'AITA for being annoyed at my girlfriend for using one egg out of my 30-egg weekly supply?'

Some couples argue about money, chores, or who gets to control the thermostat. But for one man, the unexpected disappearance of a single egg caused a minor rift in his relationship.

A 300-pound man's meticulously planned breakfast routine was unexpectedly disrupted when his girlfriend used one of his eggs, leaving him annoyed and questioning, "AITA for being mildly annoyed at my girlfriend for using one of my eggs?" on Reddit. 

Man’s 30-egg breakfast routine disrupted by one egg

“I eat the same breakfast every work day: six fried eggs and an orange (yes, I know this is a lot of food for most people, but I weigh 300 pounds and need to be sure I don't get hungry before lunch),” he explained, adding that this is what keeps him full until lunch. His girlfriend, who doesn’t eat eggs at all, knows this well.

To keep things simple, he mentioned, "My girlfriend is well aware of this. She doesn't like eggs and never eats them, so it works out perfectly because each week when we go grocery shopping," perfectly portioned for his work schedule, which runs from Thursday to Monday. Simple math: 6 eggs x 5 days = 30 eggs. No room for error.

An egg that threw it all off

On Sunday evening an incident occured as he said, "I work Thursday to Monday every week. This past Sunday evening (when I had six eggs left in the carton for Monday morning), I was in the shower and came out to discover that my girlfriend had used one of my eggs to make a cake."

He "wasn't really upset with her," but he "was mildly annoyed because she knows full well that I was planning to eat it for breakfast the next day (and it was too late to go back out to get more eggs)."

“I asked her to please let me know next time we're at the grocery store if she plans to need an egg that week so we can buy extra,” he explained.

But his girlfriend didn’t see the issue. “She said I’m being ridiculous, that it’s just one egg, and that she shouldn’t have to plan everything ahead like that.”

He then questioned, "Again, I want to emphasize that I'm not actually mad at her, just mildly annoyed. But she seems to think even that's an overreaction. AITA?"

The Internet weighs: YTA

When this story hit the internet, reactions were completely against him as people thought he was overly rigid about his breakfast and should just roll with the punches. 

One Reddit user said, "Yta she used 1 egg, your weight isn't an excuse to eat like that. I weigh 292lb at my heaviest I was 307- that's a ridiculous ammount of eggs to eat."

Another added, "YTA: it’s one egg and she baked a whole cake."

Someone else noted, "Yeah, sounds like you might have some underlying issues beyond missing an egg. YTA because, JFC, it’s one freaking egg. How could that possibly make any appreciable difference in your day? Also, being 300lbs is probably an issue that needs addressing more urgently than someone using a single egg that you bought. Are you a pro athlete? Or is there some other reason why you’re not trying to be less than 300lbs? Maybe have 2 eggs instead of 6? Maybe the short time your body will spend being hungry (until your metabolism adjusts) will be outweighed by the benefits of not being 300lbs?"

A viewer remarked, "I once ate my bfs entire lunch because I thought he didn't want it (he actually saved it for later). It was an honest mistake. He was less annoyed compared to you. YTA. Also... why do you have to need to be sure you don't get hungry?"

One comment declared, "What a f*****g weird post. Like I'm convinced you must have some form of OCD or something. Like you don't even need 6 eggs in the morning, that's insane, and it really matters at all if you only get 5? Or you'll be hungry by lunch? That egg is going to break you? Get a nutritionist (correction: dietician) or something to help you with this, you've got a problem. Or a psychiatrist because this sounds like a mental block more than a physical one. I'm not gonna say you're an a*****e but there's definitely something more to this. Like I make breakfast every morning for my household of 6 and usually never use more than 10 eggs for all of us. This is not normal dude."

Another observed, "YTA. Eat an extra orange. Might do you some good."

As one person explained, " So the eggs are just for you? No one else is allowed to have one of the thirty eggs a week? Buy more eggs I guess? It’s fair to assume that she will still use them frequently. Eggs are a common ingredient for millions of recipes. People who “don’t like eggs” often still like things like cakes, pasta, sweet & sour chicken, meatloaf, cookies, waffles……. If this is someone you want to share your life with, make sure she has some eggs in case she needs them. You are not more important than her. YTA for acting like your food needs take precedence over hers."

"YTA. Nobody needs 30 eggs every week. So you had 29 eggs one week? You've never dropped a single egg, and had a 29 egg week as a result?" another comment read.

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