You're deep in your feelings. Whether a meal is good or not isn't about your feelings. It's about whether you put in the effort/attention to learn & the care to make the meal any good. So asking someone how your cooking is.. isn't asking them if they feel like it's fun to see someone cook or if they feel like the fact you cooked was good/bad. It's about the actual meal you made.
Unless they're too scared to every speak the truth.
I'm a great cook. I started cooking in kindergarten. Simple things but still, I started. I can cook things in my sleep that most people just don't get hot to do. If you do a crappy job cooking and then you ask my opinion I'm going to give you the truth. Not, 'oh, baby, you make the best food.'
You being sensitive about sucky cooking is your problem. If you don't want somebody who can cook to say anything then don't cook sucky food for them. Learn how to cook better on your own time. I mean, I'm not saying I will nitpick every detail if you don't even want to learn how to cook. But if you claim to want to learn how to cook better or I think you have the brains to be a better cook, I'm going to give advice. Less if you can't handle any words. More if you can.
Oh, and I've known women who sucked at cooking because they were lazy. They were great cooks when cooking for their family, just not for me. If a guy sees that... he's not going to be in the mood to be nice about your cooking either.
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I remember when my best friend met his future to be wife. She tried impressing us by cooking up some chicken paddy sandwiches. The only problem was she couldn't cook for shit (not her fault, guess no one taught her).
They looked cooked but were still frozen in the middle. We found that out by trying to take a bite & almost broke a tooth! We sometimes still tease her about that to this day even though that happened over 24 years ago. In all honesty it's one of the things he fell in love with though he's never told her that.
I still have the speech I wrote at their wedding along with the corsage (was made of silk). She ended up becoming a good cook later & even took it as a profession. She works at the university as a cook for the college kids.
Constructive criticism can be motivated by good intention but it should be delivered in a kind and respectful way but I also know people who invent reasons to get angry when none exist because criticizing others gives them an ego boost.
He's trying to be helpful but he is giving you unwanted advice. Maybe next time you should remind him that you would appreciate it if he only gave you advice AFTER you asked for it.
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He sounds like an ass. What's the attraction?
It's disrespectful and discouraging. I imagine he'll end up cooking if that's his attitude which is either what he wants, or he's in for a wake-up call.
Since I hate cooking, I am very thankful that my partner cooks and am positive and non critical when she does.There are polite ways to deal with this sort of thing, and ripping open the pancake in front of you is not one of them. It shows that he's a jerk. Let him cook his own damned pancakes.
To put it simply, he's being a prick. When necessary with the wife I always put it like a suggestion. Like "Have you thought of trying this or that? It could make a difference."
Find someone else that likes your cooking, he sounds like a jerk.
Generally no, how you're describing him is just him being an asshole
He sounds like an asshole, tell him to do the cooking then, lol
many guys are actually just suck at sugarcoating
Unless he cools, ASSHOLE
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