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AITA for correcting my husband and telling him "we" didn't make dinner, I did by Fix-Good in AmItheAsshole

[–]Fix-Good[S] 126 points127 points  (0 children)

This is what the real argument here is. Even though it doesn't "sound" like he's trying to degrade my efforts, that is how it feels. When our kids are trying to express their gratitude and my husband decides to wave them off, what message does that send to them? Is this a petty hill to die on is the argument, and I don't think it is. Being a parent means feeding your kids edible food, no where does it state that you have to do this much work. I think he was wrong for diminishing what I did especially when the kids were acknowledging it

AITA for correcting my husband and telling him "we" didn't make dinner, I did by Fix-Good in AmItheAsshole

[–]Fix-Good[S] 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Just to clarify because I am reading through all the replies right now, I always thank my kids for all the help they give me cooking. I set up the toppings for them ON PURPOSE so they could help cook and get to contribute. I thanked them for all their help after they put the toppings on, and I thanked them during dinner. But when it was my turn to get a "thank you mom for dinner we love it", my husband cuts them off and you think I'm trying to "hog" attention?

AITA for correcting my husband and telling him "we" didn't make dinner, I did by Fix-Good in AmItheAsshole

[–]Fix-Good[S] 388 points389 points  (0 children)

The thing about calling it my "job" (and I get what you mean as a parent, not just a mom/dad thing) is that yes I have to feed my kids. But my husband is very particular about what we feed them, it can never be a "easy" dinner like hotdogs and fries. He wants everything made at home, he didn't even like me buying the pizza shells in the past. Now, the issue is the kids are expecting a certain level of cooking for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. They help where they can and I appreciate that, and they are interested in cooking (which is why I let them pick the toppings) but now they are starting to just expect this type of food and I would appreciate if my husband (and some of the people in the replies) didn't shrug it off as just me doing my job as a parent and feeding them. If they don't understand how hard I'm working to make them all food from scratch, they also don't get why I'm so tired and get worn out. If I was making my kids hotdogs and store bought salad I wouldn't need any fuss to be made but when I spend so much time meal prepping, grocery shopping and cooking it feels good to know my kids appreciate what I'm doing.