u/abitofaLuna-tic

My MIL is visiting my husband and me. She's generally very sweet but sometimes she says very awkward things. Like she took yesterday's cauliflower from the fridge, warmed it up and said. "My son never eats leftovers. Do you want it?"

And 1. I know he eats leftovers!

2. The way that sentence is framed. Like my son is too good for leftovers, but you can have it. Or. It's not good enough for my son but it's good enough for you!

Is so irritating to me, I ended up saying. "Yes my parents also raised me without ever giving me left overs" and throwing out the old food.

The truth is, I have no issues with leftovers. I have an issue with the idea that he's above eating leftovers but I should adjust.

Funnily enough, a friend told me about the exact same experience with her MIL - the same dialogue that her son doesn't eat leftovers but would the DIL like some?

I dunno if it's a universal experience. Honestly I feel bad about wasting perfectly good food. But the way that food is offered to me made me turn it down. What should I do about this? Is my reaction even justified?

I got married about 1.5 years ago. My job is hybrid: one week in the office and the remaining three weeks of the month you can be wherever you want.

The job is in my hometown, so it was easy for me to go to the office before marriage. After marriage, my husband was working in a different city, so I moved there and I fly to my hometown every month.

In the last 3 months, my husband and I got a joint credit card, which we've been using extensively for points. It's his job to tell me how much I owe on each bill.

I didn't bother to check until now but I realised my expenses had gone down by ~4k. Well, it turns out that he decided to pay half of my flight bills because I only have to fly because his job is in a different city.

I tried to pay him back but he's getting very irritated when I suggested that.

Just hope this little story gives you a little faith at the end of a weekend of exhausting dates!