Man Asks Wife to Start Wearing a Hairnet While Cooking Their Meals — and the Conversation Does Not Go as He'd Hoped

A Reddit user is asking if he is in the wrong for requesting his wife wear a hairnet while she cooks

Finding a hair in one’s dinner can easily sour a meal — and this husband feels this justifies his request to his wife.

As detailed in an anonymous post on Reddit, a man asked his wife to wear a hairnet while cooking because he claims to often finds her hair in his food.

“My wife loves to cook, and I truly appreciate her meals—they’re delicious,” he begins. “However, her hair keeps getting in the food. It’s long and tends to shed a lot, so it’s almost a guarantee that I’ll find at least one strand in every meal.”

Related: Man Says Pregnant Wife Is Interrupting His 'Free Time' with Her Morning Sickness

“I’ve tried to casually mention it a few times, saying stuff like, ‘Oh, looks like your hair wanted to join dinner,’ but it hasn’t made much of a difference,” he continues.

In the post, the man doesn’t disclose if he's addressed the issue with his wife’s hair beyond the casual comments. But ultimately, he's asked if she could start wearing a hairnet while cooking to prevent hair from making its way into the food.

“I figured it was a practical solution,” he explains. “She got really upset, saying it’s embarrassing and that I’m making her feel like she’s gross. That wasn’t my intention—I just don’t love finding hair in my food.”

His wife then claims the hair is “not that big of a deal,” he adds, and though commenters agree that the poster shouldn’t want to find hair in his evening meal, they seem united in the idea that he could’ve approached the conversation in a more tactful way.

“I just think your approach was off,” one user suggests in the comments. “You found a problem and solved it. Your partner who is on your team and part of the issue didn't even get a say.”

Related: Woman Faces Backlash After Sharing List of Things She Refuses to Do for Husband — But Says It Saved Their Marriage (Exclusive)

“You should have gone for a more open approach. Something like, ‘I really love your cooking, but lately I feel like I often find a hair in my food and I feel like it really ruins dinner for me,’ “ the commenter continues. “No blame, not telling her what to do, just sharing how you feel.”

Some commenters also suggest the poster cook instead of his wife, though he did not respond to comments questioning why that wasn’t initially offered as a solution.

“Asking to do something with her hair is ok, but suggesting a hairnet is very insensitive as if you asked her to wear gloves while cooking… suggests that you’re disgusted by her,” another commenter points out.