This is not grounds for a breakup. Our relationship is otherwise fine. He (22M) really is a great guy, but he’s human. Anyway, I (24F) prefer to do the cooking because it helps me relieve stress and I just genuinely enjoy cooking. He offers to cook sometimes, and I welcome that too. But we’re at two different levels of cooking… and I don’t want premade packaged stuff every night for dinner (I promise I’m not a snob, fresh is usually cheaper in the long run and tastes better imo).

He often complains that I take too long while cooking, and that premade stuff tastes the same and that it doesn’t really matter how it’s made. It could be jarred sauce vs homemade sauce. I think they taste drastically different. He’s very thankful when I cook and he loves my cooking, but the constant complaints about the time and the way that I cook is starting to irk me. I’m very close to just making meals for myself and he can do whatever he wants.

I put a lot of love and energy into my cooking, it’s something that I look forward to every day.

How could we compromise?

We’ve been together for about 6 months now.