Mildly Infuriating

This. Exactly this. I work ridiculous hours. I help raise two kids. The microwave and air fryer feed them both, and quite well.

Don't you mean $100 a day?

Who's she?

He's terrified at the state of his child's development. How's that unclear? I swear the reading comprehension on this site rivals Tumblr sometimes.

The quality if the food you eat is such a big determiner for quality of life though.. I would rather spent a few hours every weekend mealprepping and living an extra ten years of healthy active life. Plus, if you can save 600 dollars on food you might be able to just work less.

Cooking rules. It can be an excellent anti-stress ritual as well.

Cooking is great if you have the time. It's a good way to relieve stress, and it's cheaper and better in every way than bought in food.

The modern economy is designed to keep everyone working long hours and exhausted, so not many ordinary people have the time.

Why does cooking suck for you?

The world is a funny place with lots of varying opinions.

Your opinion is valid.

Do you enjoy the taste of food? Because my co-worker takes it to the extreme. Food is just a necessary part of life to him. He eats the same meal for lunch every single day, a Tim Hortons sandwich of some sort. It never changes. When we walk into the gas station where they Tim Hortons is? The staff greet him, and tell him his total so he can pay, because they know without a doubt, that's what he's ordering. The guy doesn't like salt or pepper or ketchup or any type of sauce. His words "too flavorful".

My opinion, is that I love the taste of delicious food, and generally dislike cooking. Now, I know how to cook, I help my wife cook often, and sometimes I make the whole meal myself. We make delicious things, a wide variety, lots of flavor and spice and zest.

But when she's out of town? I make bachelor-chow. Carb heavy and easy. Ramen, Mac n cheese, freezer pizza, hotdogs, you get the idea. Tastes good enough to me, quick and easy, cheap. I don't think I've ever cooked a proper meal while she's away.

BUT, I usually start to feel like crap after a few days of this. And one of the many reasons I miss her when she's gone, is that she'll force us to make good food again when she's back.

I really do love good food. I'm just supremely cheap and lazy, and won't do it myself. Maybe if she's ever gone forever, I would eventually start eating right? Hard to say.

But everyone's relationship with food is different. My wife will eat "girl dinner" on occasion. But would much rather spend the time and make a proper meal from scratch. Tastes better.

I think you need to address why cooking sucks for you. Do you know how to cook properly? My wife isn't a big fan and that's mainly as she doesn't know what goes well together and doesn't know how to use herbs and spices so needs recipes to tell her how to make most foods, especially initially.

It's quite easy to throw something healthy together. Eg. Had a chicken breast, stir fry veg and rice meal tonight. Rubbed a spice mix on the chicken and threw it in the air fryer for 20 mins, cup of washed rice in some water (to just over top of finger nail) cooked covered on low for 12 mins and left to steam for 5-10mins with cooktop off and then fry up some pre-cut stir fry veg - convenient, quick and not much more expensive. Throw a sauce like chutney or honey-soy (or bbq) on it and happy days. Doesn't have to be hard, doesn't have to cost a lot, doesn't have to take long and doesn't have to be bad for you. But this is something I would do, my wife probably wouldn't.

Sitting down with the family and eating a meal is also good bonding time and helps mental health.

Man, you're very judgemental, aren't you?

In many cases it's cheaper to get delivery than to drive

About the only reason I would need a car is getting groceries or food. The median cost of car ownership in the US is over $10,000 per year. I choose to not own a car and instead pay for delivery. I save a ton of money doing it. The time savings is just a bonus

Since you've indicated you're a judgemental dick, you probably won't take the clear L here, and can't argue against my circumstances for using delivery, you'll likely try to attack me, as a person. To get ahead of that: I do leave the house plenty. I just prefer to walk and bike everywhere. Most stores are inconveniently far away, and I'm quite limited as to how much I can carry back with me

Someone has never tried to get 2 toddlers into a car to go pick up food, get them in the store and then get back in the car. The $10 extra cost to have a pizza delivered vs pickup can be very worth it. I don't use delivery often, but you really need to realize not everyone lives the same life parameters as you.

I was fully expecting it to be an ad for hello fresh or some delivery service like that.