'My husband's four-word insult about my Christmas dinner left me humiliated'

Cooking the Christmas dinner is no mean feat, but one woman was left horrified at how her husband described her efforts.

The most important part of Christmas Day is arguably the dinner, and after all the time and effort it takes, no cook wants to get it wrong. So to hear someone insulting your creation can be pretty deflating.

The woman, who wished not to disclose her name, explained how she had spent most of the day preparing the meal while her husband was working, on top of looking after their children until he was home. Yet despite all of her hard work, all she received were complaints, with one savage remark in particular.

Her husband proceeded to tell her their roast beef was "tough as old boots" and reminded him of a shoe. Seething with his remarks, the mum took to Mumsnet to post an anonymous rant after his comment, and said he kept telling his family about it as well.

She wrote: "We have small children and I spend the morning afternoon running between the kitchen and the living room cooking, playing with the kids, opening presents, building toys and cleaning and cooking a big Christmas dinner.

"Main was a huge turkey crown which was beautiful, everyone enjoyed it. All fresh veg, homemade cauliflower cheese, Yorkshires, all the trimmings etc. Beef was an extra (small joint) but not the main event." She explained in the post that she had to text her husband asking for help cooking the beef as she'd never done it before due to mostly having a vegetarian diet.

Asking him how long to cook it for, she claimed he replied, "Just guess", so she did. The online post further detailed: "Served up the dinner and he moaned and moaned about how the beef was like an old boot and he could barely cut through it. It was very tough. Told him to leave it and just eat the turkey."

However, she said he made it worse when his family came over in the evening and asked how the dinner was. "All he could mention was the beef being like old boots, and our kids laughed along. His Mum then offered to teach me how to cook beef," she claimed, adding that he also kept commenting on how much she'd forked out for the turkey.

The post concluded: "Felt like I was in the kitchen for several hours prepping, cooking and cleaning. I was exhausted when he came home," and asked if she was being unreasonable after he left her "very embarrassed" when he mentioned it to his whole family and "it sounded like the whole of my dinner was s*** when it was only one of many other dishes."

People were quick to defend her, and called her husband ungrateful for all her hard work. One Mumsnet user wrote: "I wouldn't be lifting a finger next year to cater for the ungrateful swine. Cook the food you enjoy and leave the meat on the shelf," while another added: "Ungratefulness. Complaining. Jokes at your expense. Why are you doing this to yourself for someone who takes all of your hard work for granted?"

However one contradicted this and said: "You obviously have access to the internet so could have googled how to cook beef? You admit it was awful and if he's making some jokes about it so what just let it go over your head I think you are blowing this out of proportion."

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