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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Creative-Chemist7147 on 2023-06-23 11:37:54+00:00.
I (M27) went to my girlfriend’s (F26) apartment yesterday to hang out. I also decided to cook her her favorite dinner while I was there.
After I had made the chicken marsala, mashed potatoes, and garlic bread, I invited her to come to the dining room and serve herself a plate. She was in the middle of watching a movie, so she told me to just serve it for her.
When I gave her her plate, she got really upset and asked me why the hell I served her less food than I did for myself. (We both got two equal pieces of chicken breast and garlic bread, I just served myself a few more spoons of mashed potatoes because I had a big appetite.) I asked her if she would like me to go get her more mashed potatoes.
She yelled at me and said I was missing the point, and threw out her plate of food and called me a jackass. Afterwards, she started crying and told me to leave.
I’ve tried contacting her but she hasn’t responded since then. I feel really bad for hurting her feelings but I don’t know why me serving her a little less food got her so upset, because it was an easily fixable problem. AITA?
EXTRA CONTEXT- A lot of commenters have asked about these things so:
I gave her around a cup of mashed potatoes, and a 5/4 a cup to myself. All the other foods were equally given.
This sort of situation has never happened before, because we have only been dating for two months, and this is the first time I’ve cooked and served her a meal.
So far, she has never mentioned any history of body image issues, eating disorders, growing up in poverty, etc.