Steve Pope wrote:
> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
>> It freaking drives me nuts when my husband calls while I am making
>> dinner or just after I have made it to tell me that he won't be home
>> for dinner. Of course if he had to work late, I wouldn't be upset.
>> But that's never the case. He just decides to go somewhere else on
>> a whim. That leaves me with a portion of food that may or may not
>> be eaten on another day. And most likely not. Sometimes he does
>> this several days in a row and then he blames me for cooking too
>> much food!
>
> One approach is to not start cooking until he shows up.

That would never work. If he is home, he wants his food immediately. And
that wouldn't stop him from leaving to go elsewhere to eat.