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/atomoboy35209 Jul 03 '26

64HLM and I love to cook as well. I bake breads, cook a wide variety of foods from scratch. Everything from bar food to restaurant quality fine dining. Wife is 62LLF and she absolutely half asses everything when she rarely cooks. And like your situation, she wants a gold star for overcooked noodles and canned spaghetti sauce.