The road to happy adventures is a happy, trust-filled marriage.
One of the best ways to keep your marriage happy and balanced is to make sure you both take responsibility for the daily household duties.
Of course, if one of you is the main earner and works long hours this may mean ‘sharing’ only happens at the weekends. This is, however, no reason not to pursue this compromise. Even the possibility of short breaks from having to face that daily challenge; ‘What should I cook for dinner today?” is worth a little effort up front.
Five easy steps to get your man cooking:
- Buy him professional chef’s whites
- Show him how to make a roux
- Tell him he looks unbelievably sexy when he cooks
- Eat absolutely everything he creates and tell him it tastes WONDERFUL!
- Hide the chiles
This last is essential. For some reason there isn’t a male in the world who wont go through a phase of adding more and more and MORE chile into everything he cooks… it’s a man thing!
AT
December 7, 2011 at 10:14 am
If you need to “get your husband cooking” or show him how to make a roux then you married the wrong man… Point 3 should not be restricted to cooking… point 4 is just patronising – and risks just more chili [note the spelling] if you keep saying everything is wonderful…
Sarah M. Lawton
December 7, 2011 at 12:00 pm
You make several good points – and thanks for the spelling correction. I’m dying to go back and correct my error but can’t now you’ve pointed it out… (or can I?).
Apologies for appearing to patronise. This was not my intention. This post is meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I suspect your comment is also a little tongue-in-cheek – but can’t assume so!
I shall make one rebuff by pointing out that if every woman waited to marry a man that DID know how to make a roux there would be a great many more single women in the world.
I do appreciate your participation. Nice to hear that you seem to agree with the idea of sharing responsibilties.
AT
December 7, 2011 at 1:03 pm
As long as sharing responsibilities goes both ways – I am all for it. When the car needs washing or shelves need putting up and any other such chores normally considered “men’s work”… I would also suggest that some some chores should just be outsourced… like ironing *shudder*
Anita Mac
February 26, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Love it! Luckily for me – we both cook. I think I need help to teach him how to clean up after cooking! Any tips are welcome!
Sarah M. Lawton
February 26, 2012 at 3:23 pm
I’ve never worked out how to get them to clean up. Men do not seem to have a clue what a cloth is!
I’m just glad he can cook for now.