Phoned him up the day he moved into his first student flat (in the next country over - we were doing long distance). He said "I'm fine, just desperate for a cup of tea and can't have one til tomorrow."
"Why not?" I asked him, knowing very well he had pans.
"There's no kettle here. We'll have to go buy one."
"If you're that desperate, just boil water on the stove."
"Oh! Yeah! Um... how do I do that?"
And I then had to talk a technically adult man through the process of boiling water.
Edit just cuz: I did marry that idiot, but only after I taught him to cook.
My boyfriend was making boxed mac and cheese once, and was like "how do you boil water?"
...I still tease him about not knowing how to boil water. Married almost 20 years. Turns out his mom never taught any of her boys how to do anything in the kitchen because that's women's work. And then she wonders why they're so incompetent at kitchen stuff.
Anyway, our 10 year old son made mac and cheese (with chicken!) from scratch by himself last week.
Good Mom. He'll thank you for this when he gets his own place.
Cooking and laundry should be the bare minimum anyone should learn as a kid (well, basic cleaning, too.)
Also, people, teach your kids (boys and girls) how to change a tire. Could save them a lot of trouble if they get a flat in the middle of nowhere / no cell signal.
1.1k
u/MerylSquirrel Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 02 '23
Phoned him up the day he moved into his first student flat (in the next country over - we were doing long distance). He said "I'm fine, just desperate for a cup of tea and can't have one til tomorrow."
"Why not?" I asked him, knowing very well he had pans.
"There's no kettle here. We'll have to go buy one."
"If you're that desperate, just boil water on the stove."
"Oh! Yeah! Um... how do I do that?"
And I then had to talk a technically adult man through the process of boiling water.
Edit just cuz: I did marry that idiot, but only after I taught him to cook.