You mean they DIDN’T chop up the hot dogs and put them INTO the mac n’ cheese? That’s the full-on meal of any college kid out there… cheap and easy. ;-)
I cook, he eats. He cooks, I eat. With just two of us, and a cat that doesn’t like most “people food”, we rarely have a problem, because we don’t cook what isn’t liked by both of us…we can get personal favorites when we go out to eat.
It has taken us years to adjust to a gradually emptying nest. Only one son home now, and he not too often. The adjustment involved volume. It is hard to make spaghetti for two after decades of cooking for a crowd.
When the kids were in middle school we always had “guests” for supper, sometimes several. Ergo Mac and Chess was a staple. if I was home from work in time from scratch, but there were a LOT of blue boxes in the trash as well. You know how salty that is-but one little fellow always had to salt his almost white. Hope Janis and Arlo have their BP med’s on track.
When we have these nights it’s what we call “pizza, pop and popcorn” night. Frozen pizza (Dr. Oetkers Pulled pork) and put on a movie and make popcorn. Wash it down with a soda. Just a nice quiet night.
When our kids were little, I once told a friend from my wild days that you don’t really realize you’ve been fully domesticated until you’ve eaten a dinner of hot dogs & M&C off a Dukes Of Hazzard plate and washed it down with Kool-Aid from a Hamburglar glass, then showered & dried off with a Big Bird towel……….
I our early married life, I would prepare 3 cheese mac and cheese for my wife and I. Farfalle, parmigiana, Romano and mozzarella with a butter and half and half roux…baked until bubbly and crusty. After 45 years and a much tightened budget it is now Annies shells with white cheddar out of a box, on the stove top.
My hubby will occasionally suggest what he would like for dinner, or I will ask if he wants something special for his birthday. Usually though, I cook it and he eats it. I’ve learned over the years what things he REALLY dislikes, but he is always happy when I make meat loaf and mashed potatoes!
We go out for dinner quite often, the weekdays are pretty much one or two different places, but the weekends we vary it up a little. Often we get to the point of walking out the door and one of us will ask “where do you want to go” probably 90% of the time we are thinking of the same place.
My late husband used to ask me that occasionally when I getting ready in the morning. I would usually tell him that I wasn’t even sure what I wanted for breakfast yet.
I used to love hot dogs. I got ill from them about 2 years ago and can barely deal with cooking them for him – cannot eat them any longer.
When we both worked I had a schedule of meals that we ate week to week. Now there are so many things that one or the other cannot eat that I am often cooking two different dinners. Latest thing is that he has become lactose intolerant.
alasko almost 5 years ago
Where are the potato chips?
Auntie Socialist almost 5 years ago
The mini ones also go very well with spaghetti
ccomebacktour almost 5 years ago
French toast, OUI !
John Smith almost 5 years ago
Wonder if the kids will end up playing doctor?
Sephten almost 5 years ago
Do I detect a Rose Is Rose influence here?
Meg: All Seriousness Aside almost 5 years ago
We have too many nights like that in our little love nest.
mclukk almost 5 years ago
Are we doing dinner?,or grazing?
Katecst almost 5 years ago
Every Sunday after breakfast, we make a menu for the next eight days. We also assign cooks. Sometimes we even follow the menu.
sheilag almost 5 years ago
You mean they DIDN’T chop up the hot dogs and put them INTO the mac n’ cheese? That’s the full-on meal of any college kid out there… cheap and easy. ;-)
joedon2007 almost 5 years ago
Janis as a kid in #3 looks like she’s from a Gene & family panel.
LadyPeterW almost 5 years ago
I cook, he eats. He cooks, I eat. With just two of us, and a cat that doesn’t like most “people food”, we rarely have a problem, because we don’t cook what isn’t liked by both of us…we can get personal favorites when we go out to eat.
DJJG almost 5 years ago
Wow! Child Janis today! Is this a first?
