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Critisising cooking

13 replies

funnyfish · 15/05/2007 14:32

If you had made dinner for your partner and your kids and he had not lifted a finger to help how would you react if he then complained that the chips were cold and hard and then refused to eat them telling your DS that they were horrible and not cooked properly?

Would you think it was fair enough, should've cooked them longer or would you be angry at him?

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Twiglett · 15/05/2007 14:33

were they cold and hard?

if they were I'd think fair enough
if they weren't I'd think arse

I would only think the above if you had a DH like mine who does his fair share of cooking anyway

WigWamBam · 15/05/2007 14:34

If the chips were horrible and not cooked properly, I'd think it was fair of him to say so - regardless of whether he'd helped or not.

Otherwise I'd tell him he knew where the cooker was.

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funnyfish · 15/05/2007 14:35

they were a little bit hard but I was trying to do 101 jobs at the same time and I was offered no help at all.

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spook · 15/05/2007 14:35

I would tell him to fuck off and do it himself next time tbh.
Not very constructive I'm afraid but true.

WigWamBam · 15/05/2007 14:36

But did you ask for help?

My dh is pretty good - but will only help in the kitchen if I ask him to, because he thinks he gets in the way otherwise.

foxinsocks · 15/05/2007 14:37

if he never ever cooks, then no matter what is put in front of him, he should shut up and eat it (or learn how to enter the kitchen and pick up a pan)

and even if he does cook, I don't think it's a good idea to make such a huge fuss in front of the kids like that

mumto3girls · 15/05/2007 14:38

i would suggest he does all cooking fromnow on due toyour apparent ineptitude

ginnedupmummy · 15/05/2007 14:44

Message withdrawn

Ifonlyhewould · 15/05/2007 15:01

Thats brilliant GUM! Good for you! (Better than spitting in them )

theSelfishMan · 15/05/2007 15:17

like mumto3girls says. Much nicer way than saying "cook your own *king chips next time"

jalopy · 15/05/2007 17:49

I would deep-fry his head.

Carmenere · 15/05/2007 17:52

I don't accept any criticism whatsoever. And on the rare occasion that he has cooked for me, even if it has been almost inedible, I have been genuinely grateful.

If the chips were inedible then he could have offered to cook everyones a bit more.

walbert · 15/05/2007 17:54

Grovel and make him his favourite tea but with a big dollop of something really unsavoury mixed in. And pee on his toothbrush so if he realises what you've done and brushes his teeth then you've still got him!! Ha ha!! then tell him to stick any more meals up his if he's going to complain rather than get off his backside to help!!

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