to think that DH, who has a cold, should cook tonight because I'm 37 massive weeks

[Twelvelegs]

pregnant and am knackered due to our three children, water retention and low iron count.

takeaway maybe?

He should definitely cook. After all, he will probably givve you his cold so it is only fair recompense. (sp)

No question

take away
take away
take away
that's what it's there for

yeah, get a takeaway

I think a takeway would be a good idea.

My husband cooked for me tonight and I am only 12 weeks pregnant. He doesn't have a cold though.

my dh cooked for me tonight and I'm not at all pregnant, not even a little bit

takeout

toasties and soup.

toast and tinned spagetti.

beans on toast.

tinned ravioli and toast.

filled roll.

no takeaways out here but DH and i cook with colds all the time.

Yes of course he should. I still cook for my family when I have a cold...

he should cook AND do the washing up!

unless he's planning on having the baby for you

but then I didn't cook for about 9months and don't often do it now! [smug git emoticon] see! oppressed muslim wife I am! oppressed I say! ha! ha! ha! (i love my husband )

Well, a little arguement arose out of this dilemma and so you'll never guess the outcome.....
He cooked fillet steak, cabbage and leeks, griddled asparagus for himself .

Because I said I didn't have an appetite because of the arguement and he decided to call my bluff, knowing that I was only saying it because I was upset.

argument

but he'd have eaten if you'd cooked for him?

sounds like a really nice twunt bloke.

Well expat he's got a cold you know

Ah, but he's got a Man Cold.....contact Emergency Services!!!

that is inexcusable! [shock!]

if he wanted to prove a point (sorry, is he 12?) he could have cooked for 2 but brought yours out afterwards so it looked like he only cooked for himself to start with.

if you're 37 weeks now he's got maybe 3 weeks to get himself an attitude change or does he think you are going to cook when you are in labour?

sure has a big appetite for having a cold.

What a mean man, hope he gets the shits!

that was really petty of him.

Well, I hope he likes brushing his teeth in the morning after you've scrubbed your ARSE with it!

order yourself a takeaway.

Are you serious? He wouldn't cook for you and then argued about it, and then cooked for himself.

A cold is not a reason not to cook fucking dinner. Being ill and massively pregnant and exhausted is.

If any night of the week I said I didn't feel like cooking DH would happily do it, never mind the state I am in now!

What a tosser!

scratch that last post - I see you have three kids already so he's had his chance to learn.....

unless this was a one-off it's time to get the vet to put him down...

Well tbh If dh had said he wasn't hungry in that situation I'd have only cooked for me. I would have assumed he meant it as he is an adult and U'm not a mind reader.

I think if both of you really don't feel like cooking for whatever reason then the occasional takeout is a good idea.

I get the feeling though that this was one of those 'prove a point' type arguments. I'm assuming that your dh doesn't cook normally so you want him to take more responsibility for it. That is something that probably needs to be discussed but choosing a time he doesn't feel very well even if he only has a cold is probably not the time to tackle it, hence the takeaway idea.