My husband insists on meat and potatoes every night

[Anonymous]

I am at my wit's end. My husband's palate is growing more pathetic with age. Every night, he wants steak, baked potato, and some kind of steamed vegetable. EVERY NIGHT.
When I make something else (something healthy! flavorful! with different iingredients!), he goes outside and grills a hunk of meat and brings it in to eat instead of my meal.
Or else he fries it and makes the whole kitchen stink of greasy meat.
Now he's beginning to offer our kids his meal instead of "mine."
I'm ready to clobber him.
Ideas?

[Anonymous]

He sounds immature and unhealthy.

Stop cooking for him entirely. Maybe once he realizes his disrespect means HE has to do the work for himself he'll actually appreciate you.

[Anonymous]

Who shops?

[Anonymous]

As long as he cleans up after himself, fine. I would talk a few days out about meals, and he can fend for himself whenever he chooses. As long as he pays his half of the grocery bill and cleans up his mess (or cleans up after half the meals), he's an adult and can feed himself.

[Anonymous]

Let him cook his. As long as he eats with your family.

Kids eat what you cook.

[Anonymous]

Ideas? Are you kidding me! How is this a problem????!!
My idea is to let him cook dinner for the family half the nights (you can eat something else on his night if you don't like it) and on your nights, who cares what he eats; he's a grown man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am at my wit's end. My husband's palate is growing more pathetic with age. Every night, he wants steak, baked potato, and some kind of steamed vegetable. EVERY NIGHT.
When I make something else (something healthy! flavorful! with different iingredients!), he goes outside and grills a hunk of meat and brings it in to eat instead of my meal.
Or else he fries it and makes the whole kitchen stink of greasy meat.
Now he's beginning to offer our kids his meal instead of "mine."
I'm ready to clobber him.
Ideas?

Unclench?

[Anonymous]

Stop cooking for him. He doesnt deserve it.

[Anonymous]

How dare he? How dare he like something different than you! And he offers to the kids? That scoundrel. Divorce him.

[Anonymous]

It's pretty rude to just reject someone's meal that they made. If he kept doing it, I would no longer prepare his portion. Just make enough for yourself and the kids and let him figure his meals out, since he has such stringent preferences

[Anonymous]

How fat is he?

[Anonymous]

He needs to cook too.

The kids need to cook if they are 10 or older.

[Anonymous]

Take out a life insurance policy on him. He’s clogging his arteries.

[Anonymous]

I think it's rude to cook a separate meal.

[Anonymous]

Is he generally immature and throws tantrums a lot? I couldn't deal with this