Can I declare a moratorium on cooking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I gave up during the pandemic. I make a meal that I want to eat. If others want to join great. If not they can make their own. DC1 usually eats with me. DH is the pickiest of them all so he eats a lot of frozen food because he can’t be bothered. It’s not ideal I wish we could eat as a family more. But it’s reduced the tension and yelling in my house tenfold so I’m not going back.

This but why can't you all eat at the same time as a family anyway?

[Anonymous]

During the pandemic-year my husband worked from home, I asked for my birthday present to be that he cooked for the week. As in - plan, buy and cook. By day 2, my husband was exhausted and my son threw up (he was trying to eat something he did not like).

I now have to cook all the time, but no one complains. I still dread the never-endingness of it, but at least the complaining stopped.

So yes, stop for a week. If your husband cannot cook due to getting home late from work, Buy some cereal and frozen waffles and canned soup, and let them fend for themselves.