DH not knowing how to cook!!!!

[JUstme123456778]

I’m getting really annoyed with DH not knowing how to cook. He doesn’t even want to learn to cook either. He waits for me to come from work after picking DC from nursery in the evenings to make dinner.
He will sometimes put some chips in the oven with nuggets or fish fingers but that’s all he knows to do.
I get envious with my friends when they go on about how much their husbands cook and how much help they get in the kitchen.
We both work full time but I also drop off and collect my little one from nursery.
Am I the only one whose husband doesn’t cook?

What happens if you don’t cook one night? I’d give him a couple of nights where he sorts dinner; possibly he’ll get expensive ready made stuff at first then develop some basic dishes. I didn’t used to cook at all then DH got a job where he wasn’t home in time to cook and I started as I had no choice

@Clutterbugsmum I totally agree. When it was just me and him things were different. I was ok with cooking cleaning washing etc and he didn’t show much interest in housework or cooking. I think because that’s what I saw in my own family, my mum was the one cooking cleaning etc even though my dad loves cooking now.

Now however, after having DS, I just don’t have enough time and I need help. It’s hard for me to do everything like I used to.

I think that some people don't enjoy food or cooking, it's just a necessity of life.

Well yeah. But people don't need to enjoy cooking in order to get stuck in and do their fair share. I quite enjoy cooking but I'd soon learn to hate it if all the cooking responsibilities lay with me.

‘Can’t cook’ is a massive ducking cop out. When we first got married dh (who had moved in with me from living with his parents who spoilt all their children) cooked once in 6 weeks. When I pointed this out he said he’d done his best. I hit the roof and said this whole thing was a mistake , I married you because i thought you are a competent adult. You can read, you can cook. If you want to eat in our house you will cook. It will be healthy and home made , I will not be the sole person responsible for keeping us eating veggies.
He’s a solid cook now.

I'd tell him 'I'll cook dinner this Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday but you need to take care of Wed, Fri and Sunday'. And that's that.

Perhaps you need to sit down and have a full and frank discussion that this is no longer is acceptable he now needs to cook a couple of times a week. Even if this just him cooking all ready made pies for example with some frozen veg.

And if he 'burns' the pie just take off the burnt bit and continue to expect him to cook 'his' days. Do not let get away with it.