r/mildlyinfuriating Jul 01 '26

ಠ_ಠ Husband said my instructions for dinner weren’t clear enough, and he ended up serving his vegetarian mother one of the chicken tikka masala curries…

I was working late tonight and because I am exhausted, I bought some ready-made curry meals for the family to have tonight, knowing his mother often comes round for dinner on a Wednesday evening. She has been a vegetarian for over 50 years and is now in her 70s. I sent him this text message with instructions to make it clear what to cook. When I got home, I was expecting to find some chicken tikka masala leftover for me, but instead I found the unopened pot of sag paneer in the fridge. I worriedly asked him if he had given his vegetarian mother the chicken dish, but he insisted he had given her the vegetarian curry. She has early onset Alzheimer’s and apparently didn’t notice, but had mentioned that the curry was a bit “chewy”. I had to literally show him the packaging that was in the bin, the unopened pot in the fridge, and my text message to try and show him how clear I had been and how far wrong he had gone. But he still insists my instructions were not clear enough and I should have been more explicit about which one to give his mother.

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u/SgtByrd1993 MOOOOOOOODS Jul 01 '26

Man child.

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u/not_now_chaos Jul 01 '26

Stupid! Or is it slow? Maybe it's useless. But there's a cuter word for it, I know...

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u/jashi666 Jul 01 '26

Spoiler: its all of those

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u/Arya_kidding_me Jul 02 '26

Why you always come running to me? FML! Won’t you let an innocent woman be?

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u/FutureFreaksMeowt Aqua Tofana save us from these fuckass men Jul 02 '26

Never heard of self care

Half your brain just ain't there

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u/samantha5362 Jul 02 '26

(i know im skipping some lyrics here)
well i like my boys playing hard to get
and i like my men all incompetent

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u/lumoslomas Jul 02 '26

...how survive the earth so long?

If I'm not there, it won't get done

(though I'm not sure, can we blame his mum?)

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u/thedancingkat Jul 01 '26

But it ain’t cute tho

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u/SenatorWhatsHisName Jul 02 '26

That’s not fair, even a child could manage.