Would it be wrong to suggest making our own dinner even though I can't cook?
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no way! that sounds totally romantic and i'll bet that you'll both have a blast making dinner and goofing off while doing so\nHave fun!
730999
No cook's, make none at all...and...one cook has no direction........hmmmm... I love broth on a cold day...NOT...lol......
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Don't give up your studies.\n\nIf he doen't know how to cook, maybe you should teach him when you have free time. If he doesn't want to learn, cook dinner for him earlier so that he'll just reheat it in the evening.\n\nI really don't understand why he's like that. Maybe he's too lazy to do things on his own and that's why he depends on you. I think that's selfish.\n\nDon't give up on your goals and dreams just because of a guy who doesn't seem to care about you.
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I never cook on my birthday. My Family either cooks for me or takes me out to eat.  I cook probably every day but my birthday, anniversary, and mother's day.
854024
Yes I would,but I'm not going to be the cooker....\n☺
429232
Wow!  I know how that can be stressful.  Take them to a quiet restaurant where there won't be too much noise, maybe call ahead and see if you can get a quiet corner reserved.  Or, plan to get take-out from a nice place, lots of them have curbside service now, and have dinner in your parents' or the new in-laws' house (not sure who's coming where) that way you won't have to cook, but the environment is just you guys.  But the good thing about being at a restaurant is if things are kind of akward, you have a natural ending time, at the end of the meal when its time to leave, and no one has to feel weird about kicking anyone out.\n\nGood luck, hope it goes well.
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Nope I'm a very messey cook and would probably ruin my nice clothes!!!!  I would love to take him hime too!!!
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It depends on how close the couple is...I would take it to the heart in my case but that is because my boyfriend and I consider each other family and his family is my family and my family is his family...the point is, we are all very close so yeah, if he said that it would hurt me.  We are having 2 thanksgivings this year, we are not cooking at our house but my side of the family is having turkey dinner around 4 or 5 and his side of the family is having it around 8...so we are going to starve all day and eat at both families houses.  A little off the subject but all the talk of thanksgiving got me thinking about it, sorry.
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It is a simple courtesy to bring a salad or buns or other dish when invited to dinner.  Also to offer to help.  I experienced the same thing with my inlaws.  Five grown children refused to help their mom with dinner or dishes, and it was always and only me the daughterinlaw who helped with cooking and did the dishes, at all Family gatherings for 30 years.  Yes I was pissed but now she is dead and I am glad that I was the one to help her.  The lazy children were sorry and cried and moaned and carried on but I held my head up high and had no negative feelings because I did my very best.    You should continue to be helpful, but don't think you have to do it all or contribute $ just because your mom wants to.
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Replace your comfort food with veggies, fruits or poultry  that you have ready in your fridge for times like that.\nThat helps me and my hubby a lot a lot:) sometimes we all want  to eat 'something' make that something available immediately be something that is good for you.:)
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perhaps a nice dinner better if you do the cooking for him
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cook clean feed baby dress baby clean some more take care of dogs take a shower have dinner cooked .... just kidding i have found that it isn't always that simple.. i talked to my hubby and told him there is no possible way to do it all... try giving him one day to be in your shoes then see what he has to say!
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►They must know that you are doing it from the heart not the pocket.\n\nGet a nice card and attach an invitation to cook them  dinner at their house ( you will provide the groceries) ask to give you a couple of days advance notice to coordinate. Put choices such as:\n\n♥Romantic Dinner ( you cook decorate and leave)\n☺Family BBQ \n║I need your help dinner\n\nAlso the mess you make you clean.
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I have just started a new job, and I will probably have to work Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years...and my parents live out of state. \nWe usually have Thanksgiving dinner together, go out Christmas Eve night to look at Christmas lights, and stay up together to watch the ball drop on tv for New Years. \nI don't think that I will get to do any of those things. (You'd think that since Katrina, employers would know the value of being with family, especially because we couldn't do it last year...but apparently not.)\nOh well...there's always next year, isn't there?\n\nCome to think about it...I cooked Thanksgiving dinner last year for the first time ever, and since I will probably be doing the same this year, maybe I am following a tradition (if the second time makes it a tradition) or starting one of my own.
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Take him to see "Fast Food Nation".  I used to be an adamant fan of fast food restaurants, but have cut back significantly on dining out in the past 6 months.  My excuse was that I was too lazy or tired to pre-plan meals, so fast food seemed to be the easiest quick fix.  If you like to cook, try to begin planning meals ahead of time, and ask your hubby input on his favorite foods.  Once you begin cooking, you might cook 1x week and slowly build up to eating at home more often.   Once he gets a taste of your home cookin, he will crave your yummy (healthier!) dishes more often and will want Mickey D's less often.  Plus, you will glow from all the praise:)  If you hate cooking, just try to get healthier take-out and like I said before, GO SEE fast food nation!!!  It's eye-opening and you will get to see a whole 'nother side to Big Macs and Mcnuggets.  A pretty nasty one.  Good luck!!
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I think this is really sweet what you want to do! I don't have any good recipes but I can tell you to go to Food Network.com and they have all kinds of recipes that I bet will impress him! Just the fact that you are wanting to take the time to do something for him, for Father's day, is a wonderful thing for you, him and your marriage!!! I would say also, don't know how old or young the kids are, but why not get them involved in helping to get ready for dinner, etc? Make it a family time, a family day! That's what it's all about and if you ask me, we all make ourselves so busy nowadays that we don't take the time!!! Good luck! Hope all goes well!
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My goodness!  All those people and you're on bed rest?!?!?!\nLet everyone else bring the food, you can do potluck.\nI do have a story.  My nephew's wife was responsible one year for cooking the turkey.  She got up very early in the morning and put it on, fixed other things, then decided she would lay down for a while.  Well, of course she fell asleep, and when she woke up it was almost dinnertime.  The turkey had cooked to leather.  Luckily she is a quick thinker.  She borrowed leftover dark meat from a friend who had done her turkey the day before.  And she went to a restaurant in town and bought a cooked turkey breast.  She cut it up and stuck it on a platter together and came on to dinner at my sister's house.  Told them she had decided to carve it at home.  My mother bragged on how good and tender it was.  She didn't tell my sister (her mother-in-law) about it for years!\nSeriously, let the family help you.  They will understand.  So put your turkey in the oven (don't go to sleep and forget it, though!)\nLet the hubby straighten the house.  Let the others cook and bring a dish.  Then let them all clean up.  While they're at it, they can do the decorating while you supervise from the sofa!\nGood luck to you, and Happy Thanksgiving.