- Do you love cooking?
No. I occasionally like to bake (as in, 2-3 times a year).
- Do you like cooking any more when you cook for others?
No. I just get more stressed. Alone, I resort to 1-step foods or ramen, no joke.
- Do(es) your significant other(s) enjoy cooking?
YES. Very much.
- Do you feel obligated to cook, and does this taint your experience?
No, I don't feel obligated to cook, so it doesn't taint my experience. However, because my husband cooks almost all the time, I do feel like I need to reciprocate by a) washing the dishes, and b) occasionally trying to make a simple meal to give him a night off, and I don't see that as an obligation. More like a "thank you."
- If you do not cook, is it because you don't know how, or because it simply doesn't suit you?
Both. I mean, I know how to make some Thai dishes, from my family... but I don't like doing it. My mom had a Thai restaurant for a few years, and I worked there as a waitress, but I never really paid attention to the cooking. It just held absolutely no appeal for me.
- How does your role in the kitchen differ from that of your mother? Grandmother?
Could not be more opposite from any of them. They basically served their men hand and foot, without question... there was no other way for them. Not for my marriage... for us its a matter of balance and doing what we enjoy/are good at, not a matter of gender roles.
... and I didn't answer any other questions because they do not apply to me. Good survey question-writing, though! You should be a social scientist.
