“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”

[Anonymous]

I told my husband I wasn't born with a pan in one hand, recipe book in the other. We either cook together or eat out. He grills or cooks on the weekend, I do sides during the week. If we want something different we order out and he picks it up on his way home.

I only have so much energy and cooking more than 30 mins. a day is not a priority. He actually agreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a sahm. If so, it is your job to take of the home, and well.

This is 2018, gramps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have a 6 week old and a 2 year old. And he says that. Wow. What a POS.

If the SAHM can't take on the responsibility of the home AND the child then she shouldn't add the child responsibility.

[Anonymous]

I'd go on strike. Let him see how hard it is to shop, find recipes and cook dinner while watching 2 kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have a 6 week old and a 2 year old. And he says that. Wow. What a POS.

If the SAHM can't take on the responsibility of the home AND the child then she shouldn't add the child responsibility.

A WOHM wouldn't be back at work at this stage, so why should a SAHM be held to the same standards at 6 weeks that she holds herself to at other point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have a 6 week old and a 2 year old. And he says that. Wow. What a POS.

If the SAHM can't take on the responsibility of the home AND the child then she shouldn't add the child responsibility.

A WOHM wouldn't be back at work at this stage, so why should a SAHM be held to the same standards at 6 weeks that she holds herself to at other point?

In what world do you live in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd go on strike. Let him see how hard it is to shop, find recipes and cook dinner while watching 2 kids

Does he get to "go on strike" too?

He made an insensitive comment. Just be an adult and explain that you think his comment was rude and unreasonable and move on with your lives. Don't make things worse by taking the horrible advice here to "lose it" or "go on strike." Don't indulge yourself like some women do.

[Anonymous]

Don’t move out over this! Calm down and take the “advice “ or leave it. Develop an inner calm and try and cook more often to his tastes. NBD!

[Anonymous]

people calling his comments insensitive and I don't understand.

He simply said he is bored with their dinner menu. That is simply matter-of-fact.
Simple solution is to pick out a couple new items and start putting those in the rotation.
Everyone always says that communication is key.... well... he clearly communicated that he is tired of eating the same thing for dinner.

Frankly it must be pretty monotonous mix of meals if he travels for work 3 - 4 nights a week and he is getting bored because that only leave 3 night a week and she is serving the same thing over and over.

If she just had a mix of 12 recopies then he wouldn't see the same meal but once per month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:people calling his comments insensitive and I don't understand.

He simply said he is bored with their dinner menu. That is simply matter-of-fact.
Simple solution is to pick out a couple new items and start putting those in the rotation.
Everyone always says that communication is key.... well... he clearly communicated that he is tired of eating the same thing for dinner.

Frankly it must be pretty monotonous mix of meals if he travels for work 3 - 4 nights a week and he is getting bored because that only leave 3 night a week and she is serving the same thing over and over.

If she just had a mix of 12 recopies then he wouldn't see the same meal but once per month.

In the context of there being a six-week-old and a toddler around, it's insensitive. I don't think that justifies the wild overreactions being proposed here, but I understand why she is annoyed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:people calling his comments insensitive and I don't understand.

He simply said he is bored with their dinner menu. That is simply matter-of-fact.
Simple solution is to pick out a couple new items and start putting those in the rotation.
Everyone always says that communication is key.... well... he clearly communicated that he is tired of eating the same thing for dinner.

Frankly it must be pretty monotonous mix of meals if he travels for work 3 - 4 nights a week and he is getting bored because that only leave 3 night a week and she is serving the same thing over and over.

If she just had a mix of 12 recopies then he wouldn't see the same meal but once per month.

In the context of there being a six-week-old and a toddler around, it's insensitive. I don't think that justifies the wild overreactions being proposed here, but I understand why she is annoyed.

Yes, I would be annoyed but I would take note and try to cook more interesting things down the road. Having a 6 week old is a killer for the kitchen. You're just trying to survive LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Are you eating dinner you didn't cook yourself? Consider yourself lucky. Do you see these babies?"

+1

He travels and you have a two year old and a six week old? He should be glad there is something to eat when he gets home.

Tell him that in no uncertain terms, and leave him with the kids for a couple hours one evening and/or a weekend morning just to remind him what you're dealing with.

Damn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:people calling his comments insensitive and I don't understand.

He simply said he is bored with their dinner menu. That is simply matter-of-fact.
Simple solution is to pick out a couple new items and start putting those in the rotation.
Everyone always says that communication is key.... well... he clearly communicated that he is tired of eating the same thing for dinner.

Frankly it must be pretty monotonous mix of meals if he travels for work 3 - 4 nights a week and he is getting bored because that only leave 3 night a week and she is serving the same thing over and over.

If she just had a mix of 12 recopies then he wouldn't see the same meal but once per month.

Nope, it's tone-deaf criticism. He's leaving her with a ton of work, and he criticizes what she's doing without giving her credit for all she takes on in part because of his schedule.

[Anonymous]

My husband often ate cereal for dinner in the first year of having 2. Without complaint, of course, since he had the capability to find a grocery story and fix something more interesting if he really wanted it.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like on the nights he is actually around, he will be cooking dinner from here on out. That's how that would end in my household.