Ok so I am having a problem.

I am failing on my wife duties lately because of going to school so much.

I leave the house at 6:30 every morning and I get home after school each night around 10. This is M-Th every week and the weekends I have so much homework to do.

So, I don't cook much, Tim doesn't like leftovers, he won't cook for himself.
We wind up with fast food 90% of the time and I feel very bad.

What can I do?

Kick him in his arse and tell him on your late nights he can cook or go hungry. Seriously. When I work or go to school my DH has dinner duty if I am not home at night. I cook the nights I am home. Now that I am always home and he is out to sea off and on he still has to cook at least once a week when he is home to give me a break. It is a 2 ways street and he is a big boy and can make a sandwich for himself if he does not like leftovers. Sorry for rambling.

tell him to cook! lol.

cook large amounts on wknds & freeze them for him to pull out & cook during the week or buy him a cookbook, seriously, he can cook too you know?

Tell him to get up off his butt and do something. You are gone longer than he is by far so he can get up and do something. He can teach himself how to cook, or you could teach him on the weekend or he could buy a darn cookbook and put the recipes together! LOL!!!

You are his wife, not his maid, cook, buttler, or laundromat. :D

Tell him to get up off his butt and do something. You are gone longer than he is by far so he can get up and do something. He can teach himself how to cook, or you could teach him on the weekend or he could buy a darn cookbook and put the recipes together! LOL!!!

You are his wife, not his maid, cook, buttler, or laundromat. :D

AMEN!

i wish he would cook. but he expects me to make dinner when I get home from work. I get so annoyed because it would be so nice to just come home to a meal for a change. the only time he makes food is when he HAS to feed himself, never when its time for me to eat too. So annoying

i wish he would cook. but he expects me to make dinner when I get home from work. I get so annoyed because it would be so nice to just come home to a meal for a change. the only time he makes food is when he HAS to feed himself, never when its time for me to eat too. So annoying



well he better figure it out or start eating Peanut butter and jelly. You should not HAVE to cook dinner every night. NO WAY HOSEA!!!! I hope you put your foot down with him! You both work, you have class and what is he doing during the time you are at class??? Does he do anything to help around the house??? Can he not put something that has been prepared in the fridge in the oven to cook?? Grill maybe??? Frozen food onto a cookie sheet or into a bowl and heated up??? There are plenty of things he could do to provide a decent well rounded meal for both of you that wouldn't require him to work too hard.

He needs to act like a grown man in 2007, not 1957. It's not your job to make him dinner and take care of teh house every day. You are far busier than he and it wouldn't kill him to learn to cook and then actually do it.

Yikes, fast food gets expensive!! Think of all the money ya'll would save :)

ASK FOR HELP!! You're not a one woman show, and if he doesn't like leftovers then he needs to take up the reins a couple of days a week. Y'all are a team, remind him of that!! I would be pretty upset if it were me.

How much time would you say you have, comfortably, to cook on a daily basis - if any?

Send Tim to a cooking class!!

Seriously - there is no reason that Tim can't fend for himself when it comes to dinner. If you have the ingredients available at home, there's no reason he can't make easy stuff....spaghetti, chili, baked chicken....

Wouldn't it be nice for YOU to come home from school to a cooked meal??

If he absolutely won't cook and won't eat leftovers (which is just wasting tons of money), why not order from Schwan's? Their selections are tons better for you than fast food and in most cases only need to be popped in the oven or microwave, so he's really not cooking. I also cook large meals on weekends, cut into portions, vaccum seal them, and freeze. Costco also has pre-made foods that you just put into the oven or microwave. Make up some salad in a plastic bag with paper towels (keeps the moisture away and lasts longer in the fridge).

what about frozen pizza or chicken patties? stuff like that? all you do is just throw it in the oven! if he is not willing to do that....he needs his butt kicked. :teehee

cook large amounts on wknds & freeze them for him to pull out & cook during the week or buy him a cookbook, seriously, he can cook too you know?

Just what I was going to say. Cook and freeze. Also buy easy stuff he can make. Unless his hands are chopped off their is no reason why he can't cook. My DH hates it but does it on occasion. I just get stuff thats easy for him to make.

tell him to either cook or starve.... eventually he'll catch on

tell him to get off his ass and cook on your late nights.

Yeah...I hate cooking now and I am a SAHw..You should try getting easy things to cook..like those boxed dinners that you just put in the oven (I tihnk they are from chef boyardee) or those frozen pasta meals that you just throw on the stove.. There are alot of easy things to whip up..You should also buy really easy things for him to cook sometimes..DH will sometimes make hot dogs or pizza if I dont feel like cooking.

how about using a crockpot or casseroles?

I think it is fabulous that these ladies are trying to come up with ideas for your to help him out but honestly, c'mon. YOu are not his mother! You are not responsible for cooking all of his meals every single day. If you work later than him well then he needs to learn to cook. What does he do while you are still at work anyway? Probably plays games and sits on his ass. He is a grown man, it is 2007 and times have changed! Let him starve, hopefully he will learn. I wouldn't even make sure there were simple things for him to eat, I would say cook or starve plain and simple...but then again, some people may call me a bitch ;)

He could just get over it and cook
OR
You could cook on the weekends and freeze it to be reheated
OR
Invest in tv dinners