'That lasagne saved your life': Internet says woman's girlfriend showed her true colors in row over pasta
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Netizens have slammed a woman's girlfriend for calling her lasagna "cheap" on a popular Reddit community. The upset woman in her lengthy Reddit post explained she had made her signature dish for her girlfriend one day and was startled when her girlfriend essentially called it garbage. The post gained a lot of attention from the users on Reddit , as it garnered 1.7 thousand comments within two days.
After the original poster explained the whole scenario, saying "I (24F) make a delicious lasagna from scratch that takes hours and lots of money to make. It's so good that friends and family ask me to make it for them for birthdays instead of getting them a gift." When the woman's girlfriend tasted it however, she thought it wasn't that great and felt her own lasagne with premade sauce and boxed pasta sheets tasted the same. So the next time, the original poster did not put in the effort of making her dish from scratch and used store bought sauce and pasta sheets instead. She ended her post wondering, "AITA (am I the a**hole) for making my girlfriend cheap pasta?" The Internet brutally mocked the woman's girlfriend, calling her an "ungrateful" person.
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'Tasted EXACTLY like...'
The user wrote, "Last month I decided to make it [her signature dish] for my girlfriend (23F); I spent a lot of money on the ingredients and then more than half of the day making the herb infused fresh pasta dough, the ragu, etc... When she came over, she took a couple of bites and said that she didn't understand why I spent so much time and money on it because it tasted EXACTLY like the lasagna she would make with canned Panzani bolognese sauce and boxed pasta sheets (not similar, not kinda like, but EXACTLY like it).
'My feelings were a lil hurt ngl'
She further added, "My feelings were a lil hurt ngl, but I understand that to each their tastes and I just told her I'm sorry she didn't like it that much and then kept it pushing and suggested we watch a movie". The user then explained, "Flashforward to yesterday, she was coming over for dinner and I asked her what she wanted to eat and she said "lasagna". So I popped over to the store and got panzani sauce and pasta sheets to make it because A)- She said my lasagna and the quick made one tasted the exact same, so no need to spend a lot on ingredients and B)- Because even if I had wanted to make my recipe, I wouldn't have the time since it takes me an entire afternoon, which is why it's a special occasions thing."
The user then explained why her girlfriend got upset and wrote, "So she showed up at my house, took one bite of the lasagna and then spat it out and said that it tastes different. When I told her I made it how she did, she got really upset at me and said that I wasn't putting in effort and that she was expecting to have a real meal and not something cheap."
The user went on and added, "I pointed out the comments she made last time, and she rolled her eyes and said she was clearly exagerating. So then I got upset because wth? The situation got brought up to our mutual friends, most have stayed out of it but two of them think I'm the asshole because my gf clearly meant she wanted my "special" lasagna which is why she asked for it as dinner, and that I should have let her known before hand that I was going to make one using premade sauce etc... I think it was clear that that's what I was gonna do cause she literally asked for lasagna 2 hours before coming over, which is not enough time to make the "special" one even if I wanted to. AITA ?" The user, at last, wrote, To clarify, the "cheap" lasagna tasted just fine, pretty tasty even! Just not at all comparable to the original one, in my opinion.
'Your lasagna just saved your life'
As soon as the post was online, the users expressed their views, as one of the users wrote, "Your lasagna just saved your life. It revealed your girlfriend for the petty, ungrateful person she really is. Now you can safely escape before you sign a lease, buy a car, get married or had kids. NTA and praise be lasagna." The second user wrote, "She's not out of your league.Your lasagna is out of her league. Time to go!" The last user wrote, "It warmed my heart to read "ex-gf soon." OP, you and your fabulous-sounding lasagna deserve someone who will love and appreciate both of you!"
