Comments on: A Simple Question Leads To Domestic Disturbance

By: Marriage Records

Marriage Records — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:33:02 +0000

Cooking is the greatest problem in our family. My imagination and cooking talent don’t allow me to make dinners fantastic, so my husband has to be satisfied with fried potatoes, spagetti and omlet ))))

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:58:15 +0000

don’t ask. don’t suggest. don’t open your mouth unless food is placed in front of you too eat. You might end up starving. If by 8 PM there is no food, then go out and buy some, or order some over the phone…Its not about who’s job it is.

By: phillyz

phillyz — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:50:05 +0000

why isn’t she barefoot in the kitchen already. what a bunch of chumps all ya all- what do think money is just burning in a whole in the guys pocket waiting to be spent on take out. what ever happened to the days of a nice hot meal waiting for the hard working bread winner?

By: Clueless Newlywed

Clueless Newlywed — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:29:17 +0000

I have a suggestion that’s sure to work: Don’t ask any kind of question regarding that night’s dinner! =D

By: jy

jy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:13:08 +0000

What if she just can’t decide and your willing to cook anything? Pick up anything? I am ready to eat!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:18:09 +0000

My wife has not made dinner once in as long as I can remember. I get up with the kids, feed them, get them ready for school, take them to school, then I get a call after a couple hours when they’re home to see when I am leaving the office, when I get home I play with the kids, feed them, bathe them, get them ready for bed, put them to bed and then make dinner.

I don’t even ask what’s for dinner. It’s whatever I want. FML.

By: Polly

Polly — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:19:14 +0000

My husband has solved this age-old issue by calling me before he leaves his office for home. It’s about an hour’s drive so he’ll call to see if I need him to pick up anything. Then he’ll ask if I’ve got anything planned for dinner or should he either grab something for himself, pick up something for the family, or be able to either eat or reheat leftovers when he gets home. To me, it’s just a considerate thing to do, so I have no problem with cooking the meals! I know that if I don’t feel like it sometimes, it’s no biggie and he’ll cover it. We women hate to feel taken for granted… therein lies the key.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:20:08 +0000

I’d tell her it’s “make your own dinner” night. I would then tell her what one course meal I was going to make for myself (something she would find disghusting) I would then offer if she would like me to make enough for everyone!

By: karlmalone

karlmalone — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:43:17 +0000

I fully understand that dinner responsibilities should be shared, but the owner of the process should be the person who manages the in-house affairs. Think of this as a project with a project manager and potential assignees, certainly the project manager could self-assign tasks but what is really required of a project manager is that the project gets completed.

What I do not understand is if tempers are raised in the asking of the question. If the project is being managed then inquiry into the process or assignees should be welcomed or generally published. These priciples of ownerships of processes could hold true for income generation, spritual instruction, dinner making, baby changing or any other family responsibilites.

By: Daniel Cox

Daniel Cox — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:28:58 +0000

I cook, she cleans up.

If she cooks, I clean up.

That way, the meal ‘tasks’ get split up.

How do we decide? I like cooking, and I hate doing dishes. So generally, I cook dinner.