Is not allowing my husband to cook scrambled eggs in the morning an unreasonable request?

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Is there anything you can do about this smell aversion you have? I have a very sensitive sense of smell but no aversions. It’s really handicapping your relationship.

Eggs and fish are the only cooking smells I really can't stand. I don't drink coffee but I enjoy the smell of it. I promise this isn't some broad theme. Just eggs and fish. Two things.

Although I cook eggs and/or fish almost every day, I don't think you're being as unreasonable as most people do. Some food aromas make me a little sick. I think some of the hostility your getting is due to the fact that most people don't notice the smell of eggs or like it. If you were talking about bacon or garlic or curry, more people would be on your side. Hopefully you can work out a compromise.

It sounds like they did. He went from cooking eggs five days a week to just one day, but even that is too much for her princess senses.

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He is kind and thoughtful to compromise so much--you are getting the lion's share of this compromise, and I cannot believe you are whining.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish my husband ate healthy eggs for breakfast instead of cereal like a toddler, which is making him fat.

You think cereal is only for toddlers?

NP but I mean it kinda is. Most American cereals are one step up from taking some mashed up cookies and pouring milk over them, lets be real. Perfect for a little kid's palate

So non-American cereals are okay? Which cereals are those

NP. stop being obtuse and read the labels. Cereal is su[er processed and loaded with sugar. Nothing nutritional about it.

Organic raisin bran is fine. So are plain cheerios

You've invoked the wrath of Lord Keto.

Hardly. I eat eggs with a peace of sourdough bread. I eat a lot of carbs. Just not the ultra-processed ones.

While I agree that cereal tastes amazing (I'm thinking of you Lucky Charms) it's highly processed, sugary food.

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Anonymous wrote:Get an air purifier. It is great for kitchen smells. And work somewhere else for an hour or two. It seems really controlling and overwrought to ban eggs. He has already compromised by going to once a week.

This is a reasonable compromise. I do that when I cook cruciferous veggies, which bother DH to distraction. I can't live with certain smells too, so his work out clothes must go straight to the basement laundry or I can smell them throughout the house all day and it literally makes me nauseous.

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Anonymous wrote:Easy solution. If he wants eggs, he can go out on the porch and scramble them up on a portable stove. You can get one very cheaply. At least when the weather is tolerable he can do that.

I actually prefer that - or at least cooking on my big outdoor cook area. Love a chilly morning with a cup of coffee and making eggs on outdoor griddle.

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Buy some candles.

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The crime here is scrambled eggs.

Eggs should be prepared sunny side up, with yolk for dipping.

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Anonymous wrote:Buy some candles.

+1. I did actually develop an aversion to a bunch of food smells.when I was pregnant (like I like onions but first trimester the smell of the cooking would make me gag, it was weird). Just burn a candle.

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Anonymous wrote:What if a spouse said the smell of coffee bothers them? Would it be reasonable for the other spouse to go without?

OP's request is very unreasonable. I don't like the smell of coffee, but I would never consider asking my spouse not to make it.

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I hate the smell of coffee and I think I have some kind of allergy to it as it makes me feel off but I would never tell my family they are no longer allowed to make or drink coffee in the house. I just suffer a little because my discomfort to me doesn’t mean i get to control everything that happens in the house

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^and I love my tea and wouldn’t compromise that if my husband told me not to drink it anymore!

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Anonymous wrote:I wish my husband ate healthy eggs for breakfast instead of cereal like a toddler, which is making him fat.

You think cereal is only for toddlers?

DP.

If it comes with a toy in the box, it's for toddlers.

If it increases the size of your poop, it's for adults.

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Almost every morning my husband makes scrambled eggs in the microwave. He uses a special cooker designed just for that. He’ll add cheese and maybe precooked sausage. There is very little smell. It only takes two minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish my husband ate healthy eggs for breakfast instead of cereal like a toddler, which is making him fat.

You think cereal is only for toddlers?

DP.

If it comes with a toy in the box, it's for toddlers.

If it increases the size of your poop, it's for adults.

hahahahahahaha

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Anonymous wrote:It’s unreasonable. Buy a better kitchen hood vent.

Does a vent exist to have no cooking smells? I find that a little hard to believe. I don't think our vent is bad. We live in a nice home.

You live in a nice home, but one that has no other space you could work in?