On Oct 13, 10:53*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "merryb" > wrote in message
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> > On Oct 11, 6:52 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> >> Kalmia wrote:
> >> > On Oct 11, 5:45 pm, (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!
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> >> >> One approach is to not start cooking until he shows up.
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> >> >> Steve
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> >> > Or store in Rubbermaid and it's lunch for you the next day. *C'mon, it
> >> > not that HARD. *And if he can't make himself a
> >> > sandwich...........sheesh.
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> >> I don't eat lunch. *And I generally don't eat leftovers. *Unless it is
> >> something I intentionally planned to eat later.
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> >> As for the sandwich, no, he can not make it himself. *And I'm not saying
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> >> more on that.
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> > Can not or will not? 2 different things entirely...
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> This is to Julie (sorry to piggyback, merry, 've got the drama queen
> killfiled).
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> Then don't say anything, Julie. *If he can't make his own a sandwich then
> mommy didn't cut the apron strings soon enough. *I've never met a man who
> couldn't make a sandwich. *Sheesh, woman, grow a backbone. *If he's not
> working late and he's not coming home, where the hell does he go? *Probably
> away from your whining self. *But I'd think having dinner ready on demand
> would be the least of your worries.
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> An aside: *why is it you don't eat leftovers? *You mentioned making "too
> much food" but you don't eat leftovers. *So what do you do, just throw
> perfectly good food away? *Don't let me catch you complaining about your
> grocery bill any time soon.
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You're giving man advice?