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AIBU?

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Original poster

to take the mick out of male colleagues who bring in shared food that their WIVES have made

719 replies

morningpaper · 14/12/2008 22:34

this makes me both scornful and slightly depressed and I resort to extreme sarcasm

Only last week I was nibbling lemon cake from a colleagues WIFE.

What IS that ABOUT?

AIBU?

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lilolilbethlehem · 14/12/2008 22:37

not sure I get this, sounds kind of nice to me.......

wheresthehamster · 14/12/2008 22:38

Is this in response to the other thread?
If so, that was my first reaction as well!

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morningpaper · 14/12/2008 22:39

It is either (a) the fact that Colleague is asked to bring in cake and then GETS HIS WIFE TO MAKE IT or (b) the idea that there are women who think "Oooh I'll make a cake for DH's colleagues!"

It is probably in the Ironing Shirts category of wifely horrors in my head...

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morningpaper · 14/12/2008 22:39

I did SEE the other thread but this was a more general comment

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moondog · 14/12/2008 22:41

I once did an entire three course meal for about 30 of dh's colleagues. In their office.
I was glad nad proud to do it. He doesn't cook but neither do I sort out finances/garden/erect sheds and trampolines/install computers.

BoccaDellaNativita · 14/12/2008 22:41

Errr, years ago my husband used to make the cakes that I took into the office. And I have never ironed his shirts.

WalkinginWaynettaWonderland · 14/12/2008 22:42

MP - I have to confess that when I have overcated for a weekend thang, I have been known to send the leftovers with my DH on Monday morning (he drives, and I wasn't sure that a banoffee would survive the commute to the city )

ReinDIORdroppings · 14/12/2008 22:42

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WalkinginWaynettaWonderland · 14/12/2008 22:42

(and now I want to know what the other thread was please)

WalkinginWaynettaWonderland · 14/12/2008 22:43

and 'overcated' is obviously over-catered,

unknownrebelbang · 14/12/2008 22:44

The only home cooking we have in our office is bought in by our boss.

Tis lush.

The boss is a woman, but she has her husband cooking tea for her most evenings, which I guess gives her the time to bake.

unknownrebelbang · 14/12/2008 22:44

What other thread are you referring to, though?

ComeOVeneer · 14/12/2008 22:45

MP I regularly send dh in with cakes. In my defence I do it for 3 reasons.

  1. To try out new recipes of cake and icing combinations
  2. Because it helps me practice my cakes and decorating technique without turning into a fat heifer
  3. It drums up business.
lilolilbethlehem · 14/12/2008 22:45

I would make a cake for DH to take into work if he wanted one, but only because I make better cakes than he does. In the same way that he does some other things better than I do. Am not a Stepford wife, am not downtrodden. In fact work longer hours and earn more than he does. So what exactly is your point, morningpaper???

BucksFizz · 14/12/2008 22:46

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moondog · 14/12/2008 22:54

BF, I get you. Totally.
It's a lovely thing to cook for people who appreciate it.

lilolilbethlehem · 14/12/2008 22:55

BucksFizz, not sure what has got into MP, I read your thread and thought "how lovely". I think we should ask her to think about her OP and come back and explain why she was being so sarcastic about it.

thisisyesterday · 14/12/2008 22:56

I have made cakes for dp to take into work before. they all loved them :D

i notice MP isn't averse to eating said cake though

TheFallenMadonna · 14/12/2008 22:58

Meh. I make the cakes, DH mends the cars. Were we to swap, neither of us would be happy, or fed, or mobile.

Do you really resort to extremem sarcasm? How rude. You'd not get a slice...

ReinDIORdroppings · 14/12/2008 22:58

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TisTheSeasonToBeSolo · 14/12/2008 23:02

BucksFizz, just looked at your other thread and thought I'd throw you an idea which is easy and delicious too! Bake some vol au vent cases, making sure that you only get them light brown, press the centres in and fill with sweet mincemeat, pop back in the warm but switched off oven for a few minutes to allow the filling to melt(the fats). Send them in with a pot of thick cream. Wonderful and simple to do.

lilolilbethlehem · 14/12/2008 23:04
Quattrocento · 14/12/2008 23:08

YABVU MP

It depends who does the cooking doesn't it? I like cooking therefore I do most of it in our house (apart from breakfast). And I have cooked cakes and scones and stuff for DH/DCs to take in when required. I've also bought stuff when I haven't had time to bake.

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