re: How many of you are married to women who can't cook?

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I'm a wife and I can cook but I don't do it alot.
I work full time, I have to go get kids from school, drop off at after school shite, fight BR traffic and sometimes I don't get home close till 6pm. The LAST thing I want to do is cook a meal. I still have picking up to do around house, some laundry and then bed time for the toddler.

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Seriously, and running the risk of being accused of being whipped (I have been for 35 years and wouldn't change it for the world) most of the 2 income families I am familiar with split most of the ordinary stuff down the middle with a slight lean toward the wife doing more around the house than the husband. The actual planning and logistical shite though falls almost entirely on the wife. Doctors appointments? Wife or Mama will call. Need a few things from Wally world? Wife or Mama will take care of it. Kids need a ride? Uber Mom is on the job. My 83 year old dad lives with us...my wife is his personal servant, secretary, cook and maid...he won't even ask me LOL. The dogs and the cat aren't aware I know where their food is, and to be honest I would have to hunt it if she wasn't around. Neither of our kids ever bothered me except to ask where their mama was when they needed something...and most of the time that was too much of a task for me LOL. Like most men I pretend to do as much around the house as she does but I often times sit in my recliner, belly full, cold beer on my side table, watching TV and marvel at the perpetual motion machine that is my wife! She gets up an hour after me...i do make breakfast for us both....and gets home about 30 minutes before me...but she is almost never in bed until 2 hours after I am asleep...and when we were younger and it was more of a thing if I happened to wake up she was receptive to the notion of a little romance...I'd be wore slap out if I was to try to keep up with her. A man has to know his limits but a good woman simply accepts her man is limited LOL....

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Lots of "men" here that "would rather cook" also probably work inside with the women

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Found the “church jeans” and new brightly color PFG on Easter baw.

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My kids thought Kraft mac and cheese was the epitome of good high living until they were 12 or so...if it was the shells and white cheddar they thought that was what was meant by gourmet cooking....

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nah, we're doing ribs, garlic parm smoked wings, stuffed pasta, ribeye, etc.

last week she was at a tennis match and we got home and found chicken we needed to use before it went bad so we did cajun fried chicken sandwiches from scratch. my youngest made lemon blueberry custard that night as well, but he also loves to cook and makes omlets and tons of random crap. the other day i walked in and he had made eggs in the basket and used gruyere cheese at 7 in the morning. he's 13.

Well, you can tell this message board is Louisiana based by the replies! My wife is a good cook, but she HATES it. She will choose super easy meals on purpose (when she does cook) just to GTFO of the kitchen. I, on the other hand, enjoy cooking. I can listen to tunes and sip on a drank. I love it. Something tells me the men don't take over the cooking duties errywhere else in the country.

We made different in the boot!

Wife can slap an interesting meal together in no time, doesn't mind (likes) doing it and makes good money.

I only cook (or help cook) for special occasions and dishes, like chili, jambalaya, etc. and using the smoker.

My wife doesn’t cook. She’s not Cajun and was raised by a bunch of Westbankers. Can’t blame her for that.

My wife cooks amazingly good. There is not a single meal she cooks that isn’t amazing. Things I hated growing up are suddenly my favorite when she cooks them. Truly blessed.

Difficult question to answer.

Mrs Füt (no pics) CAN and DOES do well at cooking.

She derives very little pleasure or satisfaction from cooking.

We didn’t live together before getting married so I didn’t really know how ambivalent she was about it.

I married her for a multitude of worthy reasons, cooking obviously wasn’t amongst them.

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If your wife is the primary breadwinner, you get a pass.

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She’s not but we could comfortably live on her earnings.

And I can cook almost anything imaginable on a menu, as long as it’s a relatively short breakfast-themed menu.

Not me. Mine can flat cook a damn good meal. She can cook, i can grill. Makes for some tasty meals