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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- part of the problem is spouse prefers "fresh" food so is not open to making something the night before or over the weekend, etc. and is not overly fond of prepared foods. I've suggested meal kits but again spouse doesn't like the regimentedness. Spouse does "get food on the table" but usually around 6:30 while kids (prek and early elementary) get home around 5-5:30 starving (spouse does pickup). This makes that hour of the day stressful to me. I could of course feed snacks but then they tend to refuse to eat dinner.[/quote]

What time do you get home? If you were in spouse's shoes, what time would you have dinner on the table?

As far as making things on the weekend, it should not be an issue for him to make something ahead that you and the kids will eat. He doesn't have to eat it, if he prefers fresh food, but his job is to feed the family.

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OP here- ideally I'd have dinner ready pretty close to when the kids get home at 5:30. I understand this would either mean no cooking- e.g. a grocery store rotisserie chicken and premade cornbread (but I would have this in the fridge ready to go rather than driving hungry kids to the grocery store), or else I would make something simple earlier in the day that could be reheated (we both work from home).[/quote]

LOL

You both WFH and can't get a meal ready before 7 or 8pm? What the H.

Troll. [/quote]

OP here - I certainly could or would. But I stay out of it in an attempt not to "micromanage". I use my breaks to do laundry, make beds, tidy kids rooms and playroom, etc. I work a bit later because I take the kids to school in the AM and am making up that hour. [/quote]

yikes. so what does your H do besides work? [/quote]

OP here- to be fair their schedule is more meeting heavy with fewer breaks but some time could certainly be carved out. Spouse is not lazy but their mind does not seem to be thinking a few steps ahead the way mine does.[/quote]

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