Domestic Training Desperately Needed

I'm pretty certain all of you ladies out there know exactly what this picture is. This "ideal" reared it's ugly head in our house tonight. I was completely unaware that frozen pizza is actually rocket science. Now, typically, we order pizza. I have an annoying allergy to basil that causes me to break out in a horrible case of of hives if one molecule touches my lips. I end up one red itchy bump for days and it's downright miserable. Knowing this, we tend to order mine special without sauce. In the interest of saving a little money though, we picked up a few frozen pizza's for those nights where I simply don't feel like cooking.

Tonight is one of those nights. I just wasn't feeling up to it, nor had I really remembered to defrost anything to make this morning before I left for work. I should also mention that Lena is at a friend's house for dinner. Now, back to the subject at hand. We were poking around the freezer and James decides he wants one. No problem. I grab it out and hand it over to him. Now normally, that would be what we call a hint. As in, feel free to make it yourself. If I wanted to make you dinner tonight, I would have pulled something out, correct? It evidently escaped his attention because he set the pizza on the counter and told me where to find the baking sheet to make his pizza.

Well evidently domestic skills can atrophy just like a leg or an arm. If you don't use it, you lose it. Apparently he has since lost skills like cooking upon moving in together. Now, keep in mind, this is a man who was on his own for 5 years prior to us cohabiting. He used to be perfectly capable of doing his own shopping, washing his own clothes, and even making his own food! We've been living together a year now and it's amazing how fast those skills fade away when you have someone who does this for you!

Um, how about not? I promptly handed him the pan and told him to put the garlic sauce in a bowl of hot water. Then I proceeded to make myself something else and left him to fend for himself. I think he got the hint now.