AITJ for not telling my wife for eight years that the coffee she thinks she hates is the coffee she drinks every morning
My wife is going to read this eventually so hi babe Im sorry but also Im not.
When we first moved in together my wife told me she only likes light roast coffee. She said dark roast is too bitter and too strong and she cant stand it. She was very firm about this. So I always bought light roast for the house.
About eight years ago I accidentally bought a bag of dark roast. Didnt realize it until I got home and saw the label. I figured Id just drink it myself and get her the right one next time. But I was lazy and made a pot that morning anyway.
She drank it. Said nothing. Didnt notice at all. Said it was good actually.
So the next time I went to the store I bought dark roast again. On purpose this time. She drank it every morning for a week and never said a word. So I just kept buying it.
For eight years.
Every morning this woman drinks dark roast coffee and tells me how good it is. Meanwhile if we go to a coffee shop and they ask what roast she wants she says light because she doesnt like dark. She has sent back coffee at restaurants for being too dark. She has told friends she cant drink dark roast. All while drinking it at home every single day.
Last month she was putting groceries away and actually looked at the coffee bag for the first time in apparently eight years. She held it up and said is this dark roast. I said yep. She said since when. I said since 2017.
She did not laugh.
She said I lied to her. I said I just never corrected her. She said thats the same thing. I said you have literally been drinking it every day and loving it for eight years so clearly you do like dark roast. She said thats not the point.
Shes been buying her own light roast since and making a separate pot every morning. She says its better. I watch her face when she drinks it and Im pretty sure she doesnt think its better but shes committed to proving me wrong.
AITJ
