Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take-out? Cereal? I guess I don’t understand the restrictions. They can’t boil water for pasta because they can’t use a pot?

No because they are averse to pot washing. I know, ridiculous sloths. Lol

Everyone will think this is disgusting but I have one pot I use for pasta and don't wash it in between uses. Same with the strainer. I just put the strainer in the pot and the pot on the back burner. I probably wash it maybe every 3 or 4 months. I've done this for over 20 years with no problem.

Me too. I don’t know why one would wash it!
I would go on strike but my family would happily just eat cereal and frozen food for the rest of their lives. They would all end up cranky, comstipated and pre-diabetic. It may be that’s how they end up once they leave my house but I can’t live with them that way. I do think some teens are sloth-ish but if they grow accustomed to a certain lifestyle (clean clothes, homemade food), they will try to repliacate that once they are adults even if they have to learn new skills. I know lots of people that were like that. My husband grew up eating crap because his mother refused to cook and his father was totally clueless … he would eat Doritos and boxed Mac and cheese every day if it was up to him.

Tell DH to go to TJ and buy:

Bagged salads — he can shove handfuls onto a plate and put dressing on as a side dish.

Frozen vegetables he can dump into a nonstick with oil. Doesn’t need washing, just wipe with a damp paper towel.

For mains he can do frozen entrees, soup, premarinated meat he can dump onto a foiled lined tray and bake.

And he should get sandwich ingredients.

Anonymous wrote:I would not enable them. Let them get acquainted with a pot and raw meat while you are away.

I bet that doesn’t happen. Her DH will order takeout and put peanut butter on tortillas or bread. Maaaaybe stick instant ramen in the microwave.

Just get a bunch of frozen meals. They can do takeout if they like. I don’t cater to ridiculousness.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on - but I don’t get putting in the effort and planning meals for them if they are not even willing to wash a pot. Let them figure it out for themselves.

It's day 2, they ate TV dinners, asked what about real food. Honestly, I'm on strike. These 2 need to learn to do something in the kitchen. But I'm not willing to live among 10 crusty dirty pots they refuse to wash. This is my strike, not theirs!!

My mom went on strike when I was a teenager or maybe not quite a teenager. It was very effective. She did the grocery shopping but we were on our own to eat it. If she cooked herself dinner she would make enough for us to eat, but that was not every night. I remember her also helping me cook sometimes when I asked her to. I don’t know how long her strike lasted, but it was at least several weeks. Maybe several months. Things never went back to the way they’d bees before. Like I said. Very effective.

TBH, if my family refused even to wash the pasta water pot, I would only cook for myself.

I think that's what I'm going to do. I work from home. Too bad they don't!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take-out? Cereal? I guess I don’t understand the restrictions. They can’t boil water for pasta because they can’t use a pot?

No because they are averse to pot washing. I know, ridiculous sloths. Lol

Everyone will think this is disgusting but I have one pot I use for pasta and don't wash it in between uses. Same with the strainer. I just put the strainer in the pot and the pot on the back burner. I probably wash it maybe every 3 or 4 months. I've done this for over 20 years with no problem.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on - but I don’t get putting in the effort and planning meals for them if they are not even willing to wash a pot. Let them figure it out for themselves.

It's day 2, they ate TV dinners, asked what about real food. Honestly, I'm on strike. These 2 need to learn to do something in the kitchen. But I'm not willing to live among 10 crusty dirty pots they refuse to wash. This is my strike, not theirs!!

My mom went on strike when I was a teenager or maybe not quite a teenager. It was very effective. She did the grocery shopping but we were on our own to eat it. If she cooked herself dinner she would make enough for us to eat, but that was not every night. I remember her also helping me cook sometimes when I asked her to. I don’t know how long her strike lasted, but it was at least several weeks. Maybe several months. Things never went back to the way they’d bees before. Like I said. Very effective.

TBH, if my family refused even to wash the pasta water pot, I would only cook for myself.

I could do some recipes, but I don’t really see the point. Trader Joe’s has lots of tasty frozen things that can be microwaved. I”d get lots of fruit, lots of lettuce or coleslaw or whatever raw veggies they’ll eat, and a bunch of TJ’s frozen entrees.