Who cooks dinner at your house? (clicky)

C&C6202005 · November 2011

I just do not want to cook tonight, so I got to wondering if I am the only one who feels guilty for not cooking dinner sometimes. I am a teacher and I get home about 4pm. DH doesn't get home until 6pm. I feel like I should have dinner ready, but sometimes I just don't feel like it. [Poll]

SteelCity44 · November 2011

It's dangerous to our health and safety to let DH cook dinner.

AshleyC0117 · November 2011

I voted for 50/50 but lately DH has been doing most of the cooking since I've been feeling crummy (...still)

ImThisBabysMom · November 2011

I said 50/50 but it's probably more 70/30 with me cooking more just because I'm currently not working outside of the home. And when H does cook, it's never anything like home made. It's always out of the freezer, a can or a box or take out/delivery.

MrsGreen620 · November 2011

I should have SS'd this one, but I clicked that I always cook. It is probably an 80/20 split in our house.

TKx2 · November 2011

I always do because I love to cook, but if I'm tired/sick/etc., DH has no problem doing it. He is the official pasta sauce cook though...his grandfather is from Italy so it's serious business in his family!

beth6287 · November 2011

I cook most of the time....but every once in a while my boyfriend gets an idea of something he wants to make and he will cook but thats probably once every other month.

TheOriginalSP · November 2011

I SAH so I make dinner about 90% of the time. During the summer DH grills but I make all of the sides.

C&C6202005 · November 2011

I should have made a few more choice in my poll! I would say it is about 90/10 in our house, but I have to ask on the nights that I just don't feel up to it and then I feel guilty about it. Ugh.

TotallyLoCo · November 2011

Me, always. DH and the kitchen do not get along. Recently I wasn't feeling well and asked him to cook up some pasta or something, and he looked at me blankly. I have no idea what he did before we moved in together. I don't mind because I enjoy cooking. And he ALWAYS does the dishes, which I hate to do, so I feel like it's fair.

vtwd40 · November 2011

I always cook because I love to cook. But it makes me feel bad when I am tired or cruddy feeling and don't feel like making dinner. Poor DH isn't any good at cooking, but he'll try. Last week was hamburgers.....it was sad.

katieh1017 · November 2011

50/50 for us. I make DH grill every time we have meat and I do sides inside.

countdowntolockdown · November 2011

I see your point, but you need a break now and then. I'm home before my hubby too and I used to always make dinner. Then we both blew up to almost 200 pounds, soooooo, now I eat 'linner' when I get home (I go to bed at 7, 7:30) and hubby fends for himself or goes to the gym.

I guess I'm a good cook?!...:)

Don't feel guilty. Maybe make two days a week 'fend for himself' nights. Teaching is a hard job and not respected enough.

SteelCity44 · November 2011

TotallyLoCo:
Me, always. DH and the kitchen do not get along. Recently I wasn't feeling well and asked him to cook up some pasta or something, and he looked at me blankly. I have no idea what he did before we moved in together. I don't mind because I enjoy cooking. And he ALWAYS does the dishes, which I hate to do, so I feel like it's fair.

Same here. No matter how crummy I feel, I know it'll be worth cooking dinner, because that means I'm out of dish duty! And he knows that if he doesn't do the dishes, he's not getting dinner!

mumegs · November 2011

DH always cooks dinner for us...there are a couple things I can make but the kitchen and I do not get along generally! He gets home before me so it's usually ready when I get home from work.

FusionLMT · November 2011

I put 50/50. When not preggo it is more like 70-80% me, but now it is fast-food/eating out 2-3 nights a week, he'll cook something simple 2-3 nights a week, and I try for the rest. I'm not much into food while pregnant though, so it is hard to meal plan and not have stuff go to waste.

sweetdreams2000 · November 2011

I am the only one who cooks . . . but since getting pregnant - we've been getting takeout or eating out an awful lot b/c I couldnt find anything that sounded good to eat. I dont feel very guilty about it though, lol.

TucktheTurtle · November 2011

DH cooks dinner 98% of the time.

When we first moved in together, I tried to cook for him, and he was pretty disappointed in my cooking skills. We have a deal that you don't get to complain about something if you aren't willing to do it yourself, so he started cooking.

It's been five years, and I very rarely have to cook, even though I stay home now. In fact, I'm not sure if I could do anywhere near as good of a job as he does. I do all of the baking, but that's only junk food.

The only dishes he's supposed to wash are the cast iron, but I always end up washing them anyway.

3lilbeans · November 2011

TheOriginalSP:
I SAH so I make dinner about 90% of the time. During the summer DH grills but I make all of the sides.

This. DH is in charge of weekend pancakes too & usually cooks at least one of our weekend suppers.

JFH2010 · November 2011

SteelCity44:
TotallyLoCo:
Me, always. DH and the kitchen do not get along. Recently I wasn't feeling well and asked him to cook up some pasta or something, and he looked at me blankly. I have no idea what he did before we moved in together. I don't mind because I enjoy cooking. And he ALWAYS does the dishes, which I hate to do, so I feel like it's fair.
Same here. No matter how crummy I feel, I know it'll be worth cooking dinner, because that means I'm out of dish duty! And he knows that if he doesn't do the dishes, he's not getting dinner!

This is us too. Sometimes I wish he would cook more, but then I remember how much I hate doing dishes. I would much rather cook, and he still puts in his time because I'm VERY messy in the kitchen.

Crazijewel · November 2011

My DH cooks every night, it would be dangerous if I did. Lol. I am very grateful.

starshollow · November 2011

I like to cook, and I personally think I am better at it. So I cook dinner most nights. On occasion, when I don't feel like it, we do take out. Or on days like today, when I know I am going to be exhausted after work, DH will cook. I try to just sit by and watch, but I am too controlling in the kitchen!

Patella1129 · November 2011

I always cook dinner, but I also SAH. When I was working, I always cooked dinner too, but we always had frozen pizza once per week and got take-out or went out to eat about once per week as well. That helped a little bit. Dinner also wasn't always ready by 6. Sometimes we wouldn't eat until 7 or 7:30. Of course, that was before DS was born and when he wasn't eating solids so it didn't really matter what time we ate.

HeatherAA10 · November 2011

DH and I cook dinner together most of the time. Its something we enjoy doing together and it gets done faster that way too! In fact, sometimes I will end up cooking more than him (if I get home from work early a few days in a row) and he'll get upset because he likes to cook (and he's really good at it too)! He did ALL of the cooking when I was too sick in the 1st trimester!

WildcatPrincess · November 2011

It was split pretty evenly before DD was born, now I cook 100% of the time. It makes more sense so we can sit down when he gets home and get her to bed on time.

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