By Acceptable_Brick1080 • Score: 1 • April 25, 2025 8:01 PM
Background, my family and I share a house. I have one floor and my mother and her husband have another. Her husband had surgery and is no longer working and is home all day. My mother works outside the home 5 days a week and I have a hybrid schedule. My stepfather, even before his surgery, has always been one of those men who needs a woman to take care of him, ie clean up after him, get him his medication and bring him food. Its not due to him being incapable of him doing it, he is just lazy. While he is home, on the days I am here, I check in with him if he's hungry and wants something to eat. Now to be clear, I am nowhere near the cook my mom is. I do cook but my mom is infinitely better and she knows how to cook to his particular liking. He is very picky. Everytime I ask if he is hungry, he says no but its clear he is hungry and miserable and will not eat anything until my mother comes from work after 3 pm. Again, I know I am not the best cook but I'm also not the worst. I am willing to make him food however, I can not dedicate tons of time to making a full breakfast and lunch when I'm here which is what he likes. Freshly cooked meals take time. To be clear, he is not incapacitated. He is in recovery but he is still mobile and can walk with a cane to the kitchen. I still have to work and even if its from home on some days, I still have to be responsible with my job and, alot times, being on camera. I can't devote myself to the kitchen. At the same time I feel bad to see a grown man be hungry and miserable all day but at the same time, I don't have the time to devote to cooking food the way he likes. AITA for not cooking for my stepfather when he clearly is hungry? I feel so guilty.
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