"Wife Training"

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Agreed. Except I still want to get married someday. I need someone who can take care of himself.

This.

I don't want to be somebody's live-in maid or "mom with benefits" - taking care of a man just like a mother would, plus sex as a bonus.

Ugh! Your post makes me want to throw up! You have my deepest sympathies.

How about survival training?

I had 3 sons and a daughter and they all learned how to cook, clean, wash their own clothes and change their own tires. With over half of all marriages ending in divorce, it's too risky to focus on being just a husband or wife - and marriage should not be a given - not everyone gets married. Everyone should know how to feed and shelter themselves. (My kids also know how to compost, sew and start a fire from sticks.)

My advice would be to learn all the stuff you mother has to teach because it's good to know as a human being. What a blessing to have someone to show you - I had to figure it all out on my own. When your mom's done, learn how to turn a screwdriver and swing a hammer. Just tune out that good wife crap.

Ah, okay. She hasn't mentioned it since then so I think she's gonna stop with the good wife crap.

LOL, sorry for my rant. I spent 20 years in the good wife box. I think it damaged me...

Could it be this "good wife box" that makes some act "irrational" as some men say?
Being taught to deny one self certainly seems like a recipe for an emotional upheaval.

Lol, it's okay. I would be damaged from it too. *hugs*

I just burned bacon badly on the stove. I guess I do need wife training. I hate sucking so much at what's supposed to be a basic skill but i was trying to cook other things at the same time and then I ended up burning the bacon. >.<

To cook bacon - Low to medium heat, turn often, cook to desired done-ness.

Anything left cooking on the stove should be watched. It isn't as simple a matter as "Cook on 2 for 97.3 seconds". You have to observe what's going on and decide for yourself when it's done.

Baking and roasting are different, because the heat is more controlled and done-ness can be determined by a rough approximation of "mass x heat x time". Even then, there are enough additional variables to require the cook's own judgment.

Microwaving prepared meals is the only way to get consistent results.

it can be hard to cook if you have Executive Function issues. i've won awards for baking yet... i still burn the cookies sometimes. and forget timers - i never remember to turn them on!

Learn from your mom's peers, as well - her siblings and parents (if they're still around).

The only thing about cooking that I learned from my dad is to add a little beer to everything - spaghetti sauce, soups, stews, meat marinades, et cetera.

Yeah, I know that now. From now on I'm microwaving bacon.

Make sure you heat it enough to kill Campylobacter and Escherichia coli.

Last edited by Keyman on 04 Mar 2012, 4:20 am, edited 1 time in total.

Bacon - funny. Good directions, Fnord.

It's taken me 52 years to come to terms with bacon. I like it but it's not the funnest thing to cook. It spatters, gets my face all oily and sometimes my clothes and I don't like the clean up. Now, I fry up an entire pound at a time, keep it in the fridge and use it in sandwiches, eggs and salads. It lasts me about three weeks. I do it on a Sunday morning with my headphones on and take my time.

i just put a lid on the pan when i cook bacon. and take the pan off the burner when i flip the strips.

I have to disagree with that as someone with a background in strategic management. Strategic planning is one part of the strategical change process. Strategic planning is not the sole domain of profit making organisations, there also used in the public sector and by non for profit organisations. Strategic planning is not the sole domain of upper management, strategic planning analysis tools can be used in all areas of an organisation plus strategical knowledge in both lower and middle management levels helps with understanding an organisation's Vision and/or Mission statements. Also strategic planning and its tools are a great help to entrepreneurs for creating business plans for there start ups.

Also knowledge of strategic management can help to fast track with promotions, I know of a few part time university students I studied strategy with that got managerial promotions months after studying the subject