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

Mar. 15, 2025

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Lauren Vied Allen for The Washington Post/Getty

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 anonymousposton 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.”

“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.

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Kinga Krzeminska/Getty

“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.

“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.”

source: people.com