Who cooks at your house?

[Ilithyia]

This stems from an argument I just had with DP about it being his turn to cook tonight.

Generally we take turns to cool. Alternating nights.

The difference is when I cook I wash up as well.

I cooked lastnight right. So today DP puts dinner in the slow cooker. Now it's 5.40pm and he's sitting on the lounge surfing Facebook. When I ask him to put the potatoes on he fully cracks the $hits with me about it and calls me 'the Queen'.

So... Who cooks at your place?

[Tinks]

Me, me and ME!

Actually, I lied, DH rang me today and said he'd ordered pizza for tonight. Is that classed as cooking?

[feeb]

Generally me. DH will cook some weekends before I get home from work or for kids and him if I am on a PM. But he makes a massive mess and dirtys everything and uses everything he can think of!! Does my head in!

He also gets shirty if I ask him to do anything else. *sigh*

[*LittleMissSummer*]

We generally take turns. If its something a bit more fancier than spag bol then DP will cook as hes the masterchef in this house.

I do feel you on the washing up, i do dishes here he refuses but then whenever he used to do them i would have missing glasses and plates so probably a good thing i do them! But it is frustrating when im sick and i cant do them and they stack up...

[Rouge]

Me unless I'm working late, or feeling unwell. Years of DH being my kitchen hand has proved he's now a very good cook

If he cooks I clean up, if I cook he cleans up. And the kids empty the dishwasher as needed. We all do our bit mostly.

[Ladylove]

DH and I take turns

[Eenee]

Me all the time.

But I grew up with both mum and dad cooking tea so it was a shock for me to realise that men don't always cook!
DH cooked for me once when we were first going out. He was living at home still so I think his mum did it. Other times he cooked I've had to throw the food and the pot out! So he's been barred

[Ilithyia]

Me unless I'm working late, or feeling unwell. Years of DH being my kitchen hand has proved he's now a very good cook

If he cooks I clean up, if I cook he cleans up. And the kids empty the dishwasher as needed. We all do our bit mostly.

See that's a good arrangement

We don't have a dishwasher

[AngelPants]

Me unless I'm too tired or haven't gotten to it yet when he gets home. DH too trashes the kitchen & him tidying doesn't include washing anything that doesnt fit in the dishwasher, wiping down the stove, benches etc.

sent from my watzamajig so may not make sense....

[~Trish~]

I do all the cooking and cleaning up - I'd love a break sometimes!

[ladybirdflies]

Me through the week and DH on the weekends. Generally we negotiate Friday night (well in Advance) Saturday nights we generally cook as a family something really yummy..... Whoever cooks the other one washes!

[Floweryfields]

Well the dog and cat are pretty lazy....so usually it's me lol!

[Ilithyia]

I do all the cooking and cleaning up - I'd love a break sometimes!

I do crack the whip pretty hard here

In saying that we both enjoy cooking.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Well the dog and cat are pretty lazy....so usually it's me lol!

[Emma09]

I do most of the cooking- but I'm trying to teach DH the basics.

He is responsible for washing up and stacking the dishwasher.


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[PumpkinZulu]

Both. Usually DH will prep stuff, then I'll cook while he plays with DD, then we'll serve up. After dinner we'll put DD to bed, then I'll unstack the dishwasher while DH cleans the mess in the lounge. Then we'll get some quality time in together. I go to bed before DH, and he stays up and cleans the kitchen, sweeps the lounge and kitchen, loads the dishwasher and opens all the windows/just generally makes the house lovely and tidy for the next day If we have a cooked brekky (once or twice a week) DH will cook.

[Snacks]

Usually me. If DH cooks then he spends the entire time asking me what to do, how to do it and what to do it in IYKWIM. I may as well just do it myself.
I think I am the only one who cares how clean the kitchen is. Ever. He will only do certain things if I ask specifically.
Although Phoebe LOVES helping me unpack the dishwasher. She comes running.

We don't have a dishwasher

Aw, GBH mate! Some nights I wish I was married to my dishwasher.


ETA: Eeeek! I don't mean for that to sound dirty... I just mean I really, really like my dishwasher. Not in a sexy way.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Rouge, I'm adopting myself into your family.

There's 4 adults in this house, but I'm the one who cooks all the time. The dishes are generally done by me - I'll wash them while dinner's cooking. If there's been a lot of dishes Mum or Dad might do a load as well, or sometimes they get to them before I do dinner. Professor point blank refuses to do dishes, he hates them. Mum hates cooking, but will do it if I'm not going to be home. Professor's idea of cooking is buying. Sometimes it drives me a bit nuts actually, days like today where I'm knackered and have had a huge headache all day and was too busy with the nephews to take anything out for dinner. I've declared it a 'fend for yourself' dinner tonight

ETA - Snap, Snacks! Professor can cook some great meals, but the effort expended to actually get him to cook is probably more than just cooking myself