"We share the cooking, and due to shift work and other reasons, dinner can be anywhere between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.Usually, when dinner is ready, whoever cooked it will send a message in the group chat to call everyone to the table. (People might be spread out on three different floors, or outside.) Recently, my boyfriend and I went on an outing during the day. We had an amazing day of hiking."
"I sat down and ate, talked to my roommate and spaced out a bit. I kept assuming BF would come and join us, but he never did. Without my realizing it, an hour went by and he never ate. I finally found him three floors up in bed. I asked why he didn't come eat, and he said, No one invited me [in the chat], and apparently no one missed me or expected me."
Two partners living with roommates share cooking duties and use a group chat to call people to dinner because household members can be scattered across floors or outside. After a day of hiking, one partner heated leftovers while the other showered; the cooking partner assumed the other would join without an explicit chat invitation. The other partner later complained that no one invited him and that no one missed him. Both partners felt hurt, leading to an argument about who should have acted. Recommended remedies include getting rest, exchanging apologies with each other and the roommate, and clarifying expectations about inviting household members to shared meals.
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