#EarlyMorningCooking #Partnership #CookingForSpouse #RelationshipGoals #WorkLifeBalance
Hey there! 🌞 It seems like you’re curious about a common practice that some partners, especially women, engage in. Let’s dive into this interesting topic and explore if it’s truly a “thing” or more of a personal choice.
Tradition or Personal Preference?
It is essential to note that waking up early to cook for your spouse is not a universal practice but rather a personal choice or tradition that some couples opt for. Some individuals find joy in preparing a meal for their loved ones, showing care and affection through the act of cooking, while others may prioritize other ways of expressing love and support.
Real-Life Examples
– In some cultures, it is common for partners to share household responsibilities, including cooking meals for each other.
– Some couples may have busy work schedules that make it challenging to cook dinner together, leading to one partner preparing meals in the morning.
– For others, cooking early in the morning may be a way to show appreciation for their spouse’s hard work and dedication.
Work-Life Balance
While cooking for your spouse in the early hours of the morning can be a sweet gesture, it’s crucial to consider the importance of work-life balance. It’s essential for partners to communicate openly about their preferences and find a balance that works for both parties.
Healthy Communication
– Discussing each other’s expectations and preferences regarding meal preparation can help establish a healthy and harmonious relationship.
– Finding alternative ways to show love and support, such as packing lunches or cooking together in the evenings, can be equally meaningful.
In conclusion, whether partners wake up early to cook for their spouses before work is ultimately a personal choice that varies from couple to couple. It’s essential to prioritize open communication, mutual respect, and finding a balance that works for both partners in a relationship. 💕
Remember, every relationship is unique, so what matters most is finding what works best for you and your partner. Do you resonate with this practice, or do you have a different approach to showing love and support in your relationship? 🍳 #RelationshipGoals #CookingWithLove
like you said, there’s more efficient ways than waking up at the ass crack of dawn
Hell no.
Maybe, if you have kids, and are getting up to get breakfast for the kids. Then you make enough for your partner to have some breakfast too, sure.
But definitely not *just* for them, and definitely not getting up at 4am.
Not typical in the north east. Never heard of that before.
It’s certainly not a cultural thing in the US. Maybe Mexico? Don’t know anyone I could even ask.
I don’t even eat my first meal until around 12 PM so there wouldn’t be much benefit in someone doing this for me to begin with.
I’ve never heard of this in my entire life lol
Could be though, I guess. I’d just make them eat leftovers lol
It’s a conservative values thing, not strictly American. American conservatives and immigrants in traditional, man works women manages home, lifestyles value women doing home labor daily. Typically the woman won’t work at all or will only work part time to support the lifestyle.
I certainly haven’t and will never be doing that. If he wants a home cooked breakfast, he can get up earlier and make it. In fact, he can get up earlier and make me some breakfast!
this might be more stay at home wives/ moms. never in my life would i do that. I might make lunch for my significant other if i’m off work the next day to be nice but we both work full time no reason you can’t make your own meals up. No ones getting up at the ass crack of dawn to make me lunch for my job
My mom was a homemaker and did this for my dad, yes. It never made sense to me, and just felt like a power trip on my dad’s part to make sure she was catering to his every whim (and suffering along with him). She would make his lunch the night before and then be responsible for waking him up around 3 or 4, microwave his prepackaged oatmeal or frozen breakfast sandwiches, fill his jug of water, and put his food into his lunchbox…all things that an adult would be capable of doing himself.
There is absolutely no reason for us both to be up at 3am. I’ll give you a forehead kiss before I leave, stay in bed lol
I’m in England, never heard that happening from anyone, and I certainly wouldn’t expect my wife to. That’s just craziness.
It’s pretty common in Latino/Hispanic households. I’m not sure about 3am but early in the morning yes
This will get a hearty laugh from the fiancee. Commenting to show her later.
If I suggested get up at 3-4 AM to cook she’d tell me to go fuck myself. And rightly so. lol
Not in my house. lol. My wife isn’t getting up any earlier than absolutely necessary.
It defniitely is a thing with Mexican and some Latino families. I grew up around many Mexican and Peurto Rican families and the grandmas and moms would get up at 4 AM and make tortillas, a huge pot of beans and some kind of spiced meat (usually braised, then pulled) for their families. During summers I would play with these kids and then when we got hungry we’d go in their houses and heat up tortillas on the gas stove and eat them with the beans and meat. it was sooooo good. I still see that now with Honduran women. I have a Honduran house keeper who comes once a month and every day she makes Pupusas for her whole family to take for lunch.
A lot of places don’t have reliable electricity or refrigeration, or only recently got access to it. This would mean that making food the night before wouldn’t be an option (for the most part).
Now combine that with the idea of who was supposed to do the cooking and early work days to avoid the heat of the day, and you end up with cooking at the butt crack of dawn.
What on earth kind of food are they making that requires hours of preparation each and every day? Seems like a terrible waste of time that could be spent on something more productive.
Extremely common in Latin American cultures.
Yes, it is a thing. I (27f) am Hispanic and my mom still does it to this day. Granted, it’s not always a whole meal. Sometimes she just makes my dad a sandwich, especially now that she’s older. I never thought much of it until this very moment. I did ask her once when I was younger why she did that and she just said that my dad already happens to wake her up as he gets ready for work and she has trouble sleeping so she just makes him his lunch. Both my parents grew up with traditional values in Mexico, so I’m sure it’s just normal for them. In fact, my mom has always been the kind of person that doesn’t like having free time. She likes being useful. So she does a lot of stuff like that. I think it’s really sweet, and she seems to genuinely enjoy it.
Some traditional Mexican dudes like that my ex husband for instance it was ridiculous
If he’s working construction he’s leaving for work at like 5am or earlier in a lot of cases.
Mexican woman do. My grandma was Mexican and when I was young I would watch her and he sisters cook and feed all the men then clean up before they ate a bite. Fuck no 5 year old me said.
It isn’t very common, but it is usually when the wife is SAH and the husband leaves for work around 6AM (construction worker usually). They work really hard all day and the wife will make sure he has a nice lunch that’s kept warm in an expensive lunch box. Im sure some men require it from their wives but mostly it’s the wife that wants him to feel appreciated.
Does not exist in the Midwest either.
I wouldn’t want my wife to do that even if she offered.
My nana did for my papaw (I’m from the Southern states). But my mom told my dad he knows where the fridge is.