Because mine does not. But I just told him I'm tired of doing it all the time, and it's his turn this week. He's heading to the grocery store after work. I'm DYING to see what he gets. And he has to stay within our budget. This should be interesting.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no. I sent him to the store for a few miscellaneous things a few weeks ago as I was cleaning and getting ready for our trip and I had to tell him which aisle each item was on.
However, I like our current arrangement. I meal plan and go grocery shopping and he cooks most of the meals. Works for us. If I had to do everything and cook I can see getting tired of that pretty quick.
No. But if I opted out I would at least try to give some guidance for my own sanity. Maybe tell him to repeat a grocery delivery order I've placed in the past.
We would also be eating a lot of breakfast for dinner if DH handled dinner.
I do the meal planning and make the grocery list. We trade off shopping and cooking based on whoever has the more insane schedule in a given week. I'm so thankful DH can cook.
Post by amandakisser on Aug 24, 2015 13:55:02 GMT -5
my husband does 100% of the cooking, 80% of the meal planning, and 50% of the shopping. If I have something I specifically want for dinner he will accommodate, but I generally leave the cooking and planning up to him.
I do the shopping because I will work around sales, comparison shop, and generally stick to the list, whereas he will just buy whatever has the cheaper price (regardless of the size/quantity of the item) and then comes home with random shit that we'd never eat.
We meal plan and grocery shop together and he does all the cooking (I do the dishes). So we share a mutual understanding and hatred of the daily drudgery of feeding ourselves, lol.
The last time he went to the grocery store he brought home a coconut because he wanted to see how hard it was to open. A few hours later, coconut hair all over the kitchen and 3/4 of a coconut in the fridge that later went rotten and was thrown in the trash.
The only thing DH cooks is breakfast sometimes. Because I can't cook an over easy egg. Sometimes he'll be in charge of the grill.
But otherwise, if I go somewhere after work KNOWING there are leftovers in the fridge, I'll still come home to him eating chips at 9pm, telling me he "didn't know what he was supposed to eat."
He does 95% of the cooking and 60% of meal planning. We grocery shop together. I'm lost when he's gone, and stick to pizza and Mac&cheese. To be fair, he works from home and is a student, so it's much easier for him.
If I ask him to yes. Usually it's my job but sometimes I can't get to it or just want a break from it. Our meals that week are usually pretty basic and we end up with tons of junk food but at least I didn't have to go!
We meal plan and grocery shop together and he does all the cooking (I do the dishes). So we share a mutual understanding and hatred of the daily drudgery of feeding ourselves, lol.
See, this is why I want him to do this! I don't feel like he appreciates the effort I put into it.
Also, I definitely had to give him a budget, or he'd come home with $200 worth of groceries we couldn't make a meal out of, lol.
We actually meal plan and shop together. I'm picky and have limited cooking ability, but I do try. He does probably 65% of the cooking and makes the more complicated meals, but I make good simple things, like tacos. Sometimes I wish he would let me shop by myself, though. He likes to add random things to the cart.
He's an *amazing* cook but flies by the seat of his pants. Planning a weekly menu and doing weekly grocery shopping hauls would not work for him.
We usually just wing it and do day-by-day grocery shopping to get what we need for the next couple of meals.
I think we'd save money by planning in advance and cutting back on our grocery trips but it's just an area we have no interest in reducing at this time.
Post by callmehales on Aug 24, 2015 13:58:42 GMT -5
every single week when i ask him for dinner suggestions while i make my shopping list, he says "meatloaf".
IT IS 4000 DEGREES OUT, WITH 400% HUMIDITY. you can have meatloaf when i'm not sweating my balls off getting from the car to the house.
he also can't cook, other than scrambled eggs and grilling steaks. BUT he does all the dishes, so i'll happily truck along making dinners if i don't have tom rectify the horrors i leave in my wake.
OH now I remember. Last time DH went to the grocery store alone for food was the summer I took the bar exam. That was 2011.
I said "Ok. I have a lot to do and can't get to the store for 3 more days. So here's what I need you to do. Go in and pick up 3 meat items, 3 vegetables, and some potatoes because I already have rice. I will figure out what to cook. For example, one pack of chicken counts as 2 because I will only eat half piece. Then get steaks or something. And then just pick 3 vegetables. You can do this!"
He came home with a rack of lamb and a bag of salad.
Post by crazycakes on Aug 24, 2015 14:00:08 GMT -5
No. I will ask him if he has any requests when I'm putting together the meal plan for the week and making the grocery list, but that's about it.
One time he went to the grocery store, "forgot" half the things on my list, and made impulse purchases of a gallon of vanilla ice cream, 5 lbs. of oranges (for 3 people who rarely eat oranges), and three giant boxes of Cap'n Crunch (no milk, just enough cereal to get us through the apocalypse). So I leave him at home now.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Aug 24, 2015 14:02:31 GMT -5
H does most of the in-person grocery shopping. He's much better at it than I am as he takes his time. When we shop together we have to divide and conquer, otherwise I will beat him senseless since I prefer to zoom through and grab what we need quickly, whereas he hunts for deals.
I do the meal planning and if we are ordering groceries online, I do that too.
Post by hisno1girl on Aug 24, 2015 14:05:39 GMT -5
No.
Well, he kinda helps with meal planning in that I ask him what he wants for dinner and he gives me suggestions. Normally l don't ask what he wants but he's not been well and his appetite sucks do I try to make his favorites in order to get him to eat.
He will make a quick stop at the store but doesn't do full grocery shopping. He would take hours and he'd spend 3xs what I would spend.