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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think DH is disappointed that I don't cook dinner as part of the SAH gig. I hate meal planning and cooking. DS is 12 mos. He eats simple, decinstructed meals. I eat whatever is around. Cheese and crackers for lunch if I want. I have no expectation that DH produce dinner for me. I didn't have that expectation when we were both working, either.  I don't have a bunch of school-aged kids where we all need to sit around as a family. I really hate this expectation that I'm supposed to prepare food for a grown man now that my job is raising our child.  I was thinking of cooking tonight-we have this bag of potatos on the counter. If it were just me, I'd have a baked potato and a Diet Coke. But since I'm cooking for a "family" I have to produce something more ambitious - a baked potato "bar" or whatever. No thanks. I'm want to cook what I want to eat and not cater to what DH likes. Today he came home and asked what I made-I told him "nothing", and he went to the grocery store after working all day, and I don't really care. [/quote]

Didn't read through all the responses but going to chime in anyway.
It's your job as an adult to make dinner - not every night but often, maybe half of the nights. 
Is it practical for your husband to make dinner given his work schedule? Maybe he can cover one or two nights or be in charge of something else while you prepare food. I'm sure you can work out a system that gets food on the the table without either of you feeling resentful over it.
Based on your post I think you are a little grouchy as a SAHM which is understandable given the age of your child. It also sounds as if your DH is giving you a clear message - why don't you cook a couple of nights a week and make him happy? Perhaps he will do the same for you sometimes. Easy way to maintain/improve relationship. This seems to me so basic. [/quote

Yup, op here. Lots of people saying it only takes 10-30 min to get dinner on the table. Since DH doesn't do bedtime and actually enjoys cooking, and gets home at a reasonable hour, it would make perfect sense to me that I take DS upstairs for bath and bed time while he gets dinner in the table.  [/quote]

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