"Nexis" > wrote in message
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> All due respect Dimitri, but my husband works hard and is out of town
> *alot*. For example, he's been gone and without a home cooked meal for 21
> of
> the last 24 days. Making a special home cooked meal does more than just
> make
> him feel special...it makes him feel loved and comforted and like he's
> truly
> home.
> And making a special dinner doesn't have to mean spending hours in the
> kitchen on that day, anyway.
>
> kimberly

I understand the feeling quite well. I used to spend 3 weeks a year
(straight through) in NYC on some one else's money and when I was a buyer
there was no place that I had not been taken to. By the time I got home I
would have killed for a piece of Pot Roast and smushed potatoes (roasted
with the meat and mashed with a fork on the plate and drowned with gravy).
I also learned not to tell the wife about the great meals I had while she
had Kraft Mac and cheese with the kids. ;-)

I think the people here are missing part of the point or I did not explain
myself clearly. IMHO Romance involves 1 to 1 contact not standing in the
kitchen watching someone whisk the butter into the Hollandaise. In this life
we have precious little time with each other especially when we are involved
in the BUSINESS (yes, I know I'm yelling) of running a family especially
when the children come along. To me it's more important to look into the
SO's eyes and tell them what they really mean to me, or have them tell me
just what I mean to them.

Dimitri