cook after a long day of cleaning and doing laundry!! 

Everyone was griping about how hungry they were around 5:00.  I came in with a total attitude trying to figure out what to cook.  I was slamming cabinet doors, hitting my cooking utensils much harder on the kitchen counter and grumbling under my breath. 

Here's my conversation with myself....

"Why do I have to cook stupid dinner tonight??  I mean, everyone knows how much I hate cooking especially since I've cleaned the whole house and did all the laundry today!  I mean, really!  Joe (my hubby) loves to cook and he's been enjoying his Sunday washing his motorcycle.  He's not tired.  Why can't HE cook for once??  Oh, I hate touching raw chicken.  It looks so freakin' gross!Ugh, where's the potato peeler?  Crap!  I burned my finger...  oh great!  Now I'm injured.  Poor me...oh, this stupid grill isn't ready yet!  Ugh, what are those kids doing now??  Geez, I hope I have milk for the mashed potatoes.. oh, yeah I do, good.  Did I tell you that I hate to cook.  Yes, you did and I'm sick of hearing about it.  Shut up and feed your family!!"

So, after my little silent rant, dinner got cooked somehow and everyone gobbled it up.  They loved it! 

So, now I feel like a jerk cuz I made a meal with an attitude... after all, they were hungry and I am kind of responsible for cooking for them. 

I feel terrible to admit this, but until our son came along, I hardly cooked.
I had an aversion to handling dead, raw meat. In fact, I ended up becoming an vegetarian, because the touch of meat repulsed me.

Although, I like to cook, I don't always WANT to cook. Plus, I feel that men should share household responsibilities (my brothers didn't and I hated that they didn't help out). Soooo, I do cook, but I freeze a few meals, for those days when I just can't hack being in the kitchen.

ETA: Wouldn't you know that during my pregnancy, I became a carnivor and I am now known as the grilling queen.  

LOL!!! 

Yup, I'm the stay home mommy so I get the job of cooking...  grrr!!   I HATE it! 

Joe will cook when he has time for it.  He  loves it and says it relaxes him.  I say, "Then YOU'VE got the job!!"    Unfortunately, he's not home in time to make it.

I cook almost every night, do all the housework, yard work, laundry, errands, grocery shopping, bill paying, kid wrangling, carpooling, etc...  I help with our business and write books.  It would be SO nice if someone else could handle dinner.  I mean, how great would it be to walk in the door around 5:00 to a wonderful smelling kitchen and food spread out??  Oh man!  Now that would be heaven!!  I mean, seriously, these people expect three meals a day with snacks included... 

I'm with ya, Nora...  I would rather cook a big meal for breakfast or lunch even than at dinner time.  I was the queen of 1-800-DO-U-DELIVER ?? last week after all that work we did on our other house.    I guess it was time I fired up the stove... it was getting rusty from non use... 

Oh, believe me!!  If my husband wasn't such a picky eater... we'd have crock pot meals EVERY night!    Nope, everything is made from scratch, nothing can touch on his plate, no sauces, creams or weird marinades... 

Yes, he's totally spoiled and I did it to myself...

Very true, Tina.  I have an eleven year old, 9 year old and 4 year old.  They do help... especially my daughter.  My oldest knows how to cook with supervision... they have to set the table and do the dishes every night... 

I have never enjoyed cooking...  but at least I have a family to cook for... I shouldn't complain... 

ermmm....I am 31 and STILL eat off of a divided plate as much as possible!!!!!!   I HATE for my food to touch!!!

Okay--I feel like a REALLY bad wife!    From the end of May until the first of August, I'm home all day, most every day, and how many times does John walk in to a house with delicious smells during that time?  I could probably count them on one hand.    I don't mind cooking IF I have some idea of what to fix.  I get in such a rut, and John doesn't ever help out as far as telling me that he'd like a particular meal.  There are some nights when he'll get in, and I've done N-O-T-H-I-N-G all day and he still ends up cooking.    One reason I hate to cook is that our house doesn't have central air, so the kitchen ends up so blasted hot any time I turn the stove or oven on, and I'm not a griller.  I can't make a good fire, so everything either burns or takes forever to cook.  John is an EXCELLENT griller, though, so I never felt I needed to learn. 

I agree Pam!  The Crockpot is the greatest invention ever... and my favorite thing in the crockpot is chuck pot roast w/potato and carrots... yummy!

I've even been making the dogs their "wet" food in the crockpot, and then mashing/blending and freezing it in small batches.... they love it!