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Lady Finishes Her Share Of Persimmons, Tries To Steal Hubby’s, Livid When He Won’t Let Her
The thing about marriage is that small tiffs between the husband and wife are an everyday event, but how they handle them keeps the relationship alive. However, when it comes to food, would you be willing to let your spouse have your share even when they have devoured theirs?
Well, Reddit user JamesMojo222 definitely didn’t want to share his persimmons as he had waited patiently for them to ripen since he loved them that way. To be fair, he had also bought the fruit for his wife twice, yet she demanded his share after eating hers and got upset when he refused!
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The poster bought persimmons as his wife loves fruit, but she likes the fuyu type, while he prefers the hachiya type
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He kept his share aside to ripen, and when his wife finished hers, he got more for her from the market, which she ate, but then she wanted his share
Image credits: JamesMojo222
He refused as he had been saving them, but this upset her even though she didn’t really like them ripe
Today, we dive into a fruity story where the original poster (OP) had a small disagreement with his wife, who is a lover of fruits. He makes sure that he has their house stocked with all kinds of fruits for her to enjoy. That sounds so sweet, doesn’t it?
Anyway, since it was persimmon season, he went to the market and bought some, but they both prefer different types of persimmons. While his wife prefers the firm fuyu type, he likes the ripe hachiya type, which is soft and has the consistency of pudding.
After he bought them, he kept aside his share to ripen them into the way he enjoyed. It has been observed that hachiya persimmons can take a few days to a couple of weeks to ripen, depending on the variety and environmental conditions. Meanwhile, as his wife enjoyed the fuyu type, so she immediately devoured hers, and he went to buy some more for her.
Well, she finished them, too, but apparently, she was not satiated even after consuming her share. After patiently waiting for them to ripen, the poster finally started eating his share and offered her a bite, but she instead said that she would take a whole fruit, and he was taken aback.
He immediately said no, as they were his, and he had put in the effort and patience for them to ripen—which she didn’t even like. However, the missus was upset as he had always designated food as his, while she felt that anyone should be able to eat what they wanted to.
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The poster didn’t agree with this as he had always let her have her share, considered her, and made sure she had what she liked around. Many folks felt that this was very generous of him, and they completely took his side after the story went viral.
They said that it was a fair request of a spouse not to eat something that they had kept for themselves. Some even pointed out that the poor guy had waited quite some time to enjoy the fruit the way he wanted, and his wife was simply acting selfishly by digging into his share.
Although research states that food sharing releases oxytocin as a way to facilitate bonding and cooperation between unrelated individuals, many people don’t like to share. Even we think it’s a pretty fair request considering how he made sure to buy and stock fruits for his wife.
Many people commented that she clearly didn’t understand boundaries and needed to learn more about them. Studies have shown that boundaries help determine what is and is not okay in a relationship, and they are important for our—and the relationship’s—well-being.
It looks like the Redditors were right about this, and she definitely should’ve respected his boundaries when it came to food. Don’t you think so? If you were in his shoes, would you have shared the persimmons or acted just like the poster? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Folks online felt that the poster’s wife was very selfish and mentioned that she needed to learn about boundaries
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Traveling Lady Railfan 2 days ago
Well that's like saying she likes her steak rare, I like mine well done. So we both put them on the barbecue at the same time. She takes hers off and has eaten hers by the time mine is done to the way I like it and then she figures she has claim to mine as well cuz she's already eaten hers. That's not fair. Mine wasn't done yet. That having been said. Sounds like your wife's a b****.
Dragons Exist 2 days ago
"food should be anyone's to eat if that person wants it at that moment" is probably in the top 10 stupidest things I've ever heard. So you can just walk into a restaurant and grab someone's steak if they're not holding the fork at that moment?
Parmeisan 1 day ago
If we applied it selectively like this man's wife does, we could solve a lot of problems. People who couldn't afford groceries in order to make rent this month, they get to just raid Elon Musk's pantry. Ooh, maybe we could even make the same rule for shelter. Nobody is using Jeff Bezos' parlour, right? We could solve hunger and homelessness in one fell swoop!
