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Aibu to not buy a cooker if I have a child to cook for?

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Jojorichards · 09/10/2017 12:17

I split up with partner a few months ago and just moved into our house just two of us.
I won't lie its cost a fortune and just paid £800 for carpets.
At the moment I can't afford a cooker so I've bought a mini oven with grill and 2 hot plates all powered by electricity.
Both of those was only £65 and I can cook a roast/cake/fry a egg/pasta ..basically everything you would want to cook can be done.
My partner came around to collect our child and sneered at me for not having a cooker,as if I was neglecting our child.
Please tell me I'm not being stupid?
Il try and upload pics of what I have.
So far I've cooked a roast ,Victoria sponge,fried breakfast,pasta.

Aibu to not buy a cooker if I have a child to cook for?
Aibu to not buy a cooker if I have a child to cook for?
OP posts:
DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 09/10/2017 18:32

I had them when I lived on a bedsit many moons ago as did most people in their first homes. They're fineSmile

Motoko · 09/10/2017 20:00

I wouldn't be in a hurry to get a normal cooker. The set up you have is perfectly adequate, and as a pp said, the oven will use less electricity as it's smaller. Also, if you get a cooker when you get paid, your ex will think you've done it because he said you should. Don't give him that power.

FluffyMcCloud · 10/10/2017 08:05

We lived for nearly a year with a counter top oven as we couldn't afford to replace our main oven. (Hob still worked). I successfully kept 3 children alive the whole time! The only thing I couldn't do was bake a decent birthday cake.
My mother was horrified and eventually bought us an oven because she couldn't understand how we coped...
I still use the counter top oven loads, it's dead handy Smile

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