Men who COOK AND THEREFORE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE EVER

[Kalllop]

Anyone else got one of these?

Unable to just cook a simple meal. They need to go to 3 different shops to get exactly what they need. Hours in the kitchen (their space), meal presented as if they are head chef at The Ivy. Kitchen a fucking bombsite and then rinse and repeat the next day because they couldn't possibly eat anyone else's cooking.

I'd be happy with a sandwich mate tbh

The only thing my husband does here is cook. He works away too so that's not often.

He will make a horrendous mess. I often think if he had to clean up / wash up he wouldn't make so much.

I clean up as I go as I know I'm the one having to do it.

No, mine is MAN WHO FILLS THE DISHWASHER AND THEREFORE DOESNT NEED TO DO ANYTHING AGAIN EVER.

Yes!! 100%. He cooks. Leaves absolute carnage. And then doesn’t even clear his plate from the table.
Just fucks off and puts his arse in the chair. Sometimes it’s a full on roast which is great but he’s the same if it’s oven chips and freezer tapas!

Oh my god yes! This! And if he does bother to do anything else then I must know about it straight away. I’ve started telling him
Every time I do something for the kids/household now.

I have a dh who cooks too! He does most of the cooking and also leaves complete carnage in the kitchen for me to tidy up.

I cook approx twice a week and tidy/clean as I go.

It really pisses me off how he leaves the kitchen. I bring it up but he gets really defensive and it’s not worth the hassle.

He also always seems really grumpy once he’s finished cooking and kind of dumps the plates on the table and then starts demanding me to help with drinks/cutlery etc.

I wouldn’t mind this so much but it’s his tone. Plus he CHOSE to cook! I could have easily done it

Yes. DH goes full Gordon Ramsey. I daren’t enter the kitchen when he’s “creating” a dish. Also goes out and buys special ingredients. Usually stuff we’ve already got in the cupboard, from last time...
Presents the meal, wants my opinion. By opinion, I mean praise. If I don’t say it’s a masterpiece, he pulls a strop & leaves his uneaten. He’s ruined many a special dinner... Uses every pot in the place & no concept of clean as you go.
Thing is, he’s okay at cooking. Follows recipes instead of just knowing how to cook, so often misfires. I’m a simple cook, as in I have a few dishes that I do well. Nothing too exciting! He has said that my cooking is shite... (it’s not).
The worst time was when I arrived home at 4pm on Christmas Day, from visiting, him having said he’d just done the veg. He’d actually just peeled them... And “How to cook a turkey” was open on Google. Wished I’d had dinner at my mother’s house.
However, he does do other housework!

@bastedyoungturkey
Love "freezer tapas"
That's brilliant!

That actually sounds OK to me!

My DH puts washing in the washer but doesn’t take it out & vacuums upstairs but not downstairs (this is because I have bad back & once said how hard it is for me to carry the vacuum upstairs).

I’d really appreciate a bit of cooking!

Both work FT by the way!

Oh, this was my exh to a tee... so don't miss that! To be fair the food he produced was mostly delicious, but the mess he created and the fact that everything else that needed done (including getting the kids tea) was ignored drove me mad...

I really don't know where half of MN find these men! My DH cooks, cleans does all the laundry, and if I'm honest more daily house work than me... and my other friends partners are the same. We're all in our 40 so I'm sure it's not a generational thing.

I have one of those
He never thinks he needs to tidy up any of his mess because he cooks
He cooks and I wash up
I cook and I wash up
Plus if I
Not quite sure why I put up with it

And are you all tidying and washing up after them?! If my other half produces a meal that required the use of every pot and pan then I'd do the tidying up...once in a while. Not a chance in hell am I doing it all the time. Utter madness

Yep, over here op!

Dump all pots, pans, dishes etc. unwashed onto his side of the bed then empty a box of rice krispies over the top of that lot as punishment for leaving carnage in the kitchen.