To think people aren't too tired just lazy... dinner

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I get that once a week maybe or even twice, people have had long days, myself included, out since 8/9am this morning, and get home not bothered to cook a big meal.... though isn't it just like washing? We need to eat, we need to wash, myself included i fell into a rut of eating crap (oven baked) food like breaded chicken oven chips, beans etc cause i was ''too tired'' to cook dinner, when in a matter of fact i was just lazy....

Seen someone comment back to something similar earlier, saying 'bloody hell people nowadays are too tired to cook a meal for themselves' what is the world turning into?
Not going against anybody, i've been guilty of it too and i can admit it was pure laziness.. it takes only a few minutes to throw together a quick/fresh/homemade meal..

my sister is still like that, 5 nights out of 7 she's too 'tired' to cook, even if i offer shed rather buy a takeaway or eat a disgusting cheap oven pizza :S ( i know loads are nice)

Probably a bit of both but who cares? Everyone is fed and unless they eat processed crap for every meal they are likely to be just fine.

Well, I left the house at 6.35am this morning and won't probably be back until 7.30pm tonight - that pretty average for me 3-4 days a week depending on workload. I'm definitely tired not lazy

It can take a long time to cook something good, especially if you don't have great kitchen facilities. Time I spend prepping, cooking and washing up is time that my ever growing pile of work is not being done and time I spend working into the night, not sleeping, going to work or uni on a few hours sleep to come home knackered with more work to do.

Does it though? The meals I "throw together" in five minutes do not count as meals according to mn a lot of the time.

Nowt to do with you really though what your sister wants to eat!

It's infinitely better (especially if cooking for kids) I agree to cook fresh/scratch/homemade stuff. Most people know that. Nothing wrong with throwing something easy in if the day's been busy/rubbish.

I don't do washing every day. It's not really the same thing. Even if I did, it's a matter of chucking it in/out. Not the same as planning what to cook, buying ingredients, cooking and serving it.

FWIW I do cook 90% fresh and from scratch, because I enjoy cooking. I'm fully prepared for this to go by the wayside when I've been up all night with a baby...

Well, after sorting both kids for school and childminder, early drop offs, full day at work, after school stuff, housework etc some days I really am too bloody tired and can't face proper cooking. It's not just the 15 meal prep, it's remembering to take something out the freezer, and being organised about having all the ingredients in. I try, but it doesn't always happen.

You sound very judgemental.

I suppose it boils down to some people enjoying it, some people not.. like i could get home nowadays wrecked but still instantly go to the cooker without thinking about it, i mean its hardly hard work standing at a cooker making up a meal (anything)

suppose everyones different!

I cook everyday but I find it relaxing. Who am I to say that others should be doing the same.

And who are you to say that because you were a bit lazy that others must have been too?

You still sound judgemental though. And superior.

Not everyone wants a big meal in the evening. I'd rather eat my main meal at lunchtime when I'm actually hungry rather than be starving all day and need to start cooking the second I walk through the door if I'm going to get any food any time soon in the evening.

So I might just have an omelette, or egg on toast in the evening or a pot noodle.

I cook from scratch every night but 5 nights out of 7 it's very quick cooking
Tonight it's grilled chicken breast and salad
Last night was gammon eggs tomatoes and mushrooms
Tomorrow will be grilled salmon and some steamed veg
On a weekend I'm more adventurous and less tired

of course not everyone wants a big meal at the supposed 'dinner time' im on about people who are ''too tired'' everyday, every single day not bothered to cook a dinner when they have kids at home who can't be living on oven processed crap

Long days once or twice a week! Leaving home 8.30/9!! If only ... that's not a long day to me and for many people the reality is much longer days than five days a week, not once or twice.

We are all out of the house about 7:45am, and not back until gone 6pm. I do batch cook chilli and spag Bol so as long as I remember to get them out of the freezer, all is good. We have pizza one night a week. Probably soup & bread one night a week. Tonight is quick spicy bacon pasta (still takes about 20-25 mins) etc.

I have a 10 year old and a nearly 5 year old, so youngest needs to be in bed by about 7:30. It doesn't give us much time to eat, play, talk etc. if one of us is cooking a meal that takes too long. Children quite often eat dinner at the childminders as it's a bit late for them otherwise. It always seems like a constant rush when we get home and no time to sit down and relax, so if dinner has to take a hit and not be a 'proper dinner' (I think that's quite subjective too, one persons proper dinner may not be another's...)

Basically walk a mile in another's persons shoes and all that...

I leave home at 6.30am and get back between 7pm and 8pm. I'm too knackered to cook mostly. You think I'm too lazy to cook, I think you're too lazy during the day if you have the energy in the evening. Some of us actually have to work.

Why does it matter to you? Unless you only posted this to make sure everyone on MN knows how amazing you are.

I'm giving you an example of 9am. For eg yesterday I left house at 8.30 and got back at 10.30 last night... got in made dinner, thats after going to a exam and 2 different jobs..so i see laziness tbh

I don't cook at all (and I don't ready meals and I don't get takeaways) but it's nice to know that some random person is judging me for it. This is one of those threads where the OP purports not be to able to understand why someone does something different, when in fact they are just using it as an excuse to judge

I'm often brain dead after work and just don't have the mental capacity to cook a meal beyond heating something up.
But it is just me at home.

Awww aren't you amazing OP - you are right, I must be a lazy fucker

Have to work? Some of you? ..... thats a very offensive comment hahaha I work 2 jobs and attend college... i know alot about work ;)

Yep, very judgemental OP.

Half the time (for evening meal) I eat a pizza, a Morrisons salad, a Greggs pasty and beans, a cheese toastie, whatever. Got naff all to do with you, or anyone else.

What hours do you work and how old are your DCs?

You are a peach. Your comments are quite nasty and contemptuous