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Anonymous wrote:My husband has a very narrow definition of a proper dinner - must be a hot meal consisting of a meat, starch, and veg. I prefer to eat lighter in the evening and would have “girl dinner” every night if it were up to me. We both cook.

I'm a woman who enjoys the charcuterie-type dinners, but I admit I share some of the stereotypically "male" attitudes toward food that your husband does. For instance - I don't think that a "bowl" is dinner. Rice bowls, Buddha bowls, poke bowls etc, - to me those are lunches, not evening meals. If I'm going go actually cook - I want the separate components as you note - doesn't have to include a protein, necessarily - could be a vegetarian pasta and salad - but I want the two items as opposed to a vegetarian "bowl."

NP. Hang on a sec. You don’t consider a bowl with rice with protein and vegetables piled on top to be a real dinner?

What about nachos? Chile? Beef stew?

Nachos on their own, no. Chili yes if it’s served with cornbread or something. Same for the beef stew - is there a side salad? Or bread? Then yes. It’s all about having more than one component for me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband has a very narrow definition of a proper dinner - must be a hot meal consisting of a meat, starch, and veg. I prefer to eat lighter in the evening and would have “girl dinner” every night if it were up to me. We both cook.

I'm a woman who enjoys the charcuterie-type dinners, but I admit I share some of the stereotypically "male" attitudes toward food that your husband does. For instance - I don't think that a "bowl" is dinner. Rice bowls, Buddha bowls, poke bowls etc, - to me those are lunches, not evening meals. If I'm going go actually cook - I want the separate components as you note - doesn't have to include a protein, necessarily - could be a vegetarian pasta and salad - but I want the two items as opposed to a vegetarian "bowl."

NP. Hang on a sec. You don’t consider a bowl with rice with protein and vegetables piled on top to be a real dinner?

Nope. And I’m not saying that I think bowls like you describe are unhealthy or not a complete meal nutritionally, or anything like that. It’s just a personal quirk. I see meal plans that list bowls for dinner, and I’m like “no, those aren’t for dinner, those are for lunch.” To me dinners have to have separate components. I don’t know why, it’s just how my brain works.

Yogurt and granola w a glass of red wine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband has a very narrow definition of a proper dinner - must be a hot meal consisting of a meat, starch, and veg. I prefer to eat lighter in the evening and would have “girl dinner” every night if it were up to me. We both cook.

I'm a woman who enjoys the charcuterie-type dinners, but I admit I share some of the stereotypically "male" attitudes toward food that your husband does. For instance - I don't think that a "bowl" is dinner. Rice bowls, Buddha bowls, poke bowls etc, - to me those are lunches, not evening meals. If I'm going go actually cook - I want the separate components as you note - doesn't have to include a protein, necessarily - could be a vegetarian pasta and salad - but I want the two items as opposed to a vegetarian "bowl."

NP. Hang on a sec. You don’t consider a bowl with rice with protein and vegetables piled on top to be a real dinner?

What about nachos? Chile? Beef stew?

Anonymous wrote:I knew a few women at my office who would make a baked potato for dinner if their husbands were out of town. I guess it varies because I’ve never in my life thought to make a baked potato without the rest of the meal.

I eat baked potatoes for dinner all the time. My boyfriend does it while alone, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to add that it is completely annoying that this is called a "girl dinner." Call me a salty old feminist, but didn't we fight to be called women, not girls? Also, eat some real food and quit disguising disordered eating as a lifestyle choice. Also, why is everything $%#&^% gendered? JFC.

"We"? My grandma did

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