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- From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
- Subject: Re: Couples Cooking Together..
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.124830.19314@cas.org>
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- Reply-To: lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
- Organization: Nedriv Software and Shoe Shiners, Uninc.
- References: <SOPH.93Jan18114123@bass.bu.edu> <C14BLp.BHB@dale.cts.com> <1993Jan20.134236.4620@emr1.emr.ca> <Jan.21.15.05.02.1993.18521@net.bio.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:43:33 GMT
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- >Hey, folks, I've got a better idea: If you want to interest your SO
- >in cooking, why not treat him like an adult and a human being? Most people
- >respond better to respect than to lies and condescension.
-
- Actually, that is yet another generalization you see. Unfortunately,
- human beings have this tendency to resist being categorized. For instance,
- I believe I treat my SO as humanely as I am capable. Yet she for some
- reason refuses to be interested in cooking. Her idea of cooking is popping
- open a can of generic brand ravioli and barely nuking it. Or perhaps
- tossing some 'hot dogs' into the crock pot and warming some canned sauce.
-
- Well, that's not QUITE fair - in the case of an emergency , such as she
- has let herself be talked into providing food for some activity and for
- some reason I have been unable to prepare anything for her, she will
- break down and buy a microwave brownie mix and nuke that - or go out
- and buy some fresh veggies and some premade dip - or buy some chips and
- premade dip.
-
- But she is not interested in any way in cooking (or washing the dishs
- for that matter). Doesn't mean that with some wheeling and dealing I am
- unable to get her to help, but her natural tendency is NOT to help.
-
- Personality types of this variety are the ones on which I think folk are trying
- to share ideas. If one is so fortunate to find someone who enjoys helping,
- then obviously no such planning, plotting, etc. is needed.
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