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[quote=Anonymous]Our kids have a 7:30 bedtime, so dinner needs to be on the table by 6:30pm for the evening to run smoothly. That means that whoever is home earlier starts dinner. Since you're a SAHM, that would be you most days - and it can be your husband all the other days of the week, holidays, vacations, etc. But on school/work nights, it would default to you most of the time.

I get that you find it oppressive, but would you feel less oppressed if your husband was in charge of putting away leftovers and cleaning up the kitchen after? What if he did huge batches of stuff that can be saved for the week on Sunday, so you only have to be in charge of dinner 3-4 nights a week? That would be more even, right?

It's not that I think a SAHP by definition is responsible for this task, but the reality is that one of the two of you is, and it's best for the family for the person who's home earlier in the evening to at least get dinner started, even if you're not the one who finishes it. My husband & I alternate Fridays off - if he refused to cook on his Fridays home, I would be very frustrated because it throws off our whole family schedule to insist that I be home before dinner prep can start. [/quote]

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