Today, I spent 5 hours preparing dinner for my fianc''s grandparents, whom I've never met. At dinner, his grandmother says to him, "If you're going to pick someone to spend the rest of your life with, at least make sure she can cook." I'm the executive chef at a 4 star restaurant. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my fiancé — a top chef — called me at work to make sure I would be home on time for the extra special dinner he'd prepared for me. The occasion, as I later discovered, was the end of our engagement. FML
Today, I invited a friend over for dinner and spent hours preparing a fancy meal. When I opened the door, he walked in with his new girlfriend, his mom, his sister, and his dog. I barely had enough food for one, let alone five. I ended up serving my fancy meal on paper plates. FML
Today, I decided to surprise my girlfriend by cooking her dinner. I spent hours preparing and making sure everything was perfect. I lit candles, set the table, and even put on some soft music. When she came home, she'd already eaten and wasn't hungry. FML
Today, I proposed to my girlfriend. Being a chef of a highly-rated restaurant, I cooked a well-liked dish. Not only did she say no, but commented on how bland and tasteless the meal was. FML
Today, I spent a solid four hours and over one hundred dollars preparing a nice fancy meal for my new girlfriend. A delicious three pound rack of ribs with a sweet and sour marinade. Steam broccoli with melted cheese. Home made buttermilk biscuits. I serve the meal. She doesn't eat beef. FML
Today, I sampled some of the food my fiancée's mom is making for our wedding. Everything tasted terrible, and I almost vomited. Turns out she never actually went to culinary school as she claimed, but had just watched Julie and Julia. It's too late to book another caterer for the wedding. FML
Today, to avoid disappointing my excited great grandmother, I still attended a small family dinner to celebrate my engagement. My fiancé and I split last night, I haven't slept and had to tell her he was caught up at work. FML
Today, I spent all day preparing a big, elaborate Italian dinner for my boyfriend, who recently discovered he was part Italian. He came home, turned up his nose and said "I was in the mood for Chinese". FML
Today, I cooked dinner for my boyfriend, hoping to impress him with my culinary skills. I burnt the garlic bread, overcooked the chicken, and managed to set off the smoke alarm three times. When I finally served the meal, my boyfriend said, "It's like a sad buffet at a middle school prom." FML
Today, my boyfriend and I spent all day preparing an amazing meal for my extended family, and then 3 hours before dinner his crazy mother forced him home because she felt "excluded". He's spent the past 3 days with her. There's no way for me to keep him and get rid of her. FML
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Paulspacefdot 0
Further proof that some grandparents/parents will be negative - no matter what.
totalx 0
And? Maybe they just have bad taste in food, or you honestly messed up. If you know you're good, it's not a big deal, really.
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totalx 0
And? Maybe they just have bad taste in food, or you honestly messed up. If you know you're good, it's not a big deal, really.
whiterabbit420 4
#82 "five star" restaurants don't exist. four stars is the most that industry-respected guides give. if Op was referring to the Michelin guide's four stars that's the best you can be. period.
DayAndNite 8
4 stars? Come on you can do better
Paulspacefdot 0
Further proof that some grandparents/parents will be negative - no matter what.
TheDrifter 24
My grandmother said exactly that to me about my wife's cooking many years ago, she meant it as a compliment, but english is not her first language. Could it have just been poor phrasing of an endorsement of you as wife material op?
Gringo_fml 0
Why didn't you make a sarcastic point of it then.....
Bartboy 0
exactly, like "that's why he's not staying with family!
TurtleGenius 0
Hey, as long as he thinks your cooking's good, it's alright. Otherwise, you know where he gets the bad taste in food genes from..
msw52 0
If you made it that far in your career, you've got to be good. Either the grandparents just wanted to be negative, or you cooked something that was not their taste
Hong_Kong 0
haha they probably just had bad taste. my grandpa complains about everything. took him to a nice restaurant once and he said they street store below his house makes better fish (I'm from Asia so.), dw about it. old people.
mak_fml 0
I wouldn't worry about it. Sometimes grandparents have awful taste. My grandmother, for example, though everything needed salt. She once said her salad was "too fresh."
AutumnJazz 0
Maybe they're just assholes who think that no one will ever be good enough for their grandson.
FunniestGuyEver 0
they'll probably be dead soon
ChaosZirconia 0
One of the first things to go is your sense of taste. Don't take it personally.