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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was gonna say you are being ridiculous but given that you work in the kitchen area, I think it's ok to be bothered by this. Maybe compromise on two days a week? And put a hepa air filter in the kitchen and open a window.

How is his cholesterol? Eggs every morning is a lot of eggs.

Do you have anywhere else you can work from? Try a good candle in addition to opening the windows.

[Anonymous]

Now I want scrambled eggs!

[Anonymous]

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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.

I mean...yes. I use the vent hood every time I cook something pungent. That's the point, unless you are regularly burning your food and need it for that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Does he run it? You really shouldn’t have a lot of smells if you do.

He does run it and he tries to quickly clean the stove, pan and his plate. But each time I can still smell the eggs. I am very sensitive to the cooked egg smell.

How long have you been married?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unreasonable. If my spouse asked I'd tell them to go work in a coffee shop until the "smell" was gone. Unbelievable

+1

You sound psycho. And don’t work from the kitchen.

Eggs everyday are perfectly healthy.

[Anonymous]

OP if your home is sooo nice (even though you clearly lack a proper vent hood), why not just work from somewhere else? I highly doubt your house is that nice if you have to set up in the kitchen.

Anyways, it's unreasonable to expect someone to not use the kitchen to cook food. That's its purpose, not being a wfh shop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never encountered so many people with "scent sensitivities" in real life as I do here on DCUM. Is this just a new way to complain about something to get attention?

The thing is that I am "scent sensitive" but I still agree with you -- people on here are nuts about it. I just have an extremely strong sense of smell and am probably more sensitive to bad smells than others just because I can really smell them. I can also smell what was cooked in the kitchen that morning including something like scrambled eggs.

But I use my power for good instead of just annoying everyone. I take out the trash daily and scoop the litter twice a day because I am the first person in the house to notice when these start to smell off and address it before it starts to bug me. I was the one who figured out the washing machine wasn't draining properly because of how clothes were smelling (a very faint sourness no one else could smell but then the repair guy was like "your clothes are being washed in dirty water half the time). I was the dirty diaper sniffer and if the cat poops somewhere retaliatory when we go out of town I can find it within seconds of entering the house. I use my sensitive nose to keep our house clean and sanitary and also have a good nose for food (good cook) and cleaning products that will not have cloying or too-sweet scents.

The stuff people complain about smelling on here are just reality to me. Yes eggs have a weird eggy smell I'll notice. Yes some people's perfume is too much. But that's life. I've always had a strong sense of smell and I've just learned to live with it. I don't think I could marry someone who worked in a fish factory or sorted garbage for a living but otherwise I just suck it up. If a scent is bugging me I just move or open a window knowing I am almost certainly the only person who is bothered by it.

It's not the super smell that is the problem. It's the entitlement of people who thing everyone should change to accommodate them instead of them changing to accommodate others sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never encountered so many people with "scent sensitivities" in real life as I do here on DCUM. Is this just a new way to complain about something to get attention?

The thing is that I am "scent sensitive" but I still agree with you -- people on here are nuts about it. I just have an extremely strong sense of smell and am probably more sensitive to bad smells than others just because I can really smell them. I can also smell what was cooked in the kitchen that morning including something like scrambled eggs.

But I use my power for good instead of just annoying everyone. I take out the trash daily and scoop the litter twice a day because I am the first person in the house to notice when these start to smell off and address it before it starts to bug me. I was the one who figured out the washing machine wasn't draining properly because of how clothes were smelling (a very faint sourness no one else could smell but then the repair guy was like "your clothes are being washed in dirty water half the time). I was the dirty diaper sniffer and if the cat poops somewhere retaliatory when we go out of town I can find it within seconds of entering the house. I use my sensitive nose to keep our house clean and sanitary and also have a good nose for food (good cook) and cleaning products that will not have cloying or too-sweet scents.

The stuff people complain about smelling on here are just reality to me. Yes eggs have a weird eggy smell I'll notice. Yes some people's perfume is too much. But that's life. I've always had a strong sense of smell and I've just learned to live with it. I don't think I could marry someone who worked in a fish factory or sorted garbage for a living but otherwise I just suck it up. If a scent is bugging me I just move or open a window knowing I am almost certainly the only person who is bothered by it.

It's not the super smell that is the problem. It's the entitlement of people who thing everyone should change to accommodate them instead of them changing to accommodate others sometimes.

You sound like a very nice, well-adjusted person. I mean that sincerely. So many selfish, entitled people on here. It's refreshing to hear from someone like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP if your home is sooo nice (even though you clearly lack a proper vent hood), why not just work from somewhere else? I highly doubt your house is that nice if you have to set up in the kitchen.

Anyways, it's unreasonable to expect someone to not use the kitchen to cook food. That's its purpose, not being a wfh shop.

Our vent certainly reduces cooking smells. I'm sure there are more premium vents but I didn't know there are residential vents which immediately remove 100% of any and all smells. If y'all are not yanking my chain maybe it's something we'll have to look into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's using the kitchen as a kitchen, you're using it as an office. I think you need to find another office.

This pretty much sums it up. Now that my husband and I both work from home, we had to find another room to use as an office space as we only had the teeny tiny bedroom upstairs. When we had to find a second space he decided that he could use the dining room. I accept that I don't have a dining room anymore. Not the end of the world. You need to find another place to set up a shop.

[Anonymous]

You are nuts. I would not tolerate my spouse trying to control what I eat. That's abusive.

[Anonymous]

You know that eggs are been absolved from causing high cholesterol, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2.5mg THC.

Yes, please tell this to my DH. There are like 20 foods he can't be around and I get a big reaction if there's ever an after smell in the kitchen. Now we have a bigger house and he can retreat if I want to make popcorn or eggs, but our youngest has the same issue and was sitting alone at school lunches because kids kept bringing yogurt. I feel for you OP as I navigate this with a child. It's a tough way to go through life!

[Anonymous]

It’s totally unreasonable. Open a window and use the exhaust fans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2.5mg THC.

Yes, please tell this to my DH. There are like 20 foods he can't be around and I get a big reaction if there's ever an after smell in the kitchen. Now we have a bigger house and he can retreat if I want to make popcorn or eggs, but our youngest has the same issue and was sitting alone at school lunches because kids kept bringing yogurt. I feel for you OP as I navigate this with a child. It's a tough way to go through life!

You do realize you don't have to indulge these ridiculous behaviors, right? RIGHT?