So what Happened???? 

Annie Anthrax wrote on Dec 5^th, 2014 at 4:39pm:


you sound like my wife 


I'm pretty sure the men fighting those wars weren't doing so in the hope that they'd have to then go home and cook 

John Smith wrote on Dec 5^th, 2014 at 5:01pm:


john... i never said that they couldn't cook once upon a time ...people like your mum were brilliant ....but whats happened now????

I remember when growing up in a family of 5 with all of our relatives families also having 4 to 6 kids in them on my mums mother side..

we spent a lot of time together as mum and her sisters always met up and/or met down at nana's place...

she lived in a central part of town so when people drove passed they dropped in...

so anyways..

my nana and her 4 daughters could all cook up a storm..

Christmas for instance...

you've never seen anything like it.. well... not in todays world...

but the casseroles (beef, chicken, lamb), roast lambs and chicken, pork, pavlova's, sponge cakes, trifles and Christmas cake with money wrapped in foil cooked into it...

these days girls are tanked up drunk in gutters or fighting like mongrel dogs...

they can't cook to save their lives.. unless its a frozen meal...

its a real shame... 

... wrote on Dec 6^th, 2014 at 2:12pm:


Yes...fair point Honky..

its like if a man finds a woman who is a great cook a d actually wants to... its like winning the lottery!!!

True Blue... wrote on Dec 6^th, 2014 at 2:17pm:


What does she have to look forward to as a prize?   

True Blue... wrote on Dec 6^th, 2014 at 3:28pm:


Let's assume that you don't want your breakfast and/or lunch made for you and just want dinner.  That's 7 per week.  (21 if you want breaky and lunch).   Ummm how many times do you mow the lawn per week?

As for the latter.  She can keep one of those in the drawer for use when SHE feels inclined without having to cook, wash and clean for it   

Again.  Where's the prize?

the problem is not that they can't, but they don't want to

not that long ago, a womans job was to maintain the house and cook for her family. It was her whole career. Even most off those that worked regarded work as socondary to their duties to the home. The better she did it, the better her status amongst her peers. Women used to take pride in it and were constantly trying to improve. Today women no longer need to do that. They gets their status and pride through their other careers. Cooking has become a chore rather than the career it once was.