From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!tekcrd!rich
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: The great COOKING question (etc).
Article-I.D.: tekcrd.772
Posted: Fri Nov  5 13:34:22 1982
Received: Tue Nov  9 05:23:59 1982

 
   By now I am beginning to feel like an exhibitionist, but all these
interesting topics keep coming up, and like most of the rest of you,
I feel there may be something to contribute...
   Yes, I am a male (33) that CAN cook. But I seldom do. The problem
comes from when I WAS married (`bout a million years ago). When first
married, my wife did all the cooking and housework. That was her job.
Mine was to bring home a paycheck, mow the lawn, empty the garbage and
keep the car running. Typical marriage scenerio.
   Then the economy put the pinch on us and she got a job. Time for me
to come out of the closet... I started sharing equally in all things in
the house. If she cooked, I washed the dishes. Next night, I cooked. Yes,
and vacuumed the carpets, made beds, scoured the toilet, etc. Yes, I even
learned how to darn socks and I can not only sew, but have created some
absolutely fantastic shirts. That's about the time the trouble started.
   The wife started feeling like I didn't NEED her for anything. I didn't
think that was the point (I just wanted her near me), but she actually
began to resent the fact that I could do anything she could (except bear
children) and she could not do everything I could. It was not long after
that I woke up single. Sigh...
   Back to the question. Yes, I CAN cook (etc), but what the hell is
the point in cooking if there is no one there to share it with??? It
seems terribly wasteful to lay on a gourmet dinner for one and eat left-
overs for a week. At least with hamburg-helper there isn't so much waste.
Or even suffering through a MacWhopper. I guess this is one reason why
women for centuries have felt cheated - their damn husbands didn't praise
them for their effort, and if he doesn't seem to care, why bother?
As I say, if I can't serve it to someone who appreciates it, I'm not
going to cook it in the first place.
  
   Note to Billie Goldstein: for what it's worth, I'd come to the party,
but New Jersey isn't exactly around the corner. Shall we have a party
out here, west coast folk? I'll even COOK something...
                                                         Rich Amber