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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who hates meal planning, yes, this is unreasonable. Now I do think the spouse should have their own system. I buy what's on sale at the store and then make meals from it. [/quote]

That’s half the problem.

The other half their problem is they have hungry young children who are at day care all day until picked up at 5 or 5:30 or wherever. 
So No Plan Dan can’t get home from pick up and then start his two hour adult ritual of grocery shopping, smelling fresh parsley, returning home again, rinsing and chopping and cooking, then finally eating way later. 
Poor kids. [/quote]

NP here.[b] I think it's unreasonable to ask spouse to plan, but not unreasonable to say that the kids need to eat when they get home. [/b]If dinner isn't ready, the kids can have leftovers, a sandwich, ramen (with some vegetables and a boiled egg!) or something instead, and then just chill at the table when the adult dinner is ready. And of course it'll be OP's spouse who needs to take care of that. It'll be more work, so hopefully spouse will realize it's better to get things ready sooner so there aren't two separate meals.

Yes, it would be definitely better if OP's spouse planned or managed things differently, but there are a lot of things about the world that could be better but that we can't do anything about. You need to solve problems by meeting people where they are, not where they should be. [/quote]

That’s oxymoronic: “It’s reasonable to say the kids need to eat something nutritious and filling at 5:30pm, but unreasonable to say make a plan so that the young kids can eat at 5:30.”

lol. Dad sounds clueless and self-centered. This will only get worse done the kids are in school and have activities after school. [/quote]

Can you never find something nutritious and filling to eat on the spur of the moment? Making sure you have emergency stuff around like ramen, eggs, and a bag of broccoli is much different than making and executing a weekly meal plan.

I agree with the poster who said that the problem is that he's ignoring hangry kids, not that he doesn't meal plan. [/quote]

NP.  Who on earth believes instant ramen is a “nutritious and filling” thing to fed a growing toddler or PK child!?!?

And yes he’s ignoring hangry kids and others to do his slow shopping and cooking thing.  [/quote]

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