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:( 31 July 2016, 04:18 United States

Today, my mom told me that I'll never get married if my cooking skills don't improve. My boyfriend agrees. 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.

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Stopmakingthishurt 17 November 2021, 01:56

Free labor

Today, I finally accepted my mom will never be a good person, and I'm looking forward to her dying. Apparently, she'd been telling everyone I was a difficult child. I was cooking dinner for her and her boyfriends way back in elementary school. FML

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Sad Chef ;( 5 December 2014, 03:33 United States

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

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Anonymous 13 February 2012, 04:45 United States

Today, I was informed that my boyfriend's mother would be joining us on our Valentine's dinner. I'm not sure if this momma's boy thing is going to work out. FML

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Anonymous 16 August 2026, 03:00 United States

Mom knows best

Today, my mom once again told me that I'm too young and immature to get married, and that I don't know what love is. I'm 29, have a successful career, own my own home, and am financially stable. FML

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Cookyourowndamnfoodasshole! 28 January 2021, 03:30 United States

Make it yourself, champ

Today, I overheard my boyfriend complaining that I’m lazy since I never cook for him. I stopped cooking for him because he constantly complained that the food was never as good as what his ex-wife made, or like his mom made. FML

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Anonymous 21 January 2011, 22:50 United States

Shut up

Today, my boyfriend's mother who lives with us decided that since I work from home, it would be a good idea for her to stay home and keep me company. "Keeping me company" includes ordering me to make her food, gossiping non stop, and ridiculing me for not being the woman that she always saw her son marrying. FML

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nekos 2 June 2021, 00:01

Fear of mash

Today, my mother insists that because I won’t eat my dad’s mashed potatoes, it means I must think he is a bad cook and that I'm a disrespectful little prick. I wouldn’t touch mashed potatoes even if Gordon Ramsay made them, and I was on the brink of starvation. FML

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lovekills99 19 January 2009, 17:59 Canada

Chilling

Today, my boyfriend's mother told me she had fantasies about throwing him out a window when he was a baby because she was so depressed and couldn't handle the stress. The worst part is he wants to get married. She'd be my mother-in-law. FML

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son 18 March 2010, 11:15 Israel

Today, my mom told me that she doesn't want me to help any of my friends get a job at the restaurant I work at. Apparently, she thinks that they would do a better job than me and get me fired. FML

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thenewone 19 November 2009, 20:09 Brazil

Today, I met my boyfriend's parents. Later on, his mom pulls me aside and tells me to back off, saying he will never marry someone like me and he should be with a nice girl like his ex. They broke up after he found her in his bed with his roomate. FML

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TweetAnne 13

31 July 2016, 17:10

That is so sexist. If you want to learn how to cook then learn but if you're not interested then that's fine too. I took cooking classes before going to college since I refused to live off ramen. It's good skills to have but doesn't mean you need to use them every day. Married now and I cook few times per week and take turns with my husband making meals.

Shadowvoid 33

31 July 2016, 16:40

Well I see two people you could probably chop out of your life. Spa-ghett out of there.

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Tripartita 45

31 July 2016, 17:33

What a ******* foolish thing to say! As a woman, your value lies not in how well you cook, but in how many goats your parents give to prospective husbands. If anything, your mom needs to improve her goat providing skills!

RememberSchlitz 9

31 July 2016, 17:33

Ages ago, a woman's ability to cook was a lot more important to the traditional relationship wherein she stayed home and dealt with the domestic front while he went out and hunted/farmed/worked at the factory/worked at the office. You may want to inform your mom and your boyfriend of the fact that those days are pretty much over. That said; being a decent cook, like being a decent musician or artist or having proficiency at any skill that produces something you can share with others, is attractive and builds confidence. If you took a few cooking classes (which are probably offered free at a large chain grocery store near you) there's no downside. You learn a skill, your mom's food becomes second rate in comparison, and you get a new boyfriend that isn't such a cretin.

Enslaved 38

31 July 2016, 17:57

Do what I did, ask your boyfriend to pick one room in the house and you will master in it. Needless to say, my husband did not pick the kitchen.

domolovesyoshi 33

31 July 2016, 19:44

Pretty sure he's going to pick the kitchen, the cretin

InfiniteSunshine 32

31 July 2016, 18:00

Your mother is ridiculous, a woman's marriage desirability should not be contingent on her cooking skill. What era does she live in, 1950? I think cooking is a skill everyone should learn a little bit though, just good to have. You usually make better tasting meals, and healthier ones when you cook, and it helps you understand all the different ingredients you can work with to make a nice meal.

Bismuth92 11

31 July 2016, 18:11

I think anyone's marriage desirability does depend at least to some extent on their ability to cook. No one wants to marry someone who can't take care of themselves as an adult, right? I personally would not have married a man who couldn't cook, clean, and hold down a steady job.

InfiniteSunshine 32

31 July 2016, 18:37

That may be you, but I don't think it's the majority. Just cause you don't know how to cook, doesn't mean you don't know how to take care of yourself. You can take care of yourself without having this skill. My dad can't really cook, but he certainly is successful, and is knowledgeable about pretty much every other area, just not this one area, which is fine. So, because he can't cook, he actually just orders pre-made, homemade, healthy meals from this company where all he has to do is throw it on a burner, or in the oven, or in a slow cooker. Just because he does this, is he incapable of surviving and isn't able to take care if himself?

DoomedGemini 38

31 July 2016, 20:59

It would depend on how they dealt with not having the skill. I can kinda see where you're coming from, we've seen FMLs where people just refuse to take care of themselves, expecting partners or parents to continue taking care of them. It's really just that though: refusal. You can easily cook pre-prepared meals with no cooking ability.