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Hey all--

My girlfriend, who I got back together with about 5.5 months ago after having broken up a handful of times and gotten back together over the last 10 years, started getting really into baking 4 months ago and has been making macarons, profiteroles, cakes, cookies, etc etc etc and has become really really skilled at it too. 

I've eaten most 99% of the things she's baked including my birthday cake, some holiday bark, cookies on countless occasions, etc, but on two occasions, one about 1 month ago where she found some pastries I threw away that had gone stale and today where she found some cookies that she made a week ago (that I LOVED), that I threw away because even she said they had gone bad, I didn't get a chance to enjoy it all and she found them throwing my trash out this morning after I tossed them last night. 

She tells me she's hurt and said it was the meanest thing that I have ever done and started drawing conclusions about how everyone must think she's dumb for making baked goods and sharing them with her, etc etc. I've tried telling her I love her baked goods and constantly tell her that while she's baking, when I'm enjoying her treats, and even days after.  

To add to that, she's been under a lot of pressure as she's about to graduate from law school this week and with that, I want to be as sensitive as possible to how she's feeling and to some degree I understand exactly where she's coming from. It's offensive when someone takes for granted something you've put so much time and effort in. 

While I understand how offensive it is, I'm not sure I understand how it brought her to tears when I just called her to apologize about it and not sure I understand that it is the 'meanest' thing that I've ever done... I feel terrible and actually felt pretty bad throwing them away in the first place but I didn't think I'd eat the stale cookies... 

What do I do?? Am I wrong for tossing them?
<bot>: Girlfriend is mad that I threw away some cookies she baked and tells me that it's the meanest thing I've ever done. I feel terrible but can't sympathize with her completely. What to do Reddit?