Men mostly: What are you making your companion for dinner tonight? [View all]
What about those dishes too? Hell, its only one day a week. You can do it. Sometimes you'll be surprised how much it is appreciated and even if its not, what the hell? And if its already too late for tonight just think of that as giving you the chance to get to the store for tomorrow and get everything you need to really do it right.
A couple of years after we got married my wife's 'folks' visited us. These were her Aunt and Uncle who raised her and her three siblings after the untimely death of both of the young children's parents; they were known as "Mom" and "Boone". Mom called Boone Charles, she was the only one to do so. He called her Retha and even from our first meeting I did too. This one visit they made to us was quite something. They lived about 50 miles away and to the best of my knowledge they never had or ever again did visit any of the other children.
I had begun making dinner before they arrived and was busy at it when they came in. My wife greeted them and as they got settled in Retha gravitated to the kitchen. When she saw me at the stove she dam near fainted. For a man to cook dinner was unheard of in her universe. This was like seeing a space ship land.
That was a half a century ago. This is today. Come on, get with it.
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This message was prepared both as a public service (promoting harmony) and as a writing exercise, it was not meant to be sexist and I hope it is not taken that way.
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