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23-year-old girlfriend brings family dinner to a halt after questioning her BF's Mom's recipe: 'I was just confused'

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  • Woman snacks on fruit while avoiding eating the meal her BF's Mom made.
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  • Am I wrong for saying my BF’s Mom’s mashed potatoes are weird?

    so this is so stupid but now it's a whole thing. i've been with my bf for like 5 years and his family does sunday dinner a lot. i go most of the time, it's whatever. last weekend we're there, his mom made mashed potatoes, i grab some, normal. i take
  • a bite and immediately i'm like ??? why are these sweet. not like a little sweet. like actually sweet.
  • Woman spends time with her BF and his family.
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  • so i just go "wait are these sweet?" kinda laughing bc i thought maybe i was losing it. and she goes "yeah that's how i make them"
  • and i just said "oh i've never had sweet mashed potatoes before" like not trying to be r de, i was just confused
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  • and it got awkward for no reason like de d quiet. i tried to just eat them anyway but i genuinely couldn't, it tasted like dessert with gravy and my brain was not having it. so i just stopped eating
  • them and kept eating the rest. then she notices and goes "you don't like them?" and i said "they're just a bit sweet for me"
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  • and then my bf jumps in like "they're not even sweet" which??? they literally are. and his mom makes a comment like "some people just aren't used to real cooking" which kinda annoyed me.
  • so i said "i just didn't expect mashed potatoes to taste like cake" and yeah that did NOT go over well.
  • dinner got super awkward, we left, and in the car my bf says i embarrassed him and i should apologize. but like... i wasn't even r de at first?? i only said that after she made that
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  • comment. now she's upset and he's acting like i started something. idk this feels so dumb but am i actually in the wrong
  • She added a few more details

    EDIT: just answering some questions ive already gotten a couple times: - im 23 - these were normal russet potatoes that tasted like there was
  • ALOT of brownsugar added into them - i have somehow avoided eating these monstrous potatoes for 5 years because normally we either have roasted potatoes or we do a potluck style and bfs SIL
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  • brings the mashed potatoes - i am not from the US
  • Woman relaxes with her BF and his family outdoors.

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