Comments on: Being There. (For the Food If Nothing Else.)

By: Kitchen Wars :: Late Bloomer Bride

Kitchen Wars :: Late Bloomer Bride — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:10:12 +0000

[...] Of course, there is protecting the food altogether. [...]

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:29:06 +0000

Thanks, doll. So nice you have “clean-up” help!

By: Cass Cannon

Cass Cannon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:24:43 +0000

Ditto on the enjoyment & congratulations on your launch, Suzanne…er, Mrs. H. My history is closer to Patricia’s. Husband was also single for decades but that never involved much in the way of domestic talent. For us, “merging” pretty much involved throwing his @#(* out. I do the cooking and he does the cleaning up, which is a bargain as far as I’m concerned. And, yeh, if you start looking at it 50-50, you lose 100% of the match–which is why you got together to begin with. It’s nice to be mature enough to deal with that. Finally!

By: Patricia Taylor

Patricia Taylor — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:31:45 +0000

Suzanne, how fun! I have enjoyed reading all of your postings, but as you know, I married early, was a widow and then married a man almost my own age who was single for most of his adult life! As he does not cook at all, so far as I can tell, he was the darling of the many local restaurants and take-out places prior to our marriage. He also had some pretty ladies cooking for him, I am sure. He is very appreciative of my cooking, and he does a fairly good job of cleaning up after I’ve cooked. This is a definite bonus! You are profoundly right about marriage taking up a lot of time! But I think it is worth all of the effort. It is a 100% both ways, no 50/50% if you want it to work. Both have to give it their all!