Kitchen

[okiebug]

From Mirriam Webster:

use·less

adjective 'yüs-l?s

: not at all useful : not doing or able to do what is needed : not producing or able to produce the effect you want

My DH can look at a car, smell the exhaust and tell you what's wrong with it and fix it. I'm useless at car repair, but am very good at holding flashlights, extra tools, fetching the 5/16ths socket, etc. For the first 30 years of our marriage, he knew the names of the appliances - could fix them, iffy on finding things in the frig , would do dishes if I asked, has always handled the trash.

Now, he is by no means a chef, but he knows his way around the kitchen - makes a mean box of mac and cheese once he figured out not to put everything in the pot at the same time, can scramble eggs, make hamburgers, his version of quesadillas, can cook a Schwans meal when I'm having a bad day, makes iced tea daily, is still iffy on finding things in the frig.

He's made a lot more progress in cooking than I have in car repair.

Edited to add I put the definition there because of the bolded words - husbands can help in the kitchen but don't always produce the effect we want.

[HonnyBrown]

magemay, now that is a true meaning of Thanksgiving!!!! Hugs!!!!!

[AuntG]

My DH was very helpful this weekend. He likes doing the dishes, so I gladly turned that duty over to him. Then when we put out our Christmas decorations, he patiently decorated the tree while I did the other cleaning and decorating. The tree looks so much better than when I do it, because I don't have the patience it takes to make it look truly beautiful.

[HonnyBrown]

On 11/28/2014 okiebug said:

From Mirriam Webster:

use·less

adjective 'yüs-l?s

: not at all useful : not doing or able to do what is needed : not producing or able to produce the effect you want

My DH can look at a car, smell the exhaust and tell you what's wrong with it and fix it. I'm useless at car repair, but am very good at holding flashlights, extra tools, fetching the 5/16ths socket, etc. For the first 30 years of our marriage, he knew the names of the appliances - could fix them, iffy on finding things in the frig , would do dishes if I asked, has always handled the trash.

Now, he is by no means a chef, but he knows his way around the kitchen - makes a mean box of mac and cheese once he figured out not to put everything in the pot at the same time, can scramble eggs, make hamburgers, his version of quesadillas, can cook a Schwans meal when I'm having a bad day, makes iced tea daily, is still iffy on finding things in the frig.

He's made a lot more progress in cooking than I have in car repair.

That is so cool, okie!

Mine can find matching black stockings in my top drawer, but has no clue about the differences between heavy cream, milk and half and half.

Although, I didn't complain or correct him when he put heavy cream in my coffee

[petunia]

I hardly ever come on these boards but just happened to come across this topic tonight .....

any who responded negatively should be very grateful and fortunate to have your husband by your side ...... I don't ..... after a very happy marriage of 40 years, he fell in front of me from a sudden and fatal heart attack ......

[magemay]

On 11/28/2014 HonnyBrown said:

magemay, now that is a true meaning of Thanksgiving!!!! Hugs!!!!!

Thanks so much for the Hugs, HonnyBrown!

Hope you and your DH have a great holiday season!

[cndkrick]

On 11/28/2014 magemay said:

On 11/28/2014 HonnyBrown said:

For those who think that I or the other wives are being ungrateful, let me ask: do you have husbands?

I do.

From what we've experience this year, I'm grateful for every word, noise, helpful deed, smile, tear and every precious breath he takes. The sound of his footsteps in the kitchen yesterday was one of the most precious sounds I've ever heard.

Life has a way of putting things into perspective at times, this year life showed us just that.

I'm thankful for every single second.

Beautiful.

[HonnyBrown]

On 11/28/2014 mandymut said:

I hardly ever come on these boards but just happened to come across this topic tonight .....

any who responded negatively should be very grateful and fortunate to have your husband by your side ...... I don't ..... after a very happy marriage of 40 years, he fell in front of me from a sudden and fatal heart attack ......

I'm sorry for your loss, mandy.

Of course we are grateful for, and fortunate to have our husbands! We are happy just as you were. That doesn't mean they can't annoy us!

[magemay]

On 11/28/2014 mandymut said:

I hardly ever come on these boards but just happened to come across this topic tonight .....

any who responded negatively should be very grateful and fortunate to have your husband by your side ...... I don't ..... after a very happy marriage of 40 years, he fell in front of me from a sudden and fatal heart attack ......

Mandymut, my heart goes out to you, I'm so sorry for your experience and loss.

This happened only a few weeks ago to a friend of ours. It's devastating and life changing to say the least.

Sending you hugs, healing thoughts and prayers.

[Mary Bailey]

He's trying to bond and be helpful. That usually =annoying. I know what you mean.

I'd love it if DH would clean up after me. That rarely happens. I clean up after him and hope he will see how nice it is not to both cook and clean.

He does love to sample everything and give his approval before anything leaves the kitchen. LOL! This Thanksgiving both DH & DS sampled my stuffing. Good thing too, no leftovers again.

10 years ago I nearly lost him to a stroke and this year he lost half his blood volume after a routine colonoscopy. I'm happy he's still here.