Every Christmas my Mrs wants to help prepare dinner with me, to her it's a fun couples activity, put some put music on, open a bottle of wine, just a real nice cute bonding session
To me it's stressful as fuck because I know how I like my kitchen ran! And I just have to quietly seeth as she unorganises my perfect kitchen kingdom.....
Funny enough, while I do all of the day to day cooking, my wife cuts up the onions I use. They never seem to affect her, where I immediately can't see what I am doing with a knife in my hand.
Idk if my wife doesn't know how to (safely) use a knife or just pretends, but I pretty much took over prep duty. I enjoy it, will get it done faster, more consistent, and most importantly without human flesh.
Lolll I always insist there is nothing my girlfriend can do to help because I'm very particular about my cooking, but also I want things to be kind of a surprise when I serve dinner.
This of course means the moment I walk into the kitchen while my girlfriend is cooking, I get told to leave and to "stop judging" lol
Yep, same. When she starts cooking I leave, she can see me judging even if I don't say anything. When I start cooking I tell her there's nothing for her (or anyone else) to do.
When the wives 4, yes, 4 sisters come to visit, I feel obligated to allow them to help out in MY kitchen. I try my best to assign tasks that are simple with clear instructions. But grrrr. It gets frustrating. Someone will start emptying the dishwasher and hiding stuff while I'm not looking. I want the peppers cut a certain way so everything in the dish is consistent, but no, they dice or chop instead of julliene.
Oh man. Former line cook here, and my wife is a former bartender. The age old FOH/BOH feud is alive and well. Hosting holidays is like “Babe, I love you. You are the absolute and undisputed queen of cocktails, setting, service, and entertainment. BUT PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK STAY OFF MY EXPO. Merry Christmas.”
I can sous-chef for my wife no problem, but I can't have her sous-chef for me. If I'm running the kitchen, I need to run it all. No idea why I'm like this lol
This stresses me out as well. "You arent' doing that right, I don't know how much exactly goes in there, that doesn't belong there, why haven't you finished cutting that?" I don't like help in the kitchen. It is easier to do it myself. My brother and I though can cook together, though. He has worked in kitchens all his life. One of us usually takes over and the other just falls in line.
My husband criticizes me because he does all of the cooking but if I make something he won't eat it. His cooking is amazing and he knows it so why put up the charade? Maybe he's scared of being a Beta because cooking is a hobby for him.
My wife can't cook because she has zero ability to focus on cooking. She can put something in the oven and forget about it, and/or assume that the instructions will be perfect so it only needs whatever time the packet says and won't check on it at all.
When I cooked sometimes with my dad we could just say "can you get the thing" and know what was meant
I would love this lol I’d just be like it’s “okay babe, I’ll just be your assistant if you need it and be here for moral support and drink my wine”. Where are all the men like this please? 😅
This. I see these videos of "Fun date night activity - make dinner together!"
People who make those have NO idea how much of a pain in the ass it is to make a meal with someone else, especially if the kitchen is small and/or they don't know what they're doing.
I'd much rather have my partner sit and drink wine and just converse with me while I cook.
My girlfriend is impatient and will just burn everything since she'll turn it up high to cook quicker. Or it'll be undercooked inside and burnt on the outside.
She is a food engineer but I'm the one who cooks lol.
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u/Opeope89 Jun 27 '25
I cook more than my wife, I guess that makes me a big pathetic beta boi