Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 19:05     Subject: Re:“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Me too. So, what are you going cook tonight? or Let's order out.

What kind of thoughtless person goes up to someone who has been taking care of 6 wk old and toddler all day and whines about
dinner being boring?

He should've been cooking for her or at least, be gracious enough to not complain.


As someone who travels for work, the last thing I want when I come home is takeout. That's what I'm eating on the road.


Then he can cook if he's bored with what she's making.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 19:00     Subject: Re:“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
I don't cook. If someone in my home wants dinner, they are capable of making it for themselves. My kids and my husband are all old enough to cook. If I were you, I would feed the children, and when he asks what's for dinner, tell him he's free to make anything he wants, and that you have retired.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 18:58     Subject: “I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DH said the same thing, so I showed him how to use Pinterest. He now has a recipe board of his own and twice a week I make something off of it. What I found is that, while I struggle for new (and easy) ideas, the cooking part isn’t hard if someone tells me what to cook. I don’t even usually use the recipe itself, just the meal pairing idea.

Example: we had chili lime cod with cilantro rice and grilled corn the other night. The fish cooked in the oven in 12 minutes. Rice was in the instant pot and cooked and depressurized in about 12 minutes. Corn on the grill was about 10 minutes. With prep and final assembly, dinner was done in less than 30 minutes. No longer than any of our typical meals, but not something that just came to me.


The pronoun above is wrong. It says “now twice a week I make something off of it.” It should say now “he makes something off of it. And it should say 3/4 times a week, not “twice.” But baby steps.


Why do you want to be like that? PP's family apparently has a system that works for them. Happy, functional families are a positive thing. You shouldn't be dismissive.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 18:58     Subject: “I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
So, he is home 3 nights a week at best and you cannot get along even then. Be thankful he travels.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:59     Subject: Re:“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Sounds like you have bigger problems than your menu. What a jerk.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:55     Subject: Re:“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Me too. So, what are you going cook tonight? or Let's order out.

What kind of thoughtless person goes up to someone who has been taking care of 6 wk old and toddler all day and whines about
dinner being boring?

He should've been cooking for her or at least, be gracious enough to not complain.


As someone who travels for work, the last thing I want when I come home is takeout. That's what I'm eating on the road.


That may be true for you, but my husband who travels a lot for work loves take out because that's what he is used to. He loves all kinds of ethnic foods (Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian) that I simply don't know how to cook. Foods that I would make for me and the kids (lasagna, casseroles, basic grilled meats with rice and veggies) bore him quickly.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:48     Subject: “I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DH said the same thing, so I showed him how to use Pinterest. He now has a recipe board of his own and twice a week I make something off of it. What I found is that, while I struggle for new (and easy) ideas, the cooking part isn’t hard if someone tells me what to cook. I don’t even usually use the recipe itself, just the meal pairing idea.

Example: we had chili lime cod with cilantro rice and grilled corn the other night. The fish cooked in the oven in 12 minutes. Rice was in the instant pot and cooked and depressurized in about 12 minutes. Corn on the grill was about 10 minutes. With prep and final assembly, dinner was done in less than 30 minutes. No longer than any of our typical meals, but not something that just came to me.


The pronoun above is wrong. It says “now twice a week I make something off of it.” It should say now “he makes something off of it. And it should say 3/4 times a week, not “twice.” But baby steps.


This wouldn’t work for OP...but it’s a compromise I’d be happy with. I don’t mind cooking but can get some severe analysis paralysis so end up making same dinner choices week after week (hello tacos!).

My kids are older, though. It would not end well for DH if he made a comment like that when the kids were young.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:43     Subject: Re:“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
He can get hello fresh or some meal service and cook for you....or s t f u.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:38     Subject: Re:“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Anonymous wrote:Me too. So, what are you going cook tonight? or Let's order out.

What kind of thoughtless person goes up to someone who has been taking care of 6 wk old and toddler all day and whines about
dinner being boring?

He should've been cooking for her or at least, be gracious enough to not complain.


As someone who travels for work, the last thing I want when I come home is takeout. That's what I'm eating on the road.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:37     Subject: Re:“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
So serve him berries for dinner.

Then say "Let's sit down and build a list. Because obviously you don't want to cook dinner. You're only home for it three or four nights a week as it is. I am taking care of the kids and it is hard to get a half hour of uninterrupted time to make dinner, let alone more. So why don't you make some suggestions of things you would like? Also, I'll be hiring someone to help with the kids and house from 4-7pm three nights a week from now on, so that I can focus on dinners you will enjoy. Okay?
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:37     Subject: “I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Anonymous wrote:Are you a sahm. If so, it is your job to take of the home, and well.


She has a six WEEK old! Her body hasn't even healed from giving birth!!! Her husband is an as$&%#.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:32     Subject: “I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Anonymous wrote:Is what DH told me today and DH travels for work 3-4 nights a week!!

We have a 6 week old and a 2 year old. Toddler has been sick for two weeks and thankfully has only passed a cold into the baby. . The easiest thing right now for me is to reorder my FreshDirect Cart and just make sure everyone is fed. I was livid and lost it. Told him he could do the shopping this week. He came back with berries. Thinking of going with kids to grandmas for some support and sanity.


What a prick. Ask him what he's making tomorrow night that won't be boring
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 17:23     Subject: “I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Anonymous wrote:Wow. Talk about overreacting. And it's men who have anger control issues?


She. Has. A. Newborn. And. A. Toddler.

The fact that she is making dinner at all is a miracle. I know loads of babies with horrible colic or reflux who started screaming at 4pm and didn't stop until 9pm. Makes it pretty tricky to whip up a Beef Wellington.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 15:26     Subject: Re:“I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
Me too. So, what are you going cook tonight? or Let's order out.

What kind of thoughtless person goes up to someone who has been taking care of 6 wk old and toddler all day and whines about
dinner being boring?

He should've been cooking for her or at least, be gracious enough to not complain.

Anonymous
Post 03/25/2018 15:21     Subject: “I’m bored with what we eat for dinner”
"You are welcome to cook dinner from now on".