If you were allergic to something, would you expect your partner to completely give it up, even if it was one of their favourite foods? That's what one man wanted his girlfriend to do with seafood, despite the fact she's 'made an effort to eat it as little as possible'.
He wanted her to go one step further and ditch the fishy foods altogether, taking to Reddit to vent about his seafood-loving girlfriend. He received backlash in the comments section, however, with some insisting that he had to 'compromise', just like she had done.
He wrote: "I 27(M) am allergic to seafood, and unfortunately my 25(F) girlfriend adores it. Ever since we got together, about three years ago, she's made an effort to eat it as less as possible which I appreciate however I wish she'd completely stop to be honest.
"The other day she went out with her friends to a restaurant. When she got back home I tried to kiss her but she stopped me and told me she just ate seafood.
"I got a bit disappointed because I was looking forward to spending some time together with her and I told her as much and then I said that maybe it would be better if she'd just give up on seafood altogether."
He then went on to explain that he 'knows she likes it' but felt like her love of seafood was an 'inconvenience' to him.
The man added: "I feel like she should be willing to give up on such a small thing for us. She got upset by my request and said that she loves me but that she's sorry because she's not giving up on eating it and that lowering the number of times she does was already enough.
"Her family eats seafood often and she grew up eating a lot of it so I kinda get why it would be hard for her to give up on it, but I think that if she cared enough she'd be willing to do it. So am I the a*****e?"
Many people didn't look too kindly to the man's view, arguing that his girlfriend had already made compromises for him, so they were wondering why he couldn't accept her eating seafood once in a while.
She wrote: "Occasionally not being able to kiss her is a huge inconvenience for him.
"But apparently, her giving up a whole class of food that she loves permanently is not an inconvenience for her."
Another fumed: "I'm allergic to eggs and fish and seafood, but still managed to 'make love' and have babies with my husband. Compromise is a thing, you are the a*****e, and you have your head stuck up it."
One raged: "He wants her to give up all seafood for him, even when he’s not around. But he’s not willing to give up kissing for an hour while she brushes, flosses and rinses? You're the a*****e."
"Do you want some cheese with your whine?", someone joked.
Another shared the fact that their partner is severely allergic to seafood, but wouldn't force him to give up eating it, commenting: "Just jumping to say my partner is deathly allergic and encourages me to eat all the seafood at every restaurant even orders me sushi I just have to brush my teeth and use mouthwash..."
Do you think he's being unreasonable? Let us know in the comments.
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