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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel so sorry for all these kids whose parents don’t feed them dinner! OMG. [/quote]

I feel sorry for all the women who are stuck in traditional roles. I find it shocking among this educated cohort [/quote]

DP. The PP said “parents,” not “moms.”No one has stated the women have to do all the dinner cooking.[/quote]

Also, do people not even cook for themselves, pre kids? Or plan not to, once kids are out of the house? As in, they consider it a chore they only do because they have kids?

DH and I have always cooked. We did before we had kids, and will continue after the kids are out of the house. At least most of the time. My parents also still cook dinner long after kids were grown, and so did DH’s (as long as they were able). We consider feeding ourselves to be a very normal thing to do (and we usually enjoy it)- not some type of slavery.

Having kids present just means doubling the portions. It really isn’t any more “work” than we have always done and always will do.

Our teens do the cleanup, and help with the cooking when they are here. [/quote]

I didn’t really cook pre-kids, and I don’t really plan to when they move out.  I mean, I did sometimes, but it was a big deal.

My parents don’t really cook anymore either.  They eat a lot of pre-prepared salads and things from Costco or Trader Joe’s.  Maybe my mom will make a big thing of soup or jambalaya sometimes. 
 
I kind of imagine that DH and I will do something similar.

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