AITA - Thanksgiving edition

[Lpherr]

i would've gone one further and ate all the bacon. All 3# of it.

I might be an a**hole, but I'm not a d**k.

 

[bobzilla]

I might be an a**hole, but I'm not a d**k.

Are you sure about that? Besides, that 3LB of bacon would have fried up to less than a pound and a half anyway.... I could easily put that away.

 

[Hoosierdood]

I’ll add… my oldest daughter and her husband were still in bed. Their house, I’m not waking them up. Anyway, I saw my wife with another piece of bacon and I told her to put it back because that’s for our daughter and SIL when they get up. This was after I threw the pancakes away. That was probably a dick move on my part.

I thought about eating some pancakes and using all the syrup, but since it isn’t my house I would feel bad being the one who used up all their syrup and not replacing it.

But by the poll numbers, it appears that less than 25% think I’m an a-hole, and that’s a number I can live with. I thought for sure it would be higher.

 

[KG1]

I’ll add… my oldest daughter and her husband were still in bed. Their house, I’m not waking them up. Anyway, I saw my wife with another piece of bacon and I told her to put it back because that’s for our daughter and SIL when they get up. This was after I threw the pancakes away. That was probably a dick move on my part.

I thought about eating some pancakes and using all the syrup, but since it isn’t my house I would feel bad being the one who used up all their syrup and not replacing it.

But by the poll numbers, it appears that less than 25% think I’m an a-hole, and that’s a number I can live with. I thought for sure it would be higher.

Holy smokies you went all in and upset marital bliss.

 

[ZurokSlayer7X9]

I'm mixed on this. You have a right to be mad. When my dad asks me to do something, I do it, however you lost me by throwing away the pancakes. Maybe it's because of the way my mom raised me (who was homeless and knew what it was like to be hungry growing up) or me researching preparedness, but I hate seeing food wasted needlessly or to prove a point. Taking the pancakes for yourself would have been justified in my book, however. And yeah, it bugs me to no end when people don't put down their damn phones to acknowledge you.

 

[MCgrease08]

If you have brown sugar, butter and water you can make your own syrup.

Ingredients​

• ▢2 cups brown sugar
• ▢1 cup water
• ▢½ cup butter
• ▢Optional: ¼ teaspoon vanilla or maple extract

Instructions​

• Combine the sugar and water in a medium-sized saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Lower the heat to medium and allow the mixture to boil for 4 minutes.
• Add the butter and stir until the butter has dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the extract if desired.
• Let the syrup cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a pitcher or jar for storage. Serve immediately or store tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to a month.

Brown Sugar Butter Syrup

Brown sugar and butter simmer together and create a caramel toffee flavored homemade syrup like nothing you've ever tasted.

barefeetinthekitchen.com

 

[Lpherr]

If you have brown sugar, butter and water you can make your own syrup.

Ingredients​

• ▢2 cups brown sugar
• ▢1 cup water
• ▢½ cup butter
• ▢Optional: ¼ teaspoon vanilla or maple extract

Instructions​

• Combine the sugar and water in a medium-sized saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Lower the heat to medium and allow the mixture to boil for 4 minutes.
• Add the butter and stir until the butter has dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the extract if desired.
• Let the syrup cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a pitcher or jar for storage. Serve immediately or store tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to a month.

Brown Sugar Butter Syrup

Brown sugar and butter simmer together and create a caramel toffee flavored homemade syrup like nothing you've ever tasted.

barefeetinthekitchen.com

That isn't syrup, it's sugar water. Not even the commercial stuff either.

 

[Ark]

Holy smokies you went all in and upset marital bliss.

He's outta control! Someone stop him!

 

[red_zr24x4]

I might be an a**hole, but I'm not a d**k.

There's something those of us in the OSUT have been meaning to talk to you about....

 

[spencer rifle]

Always, ALWAYS have enough of the real thing on hand. You would have been doing them a disservice to make them eat pancakes with crap store syrup. You did the only logical thing: no real maple syrup = pancakes not worth eating.

I would have fed them to the chickens, though.

 

[hopper68]

If you have to ask AITA, then the answer is yes. The important question is were you justified? I say yes with a you could have handled it better.