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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"What's your damage, Heather?" Yes, most stay at home moms cook dinner for the family. I don't say this to be rude, but if you ate healthier than a diet Coke and baked potato you might have more energy.

Why not eat your cheese and crackers for lunch but then make a balanced, nutritious meal for yourself and your husband so you can reconnect after being apart all day? It's really shitty that after being "on" at work all day he turned around and had to go to the grocery store. [/quote]

Why is it shitty though? We are both working all day. We start our days at the same time, around 6 am. Except his job involves going to the office. My job involves the work of caring for the child (and prepping 4 meals a day for him btw). When we were both working at an office -a mere 11 months ago-there wasn't the expectation that I make meals 5x per week. We both just managed-went out, grabbed something on the way home, each of cooked when we felt like etc. but now that my "workplace" is in the house I am in charge of dinner every night...

I do keep the house spotless and do all the cleaning,  just because I like a clean house, but in theory I think that should also be a shared responsibility.

I could see once our son starts spending a few hours a day in school or pre-k, but right now we are "working" the same hours (6pm is when baby goes down and when DS goes to sleep). So why isn't dinner a shared responsibility? [/quote]

Not PP, but I'm a SAHM who has had to let the practical outweigh the theoretical, and it's made my life much easier. Yes, the personal is political, but things are different now - you're running a household now and the period in your life of "just grabbing something" for dinner has passed.

How do you want your life to look? If your husband doesn't get home from the office until six and he's responsible for meal preparation, you're not going to eat until seven. What time does your son go to bed? Someone has to do that routine too. Frankly, it sounds like you're resentful of SAH - if that's the case, go back to work and hire a nanny who does meal prep. Done. [/quote]

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