ON the day I buy a rotary egg beater for my other half (his request), a friend of Natasha’s Notebook suggests I write about how more and more men do the cooking in modern day relationships.
My friend Maria added: “Isn’t this a turnaround? This would have been unheard of a few years ago!”
What has caused this change in society? Could it really be down to the abundance of celebrity chefs filling our TV screens such as Gordon Ramsey, Jamie Oliver and Marco Pierre White?
Who wears the apron?
Let’s indulge in that image for a moment because it really is bliss. Woman: relaxing on sofa, in front of TV. Man: apron on, chopping garlic, grill flames making the meat sizzle on the stove.
And like my friend says, years ago this would have been unheard of. It is the equivalent of imagining today’s man taking great delight in making sure all creases and stains are out of shirts and dresses before going back into wardrobes and draws!
Man about the house
I think when it comes to chores, the likes of Gordon Ramsey has made cooking look macho! So what we need is another sportsman or ‘cool’ bloke to make… being a house husband hip:-)
This is how he’d sell it to them: “Going out to work is a mug’s game! The only stress stay-at-home husbands get is making sure the floors are swept, the bathroom wiped-down and furniture dusted.”
I think, put like this we might get some takers..
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August 19th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Brilliant blog love! I couldn’t have put it better myself…
I’ve met lots of young couples lately where the man does most of the cooking and I think it is definitely something to do with celebrity chefs.
Although most of the girls I know have also told me that their other halves are in fact better at cooking! The only downside to this is the girls end up doing all the washing up afterwards. Although not much has changed there!