Good gift or basket for married bachelor?

[Anonymous]

I say married bachelor because he is married and busy with a 6 year old, but his wife doesn’t cook at all and barely helps with childcare so he lives a bachelor food life. I want to send something to the family. Home cooked would be ideal, but they live across the country from me. Any gifts that would give him a fresh food, home cooked kind of taste? He eats a lot of processed food and convenience foods.

[Anonymous]

Stop trying to make "married bachelor" happen.

[Anonymous]

Are his arms broken? Why can't he cook? And why are you being a busybody.

[Anonymous]

This is a troll right? How about a gift certificate to a cooking class?

[Anonymous]

Are you getting him a present because his wifey isn't waiting on him? I'm nauseated.

[Anonymous]

Try sending a present to BOTH OF THEM. A subscription to Hello Fresh or Blue Apron is one idea. Or subscription to NYT Cooking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are his arms broken? Why can't he cook? And why are you being a busybody.

He does cook. He doesn’t always have time because he gets home late and the 6 year old has to eat within a reasonable time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop trying to make "married bachelor" happen.

I’m not trying to make anything happen. I’m describing him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you getting him a present because his wifey isn't waiting on him? I'm nauseated.

No, I’m trying to get them a food gift because he is struggling doing all the childcare and cooking while working full time. Wife works part time from home but cannot help with domestic duties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a troll right? How about a gift certificate to a cooking class?

He knows how to cook. He doesn’t always have the time. He works two jobs and weekends, so he doesn’t have time to catch up on weekends. I don’t think a NYT food subscription or cooking class would help

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are his arms broken? Why can't he cook? And why are you being a busybody.

How am I being a busybody? I haven’t said anything to them at all even though I find their situation to be unbalanced. I would simply like to send a food gift that isn’t a stack of muffins or chocolates, and might give them a taste of fresher more home cooking style food.

[Anonymous]

My husband's cousin, a single mother, spends her Sundays cooking for the week. She labels containers and categorizes them in her fridge according to protein, veg and carb, so that her family can quickly mix and match for lunchboxes and quick reheating.

That's how she survived hungry kids, bedtimes and working full-time.

I suggest you give your son, or whoever it is, a cooking book that lays out how to do this. I learned to cook when my first child was little. It wasn't something I learned at home. Your married bachelor, with all the insult it implies towards his wife, can learn to do all of this, even while burdened with a y chromosome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I suggest you give your son, or whoever it is, a cooking book that lays out how to do this. I learned to cook when my first child was little. It wasn't something I learned at home. Your married bachelor, with all the insult it implies towards his wife, can learn to do all of this, even while burdened with a y chromosome.

I'm looking forward to OP's complaint post about how her DIL made her feel unwelcome on her post-care-package visit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I suggest you give your son, or whoever it is, a cooking book that lays out how to do this. I learned to cook when my first child was little. It wasn't something I learned at home. Your married bachelor, with all the insult it implies towards his wife, can learn to do all of this, even while burdened with a y chromosome.

I'm looking forward to OP's complaint post about how her DIL made her feel unwelcome on her post-care-package visit

These are not my kids!

[Anonymous]

OP, maybe they are happy with this arrangement. I would be insulted, frankly, if someone sent me meals because they thought our takeout ratio was “unbalanced”. I don’t enjoy cooking. I like spending my time doing just about anything but. I am happy not cooking!

If he asked you specifically to send home cooked food, then find a company like mighty meals or maybe a home chef subscription. If he didn’t ask, don’t go there.