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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, this is insane.

A few questions:
1.  Why are you so worried that she doesn't know how to cook or sew buttons but no questions about her fiance?  This is 2015?
2.  Why no questions about how they are going to support themselves or do they both already have solid jobs?
3.  If she were to get married at 25 instead of 18 would that be ok because she would have learned to cook by then?  IF so, how?  
4.  Why didn't you and DH teach her these skills?  Why is this the responsiblity of the schools and not you (and her mother and any other family) at least somewhat in addition?

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1. Sure I can worry that he can't do domestic chores either.  
2. There is nothing that I can do to change how they will support themselves.  No, they don't have solid jobs.   DH and I can encourage them to go to college or trade school, but we can't force them.  
3. I don't know if she would have learned to cook by then.
4. DH and I didn't teach her these skills because she didn't grow up in our household.  She lived here every other weekend.

I mention school because that's where I learned these skills.  I'm 43 and I remember a year in Jr. high that I took Home Ec and Woodworking.  I also took typing in Jr. High.  In HS, I took a year of auto mechanics as one of my electives because I thought it was important to know how to check the oil and change a tire.

My mom could teach me to cook and sew at home.  But my parents lacked the skills to teach me basic wood working and mechanic skills.  Without taking the classes in school, I would never have been exposed to those skills.  [/quote]

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