Right, and how much more selfish if it is a rare occasion.

If I had the opportunity to make an amazing meal my gf would definitely like, or strong-arm her into trying it a different way, why would I ever choose the second?

She bought a nice steak and he decided that he was already sure he doesn’t like well done steak, although she had hammered down on the point that he one time agreed to try it the other way. Why not just take joy in the fact someone you care about is enjoying a special meal, especially when the “special recipe” you’re trying is just “worse steak”.

Nobody with any cooking knowledge likes well done steak. It’s garbage. If you’ve eaten a normal amount of steaks, you’ve definitely had a few well done steaks, and you know how you like yours.

It’s totally bizarre for someone to have so much desire to control their SO in such precise detail. If someone forcibly made me eat ketchup with my fries I’d be genuinely reconsider the relationship. And all the desire to be right just generally bums me out. If she just made one steak each way, everyone would have had a good meal and a nice day. Now they’re in a fight and she’s complaining to the internet about it, and they probably didn’t enjoy the otherwise awesome steaks.

I’m not trying to be all r/relationships with the “red flag break up immediately” talk, but I really can’t imagine spending time with someone that rigid and judicious. Choosing conflict just for the sake of pride is always a bad trait.