{My little passenger. Sawyer loves driving in the car with me wherever I go. It was really cold yesterday but I rolled the window down anyhow. I'm glad I have him to keep me company at night.}I finally decided to cook the chicken that had been sitting in my refrigerator for 2 days. It's not easy to be motivated to cook for myself. I'm perfectly content with a bowl of cereal or easy mac or just skipping the dinner all together and going straight for the ice cream. But there was no way I was letting $5 of chicken go to waste. I've realized there are a few things that I don't do very often since being married.
1. I never (hardly ever) prep raw chicken. That is usually a job for Jason while I'm getting other components of dinner ready. He thaws, pounds, and trims the chicken. I'm not a huge fan of touching raw chicken.
2. I don't like to get spices down from our spice cabinet. Mostly because it is the most impossible and most irritating organization of spices ever. But it's all we have. So every time I try to find a spice, I'm on my tippy toes struggling to find the one I want. I usually have to take all of the spices out just to find the one I'm looking for, that is if all of them don't fall out first.
Surprisingly enough, Jason does have a few inches on me... so usually he steps in to help when he sees that I'm ready to scream. Luckily last night, the spices I needed were fairly accessible and only a handful of spices fell out of the cupboard.
3. I never wash silverware. Our new/old dishwasher hasn't worked since we got it because we need a new bottom rack and haven't been able to find one. I'm not a fan of washing dishes and especially silverware. It's so annoying to wash something so little. So there is a sink full of forks, spoons, and knives at my house. Eventually I'll wash them... when I have no other choice.
Then I started thinking, as I'm pounding the chicken ** I think the technical term is tenderizing** Am I really that dependent on Jason after only 2 years of marriage? And if I am Is that normal? It that healthy?
What if I wasn't married right now... Would I pound my own chicken? Would I wash my own silverware?
Probably. Because I would have to.
And then I started thinking, to make myself feel better about my alleged dependency and lack of independence, Isn't that what marriage is about/for?
I depend on him.
He depends on me.
He pounds my chicken and I cook it. He finds the spices and I use them. He cleans the silverware and I dirty it.
And I think we like it that way. It works for us... for now. And if there comes a day where he can't be there to pound the chicken... I think I can handle it.
So what... I'm sort of traditional I guess.
What are your thoughts?
5 comments:
I agree with you. If we could do everything ourselves then having our husbands wouldn't be as fun! Keep on depending!
You are a great writer. occasionally when I jump on, I read what your up to. Love to read your words. your doing awesome. It just gets better. It will be 15 years for us in a couple months. (wow) And I still love spending ever second with him!
julie
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I love reading your blog too! its so fresh and fun. you have some great thoughts.
I was going to give a tip, cause when we bought our house it didn't come with a silverware holder either. My hubby - (cause I depend oh him for smart things like this) googled the dishwasher type and then ordered a new silverware holder that would fit it. YAY! it was awesome. So maybe you can try that so that you can just push them in the dishwasher too. :)
Marriage is great to depend on people, but I have learned that as he's gone at school so much I need to learn to do the stuff that he usually does, or else it won't get done cause he's so buys. So it taught me that I still have to be independent and responsible. And that helps me appreciate when he does have time, and can pay those pesky bills instead of me :)
I'm been married three years....and I have never cooked a chicken, so don't feel bad.
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