Da'Dad almost 5 years ago
It has taken us years to adjust to a gradually emptying nest. Only one son home now, and he not too often. The adjustment involved volume. It is hard to make spaghetti for two after decades of cooking for a crowd.
assrdood almost 5 years ago
Mac and cheese (augmented w/sharp cheddar) is actually pretty awesome by itself.
david_42 almost 5 years ago
Some kind of noodle with some kind of sauce with meat in some shape. Works for us.
jonesbeltone almost 5 years ago
When the kids were in middle school we always had “guests” for supper, sometimes several. Ergo Mac and Chess was a staple. if I was home from work in time from scratch, but there were a LOT of blue boxes in the trash as well. You know how salty that is-but one little fellow always had to salt his almost white. Hope Janis and Arlo have their BP med’s on track.
formathe almost 5 years ago
When we have these nights it’s what we call “pizza, pop and popcorn” night. Frozen pizza (Dr. Oetkers Pulled pork) and put on a movie and make popcorn. Wash it down with a soda. Just a nice quiet night.
Herb L 1954 almost 5 years ago
Nice throwback to Gomer,and LuAnn ;)
MontanaPhil50 almost 5 years ago
Ha! We had Mac and cheese last night for the first time since our ‘salad days’
kunddog almost 5 years ago
If its early enough, my wife and I go to the market and see if anythingSparks the appetite. One of the benefits of being retired
foxmike6513 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
That is so us! Give me three choices, no you, no you——-
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault almost 5 years ago
Reliving the best parts of your youth to enjoy the other parts as well.
jadoo823 almost 5 years ago
…“Relationships are just two people constantly asking each other what they want to eat, until one of them dies”…
davidlwashburn almost 5 years ago
My wife doesn’t even ask. We know whatever she makes will be amazing.
Cozmik Cowboy almost 5 years ago
When our kids were little, I once told a friend from my wild days that you don’t really realize you’ve been fully domesticated until you’ve eaten a dinner of hot dogs & M&C off a Dukes Of Hazzard plate and washed it down with Kool-Aid from a Hamburglar glass, then showered & dried off with a Big Bird towel……….
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
Sonic works. With a limeade Slush.
R.R.Bedford almost 5 years ago
I our early married life, I would prepare 3 cheese mac and cheese for my wife and I. Farfalle, parmigiana, Romano and mozzarella with a butter and half and half roux…baked until bubbly and crusty. After 45 years and a much tightened budget it is now Annies shells with white cheddar out of a box, on the stove top.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe almost 5 years ago
we have two freezers full from the abattoir, but wife forgets to take anything out, so it ends up h-dogs or discount frozen pizzas.
RobertaPyle almost 5 years ago
My hubby will occasionally suggest what he would like for dinner, or I will ask if he wants something special for his birthday. Usually though, I cook it and he eats it. I’ve learned over the years what things he REALLY dislikes, but he is always happy when I make meat loaf and mashed potatoes!
DDrazen almost 5 years ago
If you’re going to ACT like children ….
paul brians almost 5 years ago
I believe the point here is that in panel 3 they reverted to their childhood selves and decided to have what they would have enjoyed as kids.
57BelAir almost 5 years ago
We go out for dinner quite often, the weekdays are pretty much one or two different places, but the weekends we vary it up a little. Often we get to the point of walking out the door and one of us will ask “where do you want to go” probably 90% of the time we are thinking of the same place.
MCProfessor almost 5 years ago
Beanie weenies!
Gonzojr almost 5 years ago
Jinx jinx jinx jinx. I said jinx first. Gonna tell mommy
rroush Premium Member almost 5 years ago
When my wife and I have this conversation, we usually end up going out to eat.
Scoutmaster77 almost 5 years ago
We had hot dogs last night! :-D If you’re ever in Vallejo, CA try Sac’s Hot Dogs. You won’t be disappointed.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Beans and Franks, and canned brown bread. Yum!
whenlifewassimpler almost 5 years ago
This was one of my hubby’s and my staple dinners in our early years….
bevgreyjones almost 5 years ago
My late husband used to ask me that occasionally when I getting ready in the morning. I would usually tell him that I wasn’t even sure what I wanted for breakfast yet.
jr1234 almost 5 years ago
Always spaghetti on Monday..eating in or out. so that’s one night that is easy
mafastore almost 5 years ago
I used to love hot dogs. I got ill from them about 2 years ago and can barely deal with cooking them for him – cannot eat them any longer.
When we both worked I had a schedule of meals that we ate week to week. Now there are so many things that one or the other cannot eat that I am often cooking two different dinners. Latest thing is that he has become lactose intolerant.