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I like to cook, in fact I collect recipes and cookbooks. I got married for the last time back in 1992 after dating my best friend for 5 or 6 years. A year later, I had the kitchen in my house remodeled and enlarged. Her and I can be in the kitchen at the same time and cook together, something we do when we have guests for dinner. We eat out every Thursday night, at the same restaurant. But, we still love cooking together and trying new recipes. How important is a mate who can cook, you ask? I would never even date a person who couldn't and didn't cook. I did once and that was one of the main reasons our relationship ended. She was a very good looking gal, small, shapely, good personality, but she couldn't cook and she was dumb as a box of rocks. Even though I can cook, and love to cook, I would not be involved with anyone who couldn't cook. My wife is an excellent cook...
Earlier this year I returned to online dating. One thing I put in my profile is that I love to cook, and that I cook dinner every single day. That one line made so many men write me, moreso than anything else. Apparently cooking holds real value to some people. I know a lot of women in my age range (early 40s) who brag about not cooking; frankly I find that bizarre.
I have no desire to be the only cook in the family. I enjoy cooking and I love to "play around" in the kitchen and invent new recipes. But it's no fun to have to cook every single day...Thank goodness I married a man who loved to cook just as much as I did and we took turns cooking. (And creating new recipes.)...Before I met and married my husband (decades ago) I dated a few men who weren't interested in cooking very often. (Or at all.) This was a big drawback for me. I just didn't want to end up as the only cook in the family.
I'd love to meet a woman who can cook well and/or who can motivate me to cook. I can make a mean pasta with tomato sauce and that's about it! Well ok, I can make some more complex meals (nailed creme brulee on my first try) but I never have the time or energy for it.
I like to cook, in fact I collect recipes and cookbooks. I got married for the last time back in 1992 after dating my best friend for 5 or 6 years. A year later, I had the kitchen in my house remodeled and enlarged. Her and I can be in the kitchen at the same time and cook together, something we do when we have guests for dinner. We eat out every Thursday night, at the same restaurant. But, we still love cooking together and trying new recipes. How important is a mate who can cook, you ask? I would never even date a person who couldn't and didn't cook. I did once and that was one of the main reasons our relationship ended. She was a very good looking gal, small, shapely, good personality, but she couldn't cook and she was dumb as a box of rocks. Even though I can cook, and love to cook, I would not be involved with anyone who couldn't cook. My wife is an excellent cook...
I can totally relate! Before I met and married my husband (the cook) I dated a man who had a lot of things "going" for him. He and his brother started an "early" computer parts company and sold it for several million dollars. He was smart and entertaining and we got along great!...The only drawback was that he didn't didn't like to cook and had no desire to ever cook very much...Being with him meant that I'd be the only cook in the family except for when we went out to eat. (He didn't mind going out to eat on a regular basis.)...I'm more of a "homebody." I don't want to go out to eat every night!...In the end we "parted ways" (as friends) because I was looking for a man who shared my passion for cooking. (At home "together!")...Eventually I met my husband and he "won me over" with his soups and casseroles and "baked treats" etc. We "played chef" and had fun together in the kitchen for nearly 25 years! (Until he passed away last year.)
How is important that your SO knows how to cook well?
Not important at all.
My hubs actually loves to cook and cook often but its making me fat. I've gained 25 pounds since we first met. I prefer small, simple meals. The less food and temptation, the better.
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