Do you have silly habits in the kitchen?

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manage to forget even when it’s right there on the cutting board in front of him!

Mine does that as well.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Mine does that as well.

You're lucky you have an OH who can cook (or even tries to cook).

 

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You're lucky you have an OH who can cook (or even tries to cook).

He was one of 4 sons raised by a Lancashire housewife who's barely 5 foot tall. They all cook, wash dishes, dry and clean up. It was a survival mechanism!

 

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He was one of 4 sons raised by a Lancashire housewife who's barely 5 foot tall. They all cook, wash dishes, dry and clean up. It was a survival mechanism!

I'm guessing she was a 5 ft. tall terror who instilled the fear of mum in them?

 

[karadekoolaid]

He was one of 4 sons raised by a Lancashire housewife who's barely 5 foot tall. They all cook, wash dishes, dry and clean up.

Funny you should mention that. My mum was also...

 

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I'm guessing she was a 5 ft. tall terror who instilled the fear of mum in them?

Plus Lancashire and Yorkshire women were typically in working class low income jobs household so everybody worked and the family had an allotment and so on. Counting the pennies was a real thing.

That said I realise I have no idea if she worked or not. My OH had just been made redundant when the cotton mill he worked in was closed down. He left school at 16 (legal age) as worked as an apprentice mechanic for 5 years before being made redundant. Hadn't got a job by a set time so decided to go to university as a mature student at 22. That's where we met. Undergraduate Maths lectures.