Yesterday was my girlfriend Emma’s family barbecue and I think I might have destroyed our relationship. I’m 25M, she’s 24F and we’ve been together for a year.
Emma’s been really excited about me meeting her extended family. She made this potato salad that she was super proud of and kept asking if I liked it. Honestly it was pretty bland but I didn’t want to hurt her feelings so I just said it was good.
During dinner her uncle starts asking me about my family’s cooking and somehow we get on the topic of potato salad. He mentions how his mom used to make the best potato salad with paprika and bacon bits.
Without thinking I say “oh yeah that sounds so much better than plain potato salad, I love when it actually has flavor.” Emma just stares at me and her mom gets this shocked look.
Emma’s cousin goes “wait, didn’t Emma make potato salad?” and I realize what I just said. I immediately try to backtrack and say I wasn’t talking about Emma’s but everyone knows I was.
Emma excuses herself to the bathroom and doesn’t come back for like 20 minutes. When she does her eyes are all red and she barely talks to me the rest of the night.
On the drive home she starts crying and saying I embarrassed her in front of everyone. I keep apologizing but she says it’s not just about the potato salad, it’s about how I could be so thoughtless.
She’s barely texted me since yesterday and I don’t know how to make this right. I really didn’t mean to insult her cooking, it just slipped out.
TL;DR: Accidentally insulted my girlfriend’s potato salad in front of her entire family, now she thinks I’m a thoughtless jerk and won’t talk to me.
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looks botted.
And that’s what happens if you don’t have the courage to tell your gf that her potato salad is bland.