for nkotb

i've come up with several snippy retorts to jag's inquiry, but i've recently vowed to spare barrel-confined fish. 

so instead:

Wow, Smackie. You amaze me! Good for you! I did know that Venerable did some cooking; at least, bakes a lot of apple pies.

Honestly though, most men that I've known just won't cook or bake unless they are living alone and have to. The worst offenders tend to be the older ones, like closer to my age… and even older. Think it was the way they were brought up to believe that it's a woman's place to cook and clean for the man. The generations younger are so much better about that sort of stuff. Think the younger women stood up for themselves and demanded more sharing of the loads.

Believe me, I could tell you lots of stories regarding lots of different men that I've known or known of whom it would kill to even think of helping out with any sort of cooking. In fact, I broke up with one guy whom I was living with, in part, because of that sort of behavior. The closest he ever got to cooking was fixing himself a bowl of cereal! 

Rhett cooks too, I think. Seems he's mentioned it a few times.

I love men who cook.

Still waiting for NKOTB to weigh in.  :D
(Now be honest, NKOTB.  ;) )

I lend my hand as much as possible in the kitchen.  There are two main roadblocks though:

1) My wife is still generally home with the kid during the day, so she's ready to hand him off to me when I get home at night.  I certainly don't mind (it's nice to come home and see his smiling face), but it then ties me up a bit too much from making dinner, since babies and boiling water don't mix.

2) My wife is an absolute control freak in the kitchen by her own admission.  Even when it is my night to cook, she tends to make about 75% of the meal because I don't do it right.  Not that the food isn't good..it's just she has her ways.

I do have a wheelhouse of meals that I handle solo, and that's always expanding.  But I'd be lying if I said my wife didn't handle a good 85% of the cooking.

Jaguar wrote:
Still waiting for NKOTB to weigh in.  :D
(Now be honest, NKOTB.  ;) )

nkotb wrote:
I do have a wheelhouse of meals that I han solo

;)

my wife does most of the cooking because she hates to clean. my question is does jaguar hate doing dishes like every other woman in the whole world? be honest

That's an important part.  If my wife cooks, I handle the dishes.  When I cook, I handle the dishes.  And I'm the clean freak of the two of us.  We keep things pretty equal.

godsshoeshine wrote:

nkotb wrote:
I do have a wheelhouse of meals that I han solo

;)

my wife does most of the cooking because she hates to clean. my question is does jaguar hate doing dishes like every other woman in the whole world? be honest

this seems like a good place to post nerdgasms:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIe9O529MR0

i'm not a gamer, but dayum.  that would turn me in to one.

I cook 50% of the meals, do my own laundry and ironing, mow the lawn, rake the leaves, trim the bushes and trees, and serve as my soon to be three year old's play buddy. But my wife still does alot more work than me.

Cooking is one of the easiest household chores. Try staining a deck. Now there's a real chore. And my wife is finishing doing that all on her own.

Jaguar wrote:


Rhett cooks too, I think. Seems he's mentioned it a few times.

thats why two guys together are so great.  we both cook, take turns cooking and cleaning up . . . and sometimes even like to have wild animal sex in the kitchen.  yummy.

sweetcell wrote:
this seems like a good place to post nerdgasms:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIe9O529MR0

i'm not a gamer, but dayum.  that would turn me in to one.

I would puke for sure.  I also love the first comment - "now try watching porn like that"

vansmack wrote:
I also love the first comment - "now try watching porn like that"

:o      :o      :o      :o      :o     

i got that video from epicwinftw, best comment there: "Someone needs to stand in front and throw bugs at him."

godsshoeshine wrote:
my question is does jaguar hate doing dishes like every other woman in the whole world? be honest

Strangely enough, I love washing dishes. My very favorite household chore. I've even done them at other people's homes while visiting even though I didn't eat there just because they were there and I had the urge. LOL. It's a water thing. I love playing around in water. Also, I'm one of those cooks who is obsessed with cleaning the dishes as I go along. Hate most of the other chores but I'd gladly do all the dishes whether I did the cooking or not. I like to cook too but not everyday. And as I've learned through experience, when I'm the one expected to always do all of the cooking, my actual cooking will dramatically drop off… unless I'm the only one home.

NKOTB, believe it or not, I haven't the slightest problem with the balance that you and your wife have with the cooking duties. It all comes down to the levels that both people are comfortable with and expectation levels. Obviously, you both have it worked out to what works best for your family. The kind of guys that I was refering to are the ones who refuse to help out in the kitchen and expect females to cater to them. Especially the types who won't even try to balance it out with other sorts of duties. Again, in this day and age, it usually is more of a generational thing but suspect there are still some hold outs. I've got a relative whom I can always tell his relationship status just by observing his fluctuating weight. One of those who would rather starve than dare cook a meal. It's too girly or gay, you know.  ::)  What this fool can't get through his head is that most of we women tend to love men who cook. (There, I've done it. Exposed one of we ladies' secrets.  ;) )

NKOTB, you never did tell us who is going to bake those cookies.  ;D

Move over metrosexuals! Make way for the gastrosexuals.  ;D :-* 8)

vansmack wrote:
This one's for NKOTB too:

TomTom Strikes Back with Darth Vader Voice for Turn by Turn Navigation

Darth Vader - available now
C-3PO - June
Yoda - July
Han Solo - August

yoda in the studio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdcJVuylmsM

sweetcell wrote:
yoda in the studio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdcJVuylmsM

I lost my shit at….

"Left you Must Keep… Must Left You Keep… You Left Keep Must."
"You're gonna Kill people If you Give Directions like That."
"….Must You Keep Left?"
"COME ON!"

Verizon to Release Droid 2 featuring R2-D2

Star Wars XXX 3D Announced!
http://geekscape.net/geekscape-exclusive-star-wars-xxx-3d-announced.html

And if you Droid, then perhaps this is your new favorite GPS app (complete with sound effects and Rebel chatter)….



Video: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/android-gps-navigation-x-wing-edition/