Men clean????????

I know men can cook, my grandfather was a Chef so I've seen that phenomenon before but...what is this men clean thing you speak of?

T.

T

Yes! Fact is often stranger than fiction. I not only cook but I clean. I know, what a catch! I am actually thinking of offering classes in the areas of domestic maintenance for men. Think it will go over well?

LOL...I think you'd be a millionaire within a week from all the wives signing up their husbands for classes.

T.

I am always up for becoming a millionaire. The only issue with becoming a millionaire would be, I would end up living at Desire Spa and Resort in Cancun. I dont think my liver coule take more than a month at a time! But I would have to give it a try!

Ah yes, the cooking vs cleaning controversy

I have sat and listened to a man go on at length on how messy his wife is in the kitchen, with my husband and another man sitting and nodding in sympathy.

I cook. I make a mess. I tell him to stay the hell out of the kitchen until I'm done and can clean up. Then he comes in and cleans up after I've cleaned up.

Him cooking is not an option- unless we are to have meat, potatoes, vegetables every night of our lives. He is a competent cook, but not an inspired one (as he is the first to admit).

However, he does laundry (folds underwear), vacuums, washes floors, windows, dishes, etc etc. I am the first to admit (gratefully) that he does most of the routine housework around our house.

Both Mrs. CXXC and I have the ability to cook virtually anything. Our biggest issue is time and the desire to spend that time together in more interesting activities.

I have many buddies who wouldn’t know what a pairing knife was if it was sticking in his ribs. So, they really have no idea the pain it is to prepare a meal. These are also the same guys who will throw an empty can in the trash and expect laud and adulation from their spouses for a "Job well done!" Some people just don’t get it! HA HA HA

As a child and adolescent, we had the extended family thing going on. Both my grandparents lived with us. My Grandmother and mother taught the boys to cook, clean, sew, dress and even decorate. It was my mother's desire that NONE of her sons would have to marry out of necessity. Add the fact that no woman would be good enough for her sons and you see why the instruction was so thorough!

We have a smallish kitchen so I'm in the clean as you go camp.

We both cook and usually the cook does most of the cleaning 'as you go' and the other will do the final clean, but we have no real rules for this, it just seems to flow.

Even when we had a small kitchen, the task generally fell to me for fear of having to spend more time in the kitchen CLEANING than cooking.

It works out well for us and I generally never have to deal with that "NEW" dish she wanted to try. Oh how I loath Brussel Sprouts.

Our kitchen is pretty small too. Now it used to be that we cooked most nights, and kids did cleanup. Now with 2 teens that are not home most evenings with sports, jobs & girlfriends, we don't cook as large of a meal, but we always get the cleanup too.

Mr. NC can completely relate to you when it comes to cleanup of large messes. When I bake, look out. I've tried the clean as you go method - sometimes it just doesn't happen! But I'm trying... I did make lasagne Sunday, and did all of the cleanup too. It was one of those rare treats for him.

Mrs. CXXC and I have no children so we are left to do the clean up. However, Like I have stated before, the Beagle does the pre-rinse, so there is never anything stuck to the glasses when the dish washer is finished. The only issue with the dog doing the pre-rinse is, you can never trust a clean plate that is sitting ont he counter. You never know.

the one time that we will share the duty of cleaning up is when we entertain. About once every other week or so, we have as many as 5 or 6 guests for dinner. That is when we share the joys of clenaing.

another issue with having my wife clean up after dinner is that when she puts things away, I have no Earthly idea where they are. You would think that she would put them right where they usually go. BUT NO!!!

Then again, I should not really expect too much from the woman who put the TV Remote in the fridge once. But like I said, she works 14 hours minimun 6 days a week. What can I complain aobut.

I've got to stop coming back to this blog...all this talk about men who clean, cook, do dishes and laundry is really starting to depress me.

Besides...it's time for me to put a load of laundry in and figure out what the hell I'm going to cook for supper and get started on that.

T.

Sorry T.

It's ok. I have to start dinner myself. thinking about a lovely chicken sonora with farfalle. She can put the two dishes int he dish washer. BTW, did the laundry sunday!