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Orange Panda 2 days ago
My husband used to do this to me. It didn't matter how many different ways I explained to him that his behavior wasn't appreciated, he'd still do it. Very frustrating.
Shannon Donnelly 3 days ago
I've lived with a couple food gremlins at this point. Depending on the type of food, I've learned to either 1) double the order of said food so there's my container and their container. I'm ordering food once a week. If they eat their 3 lbs of grapes in two days and want more, they can eat something else or buy more grapes for themselves. 2) stash food in hidden spots. If I want a container of caramels (that they supposedly aren't that fond of) to last more than a couple days, into the back of the craft closet it goes.
Hodge Elmwood 2 days ago
This is not just greedy, there's an element of control to it: I can do what I want, I can have what I want, and you can't stop me. Maybe she comes from a food-insecure background, maybe she's just immature. Either way, she's not showing love or respect for her husband, yet he respects her enough to make sure she has her fair share of food. Couples counseling, now, because the resentment will only grow.
Barbara Deskins 1 day ago
My husband does not like a certain Italian chain restaurant but I do. Once when I was out shopping, I stopped and ate there. I had a lot of left-overs and planned on eating them when I got home from work the next day. As you can guess, he ate them. Really big blow-up since he doesn't like the restaurant why would he eat my food. I should have made him go there and replace my food
Michał Osiecki 1 day ago
I would suggest googling what can eating alot of persimmon cause. Keyword: polymerization
Traveling Lady Railfan 2 days ago
Well that's like saying she likes her steak rare, I like mine well done. So we both put them on the barbecue at the same time. She takes hers off and has eaten hers by the time mine is done to the way I like it and then she figures she has claim to mine as well cuz she's already eaten hers. That's not fair. Mine wasn't done yet. That having been said. Sounds like your wife's a b****.
Dragons Exist 2 days ago
"food should be anyone's to eat if that person wants it at that moment" is probably in the top 10 stupidest things I've ever heard. So you can just walk into a restaurant and grab someone's steak if they're not holding the fork at that moment?
Parmeisan 1 day ago
If we applied it selectively like this man's wife does, we could solve a lot of problems. People who couldn't afford groceries in order to make rent this month, they get to just raid Elon Musk's pantry. Ooh, maybe we could even make the same rule for shelter. Nobody is using Jeff Bezos' parlour, right? We could solve hunger and homelessness in one fell swoop!
Load More Replies... Orange Panda 2 days ago
My husband used to do this to me. It didn't matter how many different ways I explained to him that his behavior wasn't appreciated, he'd still do it. Very frustrating.
Shannon Donnelly 3 days ago
I've lived with a couple food gremlins at this point. Depending on the type of food, I've learned to either 1) double the order of said food so there's my container and their container. I'm ordering food once a week. If they eat their 3 lbs of grapes in two days and want more, they can eat something else or buy more grapes for themselves. 2) stash food in hidden spots. If I want a container of caramels (that they supposedly aren't that fond of) to last more than a couple days, into the back of the craft closet it goes.
Hodge Elmwood 2 days ago
This is not just greedy, there's an element of control to it: I can do what I want, I can have what I want, and you can't stop me. Maybe she comes from a food-insecure background, maybe she's just immature. Either way, she's not showing love or respect for her husband, yet he respects her enough to make sure she has her fair share of food. Couples counseling, now, because the resentment will only grow.
Barbara Deskins 1 day ago
My husband does not like a certain Italian chain restaurant but I do. Once when I was out shopping, I stopped and ate there. I had a lot of left-overs and planned on eating them when I got home from work the next day. As you can guess, he ate them. Really big blow-up since he doesn't like the restaurant why would he eat my food. I should have made him go there and replace my food
Michał Osiecki 1 day ago
I would suggest googling what can eating alot of persimmon cause. Keyword: polymerization
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