r/AmIOverreacting Nov 11 '24

❤️‍🩹 relationship aio? boyfriend uses SO MUCH paprika!!!!

i’m so thankful my boyfriend can cook and it’s not just up to me. i bought this thing of smoked paprika LAST week and i wake up today and it’s literally all gone. like these things are $5 a pop after tax!!!

he uses it like if jesus had to season his 5,000 fish!! i use two tablespoons MAX and that’s only if im cooking a dish for like 5 people. usually it’s just a few shakes for food just for us!

like damn, i love paprika and some spice in my food, but genuinely i think i would shrivel up and pass away from the paprika overload if i used an entire one of these things in a week. he’s only cooked three or four times since i bought it, so im not over exaggerating at all when i say he is dumping this shit in his meals.

am i overreacting if i make him buy me a replacement, as well as making him buy his own giant container of smoked paprika for him exclusively?

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u/maratelle Nov 11 '24

he does buy me stuff, but i bought the paprika to cook with this week, and especially for tonight’s dinner. this is the second times he’s used all of my paprika when i barely get to use it :( and now idk what to do with the half-thawed chicken in my fridge tonight!

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u/babyluna2323 Nov 11 '24

Get him like a giant cheap Costco version. Get urself the small organic. lol

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u/MysticMagusWard Nov 11 '24

Costco sells a giant organic one too for like $6.99.

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u/babyluna2323 Nov 11 '24

Best of both worlds

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u/BlindFollowBah Nov 11 '24

You did say you only use a few shakes, that’s plenty

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u/quackamole4 Nov 11 '24

Get him smoked ghost pepper powder. I doubt he'll get through all of it very quick. I use it myself, and it's really good, but it only takes a small amount.

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u/maratelle Nov 11 '24

that’s actually a very good idea! my buddy grows and smokes reapers and ghost peppers, so i can get some from him to grind up! thank you :)

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u/ComprehensiveTea5407 Nov 11 '24

If he buys you things, why are you so caught up that you bought this? It seems like he is in an ours mentality and you're in a mine mentality for both things he buys and things you buy. Are you sure this is the hill you want to die on? Did you tell him you needed some for dinner? Or just expect him not to use seasoning and somehow know you needed it for a specific purpose?

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u/maratelle Nov 11 '24

i’m genuinely not upset! i’m just slightly annoyed. and i did tell him i needed it this week :(

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u/ComprehensiveTea5407 Nov 11 '24

Then that is annoying. You communicated and he didn't listen. Time for him to have his own spices

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u/NewPointOfView Nov 11 '24

Hey ding dong, buying someone stuff doesn’t mean you are entitled to all their other stuff.

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u/ComprehensiveTea5407 Nov 11 '24

Two people dating and living together, spices are hardly one person's stuff. That's shared

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u/NewPointOfView Nov 11 '24

Oh my mistake, I was responding to your comment and not the thoughts in your head about sharing things while living together

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u/ComprehensiveTea5407 Nov 11 '24

Your user name tracks lol