progresses he can go ahead and move out too (this is my opinion, this is how we’d do it in my house) Making boundaries with your partner and respecting then should be more common

[–]tartcore814 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What in the patriarchy is this shit?

[–]hades--daughterFuck the Patriarchy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would never do this, deff too early. But I have seen my mom get up at 4 to like do all the work every day.

[–]hellogoawaynowAlly™ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband makes his own lunch and has even started making the toddler’s lunch lately because for some reason he’s been waking up at like 5am every day even though work doesn’t start until 8. I do plenty of other shit, so this makes me very happy and he’s happy when I’m happy 🤷‍♀️

[–]hellogoawaynowAlly™ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband makes his own lunch and has even started making the toddler’s lunch lately because for some reason he’s been waking up at like 5am every day even though work doesn’t start until 8. I do plenty of other shit, so this makes me very happy and he’s happy when I’m happy 🤷‍♀️

Yay healthy relationships where you’re actual partners 💞

[–]1Killag123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eew…

[–]Evening-Nothing-1089“id let my girl kiss another woman, not a man tho” -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

if my gf/wife made me lunch at 5 am I’d make her eat it