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[quote=Anonymous]For the APs out there who don't want to eat with their families:

I suppose you live in large houses with multiple kitchens?  or regularly skip dinner if given the choice?  or want to spend your $ on going out to eat?

Our house is too small to provide for AP preparing a separate meal just for herself to eat separately if she's not going to eat with the family.  Surely, we're not alone!  We have a galley (not eat-in) kitchen.   Who are all these APs who eat separately?

OP, one word of advice:  I schedule our AP (who has a similar schedule) so that her work time ends around the time when we sit down for dinner (which is up to 1 hr after we get home from work).  One thing we have her do is supervise baths/showers before dinner (often after we get home and while we prepare dinner).  That makes our evenings (post-dinner) more relaxing/enjoyable.  Our AP is not "required" to eat with us but both of our APs have.  Their alternatives are waiting until the kitchen is free (8pm) or going out (spending own $).  If our AP has plans to leave earlier than scheduled work time on a night (often the case on Friday), that way she recognizes that she needs to ask/let us know.

Also, OP, in my experience, you should expend to contend with the AP cancelling on dinner (especially on the weekend) at the last minute.  APs tend not to make plans far in advance, and it's pretty common for them to text you at 5pm on a Sunday to say they won't be home for dinner.  This is sometimes annoying (particularly if you are preparing something expensive and perishable like fresh fish) but I figure it's important for the AP's happiness/wellbeing that she's out and about with her friends, so I don't complain about this.

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