Used to cook dinner from scratch like 5 nights a week. I was that guy who enjoyed it, watched cooking shows, the whole deal. Now Tuesday is frozen pizza night and Thursday is 'whatever the kids will actually eat' night and you know what, I don't miss the stress. My family is happy and fed and I'm not standing over a stove for an hour after a long day. Good enough honestly.
Tuesday frozen pizza night sounds like you've got your priorities straight now. Cooking from scratch is great until you're running on 4 hours of sleep and have a toddler asking for snacks every 5 minutes. The cooking shows can wait.
Honest question - does your wife still appreciate when you do cook from scratch or is she cool with the frozen pizza rotation too? Trying to figure out if I should feel bad about giving up on this.
The phrase 'before-and-after' is perfect because it really is a different person. Pre-kids me would judge current me so hard. But pre-kids me also had time and energy.
This hit different. I used to be the scratch cooking guy too and I felt guilty about it at first. Then I realized my kids don't care if it's homemade or not, they just want to eat and go play. Thursday 'whatever' nights have saved my sanity.
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Real talk, frozen pizza still counts as feeding your family. You're not out here giving them gas station hot dogs every night. Sometimes the win is just getting everyone fed and keeping your sanity intact.