To enjoy making my husband’s sandwiches?

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I actually enjoy making DH’s packed lunch for work. I don’t know why really. Maybe it’s knowing that he’s going to enjoy his lunch. Or that he’s got something to remind him of me. It makes me feel good. Is it a maternal instinct?

What the fuck have I just read? I'm assuming this is a piss take?

It’s fine. I like baking for people I love, it’s the same principle.

Why is it that when someone starts a nice thread , says they like doing things for someone else it always turns into a snipy thread
Can't we have nice threads anymore ?

can’t we have nice threads anymore

I found most of the replies entertaining. It’s rather boring if we all say That’s nice dear 😂

Op give it another ten years and you’ll be sick of the sight of his lunch box.

When I was a SAHM I loved making everyone's packed lunches. I used to make one for myself as well. Children's tea I hated making. But I still make packed lunches for people if they let me. My ds makes lovely lunches for his girlfriend-it makes me happy that he does that!

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We all feel good doing nice things for other people, but it's the maternal feelings towards a sexual partner that threw a few people I think.

Absolutely fine. My partner and I enjoy doing some of the "chores" for each other and he particularly likes cooking an evening meal for me/us which he does a few times a week when we are not eating at different times due to schedules. I really enjoy cooking a nice meal for my remaining parent for whom food is one of a limited number of pleasures due to health, and I also quite liked putting together packed lunches for the children.

That's lovely. It's obviously your "love language". I love having cups of coffee made for me and my DH always takes a glass of water to bed for me even we go to bed separately.
What's his love language?

Tbh I find that a bit nauseating so I have voted YABU

Is it a maternal instinct?

Lol

@ScottBakula actually!!! YES . a lasanga sammy was on the menu at our restaurant... Grilled. served on rye bread grilled on the flattop with garlic butter.. extra cheese on both sides of the bread and ribbons of lasagna in the middle. served with fresh cut fries and a marinara dip

I think you need to get a life , that job was the bane of my life

Do you enjoy making sandwiches normally?

I like it too OP! But I come from a long line of feeders and it's how we show love 😂

People are being so weird about the maternal instinct comment.

I understand exactly what you mean. Looking after someone is at the core of maternal instincts, so obviously it will invoke similar feelings. I feel maternal towards my dog 😂

People on here don't tend to have happy or healthy relationships in general OP so I wouldn't worry about it.

I think she means nurturing and as an expression of affection.

That's cool OP, better than snipping up his suits with a pair of scissors over a perceived slight.

People are being so weird about the maternal instinct comment. I understand exactly what you mean. Looking after someone is at the core of maternal instincts, so obviously it will invoke similar feelings. I feel maternal towards my dog

do you also have sex with your dog along with all those motherly feelings?

I don't think it's a maternal thing. That's a bit weird in a romantic relationship.

It's just nice to do things for a partner that they'll appreciate.

Some mornings my husband has made my flask of coffee up and it's a nice gesture.Some mornings I make lunches for both of us. They're nice things to do for each other and it's a little bonus on a morning finding a job has already been done for you.

I love this 😊.

I made my dh’s sandwiches for years, not least because he worked much longer hours than I did, and earned most of the money - and our money was always ‘ours’. I can’t say I felt ‘maternal’ towards him, but I’d always derived satisfaction from making any food that he enjoyed. Mind you he was always very appreciative of everything - and still is.

Most days I was making sandwiches for dds, too.
The dog really enjoyed any tuna and cucumber days - she couldn’t wait to lick out the tin. 🐶.

BTW I don’t ‘get’ tuna and sweetcorn - to me they just don’t go.

Another vote for nauseating and YABU sorry.

I like making DDs lunches, it's cute knowing she'll enjoy them. But not for my partner, it's a chore.

It’s a bit sad really…

Why is it sad to do something you enjoy? Why does OP need to get a life when she enjoys the one she has clearly? You can say “no, I don’t enjoy doing the thing you enjoy doing” without having to tear the person down.

Personally I find it a chore, so I put leftovers together if I’m cooking something he can eat at work. If not he does his own sandwich or buys something in the morning.