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Food as love
Another spin off thread!
I don't know that I personally would equate food with love, but acts of service (making/preparing/serving of food that I do 20+ times a week) is an expression of love from me to my family and friends. I know the whole concept is kind of corny, but that is my "love language"... I'm all about the acts of service.
Tonight I am making apple/cheedar scones, turkey stew and cinnamon sticks for dessert (pizza dough base, cinnamon sugar baked on). Usually at least once a week we put in effort at a meal that required multiple pots/pans and more than 1/2 an hour to cook.
The rest of the week meals are on a "meets the 3 food group requirement" basis and may or may not involve actual cooking. Still an act of service, but more out of obligation than actual enjoyment.
What about you? How does the act of cooking tie into your expressions of love or is it completely free of such bindings?
I don't know that I personally would equate food with love, but acts of service (making/preparing/serving of food that I do 20+ times a week) is an expression of love from me to my family and friends. I know the whole concept is kind of corny, but that is my "love language"... I'm all about the acts of service.
Tonight I am making apple/cheedar scones, turkey stew and cinnamon sticks for dessert (pizza dough base, cinnamon sugar baked on). Usually at least once a week we put in effort at a meal that required multiple pots/pans and more than 1/2 an hour to cook.
The rest of the week meals are on a "meets the 3 food group requirement" basis and may or may not involve actual cooking. Still an act of service, but more out of obligation than actual enjoyment.
What about you? How does the act of cooking tie into your expressions of love or is it completely free of such bindings?
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Thanks for the plug, JM, though usually you're the one carrying the load. I notice that I get extra kudos for making the coffee or mixing a nightcap, so at least we have our priorities right.
Joe Mama said:We're compulsive thankers as well. I do thank PF regularly for working so hard to allow us the many of the freedoms that money can buy. I thank the boys for putting away the clothes (that PF usually washed and folded...and was thanked for). I thank PF for cooking dinner and doing dishes, and I get thanked for doing the grocery shopping.
Do we have to? Absolutely not. But how else can I show my kids that they need to be attentive to all the work that it takes to have a happy and successful family?
Thank you all for listening to me. I know that you have other things to do, and I appreciate your attention. I also really appreciate how this thread (like so many on OS) allows people to disagree without interpretting that as condemnation of a system that works well for you.
mcglory13 said:We do make a point of thanking people around here for all of their contributions. I think it's one of the small easy things that for us leads to our home being a happy one.
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