[UPDATE] My [23F] roommate [18M] continues making fried chicken and it makes me uncomfortable.

A Redditor updates us on a past issue with a roommate whose fried chicken cooking habits initially caused tension. Over the year, the roommate expanded his culinary repertoire, apologized for any offense caused, and turned out to be one of the best roommates and a close friend. Read the full story below to see how things turned out.

‘ [UPDATE] My [23F] roommate [18M] continues making fried chicken and it makes me uncomfortable.’

I figured I’d make an update because it’s been a year and things are super different now. In our house, with a new kitchen to work with, Louis decided to pursue cooking for himself as a hobby, and expanded his tastes. He still eats mostly meat, but has moved on to things like bacon-wrapped meatballs and burgers. The fried chicken was more occasional, and he improved his cooking style over the year.

Shortly after I made the original post, we talked to Louis about the jokes he’d been making concerning the incident. He genuinely didn’t know he had offended people and apologized to everyone he thought necessary. Things were mended on that front pretty quickly.

We have since left that job and that housing, and so has he. But Louis proved to be one of the best roommates we ever had. He was reliable, fun to be around, and hard working. We consider him one of our close friends now, and are very grateful to have had the experience of living together. Thank you to everyone who commented on my original post, your advice was sound and you all helped me feel much better about the situation, which ended up turning out great.

TL;DR: Fried chicken-obsessed roommate expanded his palate. Ended up being one of the best roommates we’ve ever had.

Here’s the feedback from the Reddit community:

[Reddit User] −  You know I actually remember the original post and I’m not sure what that says about me, but good update. I for sure thought he was about to burn y’all’s place down

unknown47 −  Did you get him that air-fryer?

CharZero −  I was amazed at how many people in the original think people in their early 20s should know how to handle fires. Unless you are in the restaurant business, or some other types of industries where you get training on this, it is not common knowledge at all. At least in my experience in the US.

CKFS87 −  Awesome. Ir all worked out. Good ending to that story.

BtheChemist −  I fully expected this to be some fight about being a vegan, and Im pleasantly entertained to find out it was not.

yodagreenjedi −  All’s well that ends well.

HeyJustWantedToSay −  Honestly the takeaway from this is that you judged a book by its cover (/mistake) when all the resolution that was needed was a simple conversation.

StinkingMeat −  I’m so glad you found the perfect roommate in him! He seems like a great guy!

happensman −  I had once read a comment on the previous post saying something along the line of “you cant tell him what to cook” Uh, yes I can if homie is tryna burn my house down. Rules aren’t gonna stop dumbassery

samirhyms −  I’m a bit concerned Louis actually murdered OP accidentally by fire and then posted this from OP’s account

How would you handle an uncomfortable situation with a roommate to foster a positive outcome? Have you ever had a similar experience where a rocky start turned into a great friendship? Share your thoughts below!