An avid home cook was only too happy to make up packed lunches for her husband to take to work with him.
Like many other foodies, the woman, who has been married for around a year, views cooking for her spouse as being one of the ways she shows affection towards him.
The meals in question aren't simply an old-fashioned sandwich and bag of crisps combo, and inevitably, the husband's impressed colleagues began to take notice of his enviable lunchbox, one of whom was a manager.
Keen to get on the manager's good side - with the hope of bagging himself a promotion - the husband went ahead and announced that she would start packing lunches for his colleagues too.
There's just one issue. He apparently didn't think to ask her first.
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Taking to Reddit, the exasperated wife wrote: "When he came back home and told me I was quite disappointed because even though I love making lunches for him, for his colleagues (people I don't even know) it seemed exhausting.
"Moreover, it is not just for one person, which he initially had me believe, but rather five of his colleagues".
Regardless, she wanted to make her husband happy, and so agreed to try it out for a day, getting up at 3:30 am - as her own shift started at 8 am - to whip up a banquet of Thai green curry, tom yum flavoured wings, prawn fritters, and Thai fried rice.
The food went down well with the appreciative co-workers, but, in the wife's words, this was "not a pleasant experience", leaving her rushing around and running late for work. However, her husband now wants this to become a regular thing.
The poster - who goes by the username u/ThrowAITApackedlunch - continued: "Now my husband is thinking of making it a weekly thing where every week I make a different cuisine for them on one of the weekdays.
"Although that may seem 'easy' I don't want to do it anymore. I do like sharing the food I make but I don't want it to feel like a chore".
Her husband has branded her "lazy" for not wanting to do this, but she doesn't think that's fair. Although she liked cooking for her husband, she doesn't want to do this for his co-workers too.
She added: "For some reason, my husband thinks I'm being unreasonable and that I don't support him because by me doing this he believes they will be more inclined to give him a raise or a promotion or even a recommendation at work.
"I just find it pretentious that he has to depend on the food I make for a promotion. I am sure that he can get a promotion by his own merit because he is a very smart and accomplished man himself".
Many Reddit users were frustrated with the husband on the poster's behalf, feeling as though he is taking advantage of her generosity.
One person commented: "Your husband should be grateful that you get up every day to make him lunch, and that you prepared lunch for his colleagues to make him look good.
"If he wants packed lunch for his colleagues, he needs to get up and prepare it himself. And as for the colleagues, if they want a private chef, they better pay for one. Some people mistake being nice with being an idiot".
Another advised: "Don't be fooled. He isn't 'just a foodie'. A foodie values good food. He implies that the money and work you put in is not a big deal and devalues it. He acts very ungratefully.
"Also, the thought of making it a weekly thing and then calling you lazy is not okay either. You are not lazy. He is. He could make those lunches and pay for them".
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