do you worry about your SO's meals?

kerrigrooves · November 2013

I am a SAHM but I work 12 hrs a week from home. I take care of dinner and if there are leftovers, DH takes them to work....sometimes I feel guilty if he doesnt have lunch made but then I have to take care of myself and LO's meals. Do you take care of all of meals for everyone?

kjmommy1214 · November 2013

I SAH. I do most of the meals. However, life happens, and DH has to fend for himself or cook for the family. I don't think that you should feel guilty. Being a mom is a full time job. It was a hard thing for me to swallow, but as awesome as I wanted to be, I can't do everything.

Hummingbirdbaby3 · November 2013

Yes. Make dinner for all of us and DH lunch every night. Always easy meals. I use the crockpot as much as I can.

doggiemom4 · November 2013

I SAH as well. I always ask for DH lunchbox. If he doesn't want me to make him lunch he will say "just put a couple of monsters in the fridge and i will stop and get subway." But about 11 out of the 15 days he works at a time I make his lunch.

vettymama · November 2013

I SAH and make DH's lunches unless he doesn't need one.

BTW, I haven't been on TB for awhile but am working on getting back into posting.

winecastle14 · November 2013

My DH makes my lunch and most of our dinners. I like to cook, but it's easier for him to make dinner while I feed and put LO to bed. He makes us sandwiches while I prep her food for the next day. Works for us. There are plenty of times when we don't feel like making/eating sandwiches and we buy our lunch for the day.

SurpriseAt39 · November 2013

If I make enough supper for there to be leftovers (sometimes difficult if LO devours everything) then DH has the option of taking that for lunch.

But, I don't go out of my way to prepare something special.
He likes to buy lunch occasionally. Other times he is too busy to take a lunch break.

persephonerose · November 2013

DH and I get together to cook one bulk meal a week. Last week it was a bunch of sirloins on the grill, roasted onions, mushrooms, and bell peppers. Our bulk meal generally last for about 3-4 days. We also try to keep a salad made at all times. If I am cooking something I will make a little extra but I don't go out of my way during the week to ensure he has food. He works 3rd shift from home, he can cook something if he needs too. When he was going into the office every day he was in charge of his own food.

datagirl79 · November 2013

No, I don't. Most of the time he's too busy working to stop and eat. I will make sure he knows what's available for him to eat, and then leave it up to him.

ssmb_clarinet · November 2013

DH and I fend for ourselves for lunches. Dinner we take turns cooking or we cook together while LO eats in her high chair. Depends on the day. I would NEVER feel bad for not making my husband lunch...he's a grown man and should be able to make his own.

Gargita · November 2013

No, we make our own lunches and share dinner responsibility. We do our own laundry, too.

credcat7 · November 2013

I'm a SAHM but he works from home 80% of the time.. he cooks dinners but I am really good and putting away leftovers... he usually tries to get back home for lunch

kbl13 · November 2013

I try to make extra for dinner so that DH can take leftovers, but if there is nothing left then he is on his own for lunch the next day.

ZoeMay06 · November 2013

I'm usually a part-time SAHM but I've been doing full-time internships since June, essentially working full-time minus the paycheck. DH has lunch at work, they have great cafeterias that are free for employees. I make almost all the other meals eaten by our family though, including the meal planning and grocery shopping. I'm not super happy about it but it is what it is.

LBStewart · November 2013

I'm very lucky to have a husband who has a passion for cooking. He makes dinner. Generally, we do two-three meals a week, and then have leftovers for two-three more nights of leftovers. He also makes lunch for me to bring to school each day.

billybumbler · November 2013

@Lori_n_Lior i didn't know you were pregnant, congrats!

shella923 · November 2013

Congrats! I wish I was as brave as you pregnant mamas!

winecastle14 · November 2013

Lori_n_Lior said:
Thanks , got my bfp on Monday, cautiously optimistic

Congrats!!

GHBEA · November 2013

DH eats left overs and so do the girls and I.

Maebb · November 2013

I make dinner most about 5 nights a week, and we do take-out once a week and usually go out once a week.

I will usually bring the leftovers to work for my lunch, and I make DH a ham sandwich. I know he's not a five-year-old and he could make his own lunch, but he literally will not eat unless I make his lunch for him, and he also doesn't eat breakfast, and I don't think it's healthy for him to not eat until dinner.

I do the grocery shopping and make the meals for DS too. DH helps feed him, but in terms of the shopping and food preparation, it stresses him out because he doesn't know what to do. So I do that, and he takes out the trash and cleans the bathrooms. It's a good arrangement if you ask me.

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