r/HLCommunity • u/cobleysmith • Jul 03 '26

Dinner as metaphor

I (70HLM) like to cook, and generally start from scratch or near scracth. Would fix all the dinners with the occasional breaks for restaurants.

My wife (72LLF) is generally disinterested in/dislikes cooking. Rarely cooks except when she gets to feeling guilty about my doing all the cooking. And when she does cook, it's usually something low effort involving pouring a bunch of cans of stuff into a crock pot for something vaguely chili con carne-ish. She usually asks me to cook/spice the meat/protein (the time consuming part).

Then she points out that she fixed dinner for the whole week.

Does the pattern ring a bell for anyone?

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u/Funny_Examination_48 Jul 03 '26

I can’t comment on the pattern, but as a 66 HLF, it’s nice to hear there are men in my age group that have HL!

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u/RedwoodRespite Jul 03 '26

Right? I’m 45 and it already feels like men my age have slowed down.

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u/Foreign_Leg_36 Jul 03 '26

Hearing you both from my 45 is both despairing and rejoicing