Do you cook and clean for yourself?

Can you cook and clean and wash your own clothes?

I say both because especially here in Thailand it is affordable to have washing cleaning and eating out done regularly

I was astonished when a guy on another thread said he had never done washing in his life. Not once..!

I could cook, clean and do the washing by age 18...a skill that was not universal for men back then but seems ever increasing in western society. For me it was basic independence

Is it possible to get by in life without knowing how to cook and do your own washing?

I have been doing it for years, certainly since I was in the military where they taught me skills similar to this. I used to be able to sew and do my own clothing repairs by my eyesight is getting worse even with glasses. I do the laundry for me, my wife and son and I also iron his school clothes.

 

There is no shame in being able to look after yourself, your family and the house.

 

I also make a lot of my own western food here in rural Khampaeng Phet.

 

I am 72, retired with plenty of time to do thing the way I want them done.

If a guy cannot do his own cooking, cleaning, washing, there is something far wrong, I would say I am good with them all.

Maybe this is for another topic, but I cannot do any manual work of any sort, I have tried, but I am just hopeless, I always need to pay someone if the wife cannot do it.

Yeah - I did for years before here & raising a Daughter from 3 months of age by myself......

 

Before I got married here I'd had a maid/mae baan come in once a week to clean & iron - I hate ironing so to me the other house cleaning services were a bonus, anything above the ironing.....The house was never dirty when she arrived; but was cleaner when she left.....

 

1st thing my wife did was to cut her loose.....

 

Now married, as/and the kids (girls) have gotten older I've got 3 of them basically looking after of all of us......

 

I do the BBQ'ing & western cooking (teaching as we go) along with the "guy" stuff - cars, repairs, etc. & let them do the rest.....

 

There's a bit of of Thai dutiful female pride as well as Yankee stubbornness involved in the mix -but somehow it all works out...... 

 

Usually all in good humor......

 

Such are the foibles of life......

 

If I were to become single again I'd find a cuter mae baan.....

I can cook and do laundry.

I can't really clean.

21 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I can cook and do laundry.

I can't really clean.

 

Jing - your new hair style looks just - just just, omniscient.....

 

In a Mr. Bean kind of way.....

Edited August 28, 201610 yr by pgrahmm

OP,  does your bird ever change the oil and filter on your ride, check tyre pressures etc...?

No sir!

And neither do i!

Can I cook and clean for myself - Yes.

Do I cook and clean for my self - No.

Can I do a filter and oil change on my car - Yes.

Do I do the oil and filter change on my car - No.

Edited August 28, 201610 yr by Don Mega

Think many of us guys in our past life had to do it as our chore.....Would your bird do it....If not why...?

Not really the same is it?

Eating and wearing clothes are basic necessities of life.
Owning a vehicle is a luxury item.

But like asking if i or my girl can program Apps, fix and maintain computers and smartphones....

Can I cook and clean for myself - Yes.

Do I cook and clean for my self - No.

Can I do a filter and oil change on my car - Yes.

Do I do the oil and filter change and my car - No.

Not really the same is it?

Eating and wearing clothes are basic necessities of life.
Owning a vehicle is a luxury item.

But like asking if i or my girl can program Apps, fix and maintain computers and smartphones...

Would she do it if she was shown how or needed to? Yes

1 minute ago, JJGreen said:

Owning a vehicle is a luxury item.

 

 

I beg to differ.

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Your are a rich guy then.........So you never got under your ride to do the basic stuff or ask your lady to do it.   ...?

Every second weekend I check the air pressure in the tires.

 

The woman is too busy cleaning and cooking to be involved in vehicle maintenance.

Just now, transam said:

But you do it, the car stuff, not your lady....

No.

Cooking, can and do it all the time its part of staying lean and eating healthy.  Cleaning.. as in the whole house.. can do it but found that i make more money not doing it and hiring someone to do so. 

24 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Can I cook and clean for myself - Yes.

Do I cook and clean for my self - No.

Can I do a filter and oil change on my car - Yes.

Do I do the oil and filter change on my car - No.

 

Exactly

10 minutes ago, transam said:

So now you are a bit older and pay a little cash for Thai folk to do it...Same as me, NOW, but in my past life my job was to take care of the house, ride etc, whilst she did the washing stuff....BUT, if you have always been a hi-so then brilliant....

 

If I was not at work from sun up till sundown 5 days a week I would consider doing it myself but it is far to easy to drive my vehicle straight into the workshop in the morning and have my technicians take care of anything that needs to be sorted.

I sew on my own buttons, do the ironing and babysit the Thai neighbors kids when the parents are late at work.  Any important events for the village I'm asked to cook the rice.  Everyone asks me for my ya dong recipe where I get the crabs for my som tom.  At 16 years of age I was a single handed ocean racer. 

3 minutes ago, transam said:

You are a hi-so then....?

 

Not really relevant to my on topic questions for most of us.......

lol. so am hi-so as I have staff to work in my car, alllrighty then.

 

I apologies for answering your question and I'll refrain in the future. am off for afternoon tea and scones in my sala by the pool.

 

toodles.

 

Edited August 28, 201610 yr by Don Mega

any idiot can wash and clean with machines provided.

 

i also like to do my own cooking since I trust restaurants less and less….they use the shittiest cheapest ingredients….so I learned to cook….and I am pretty good.

24 minutes ago, Scotwight said:

I sew on my own buttons, do the ironing and babysit the Thai neighbors kids when the parents are late at work.  Any important events for the village I'm asked to cook the rice.  Everyone asks me for my ya dong recipe where I get the crabs for my som tom.  At 16 years of age I was a single handed ocean racer. 

 

 

9 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

 

 

Listen to the words closely and hear the reference to Gypsy Moth.  My hero and fellow single handed yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester. 

Another stupid topic by JJ (payment coming up?) 

 

Of course I can wash and cook . I have a washing machine , you just press the button . 

And I make the best omelettes in the world. 

 

Another stupid topic by JJ (payment coming up?) 

 

Of course I can wash and cook . I have a washing machine , you just press the button . 

And I make the best omelettes in the world. 

 

If its only one button id beleive u could do that

41 minutes ago, balo said:

Another stupid topic by JJ (payment coming up?) 

 

Of course I can wash and cook . I have a washing machine , you just press the button . 

And I make the best omelettes in the world. 

 

JJ rules.

Stop pickin' on JJ.

I got your back JJ. 

48 minutes ago, balo said:

Another stupid topic by JJ (payment coming up?) 

 

Of course I can wash and cook . I have a washing machine , you just press the button . 

And I make the best omelettes in the world. 

 

 

Can you stitch a button on a shirt?

 

Can you stitch a button on a shirt?

I can do that...stitching

Incidentally...i don't iron. I can iron. I used to iron. I dont iron anymore.

Why do some people iron their jocks?

JJ rules.

Stop pickin' on JJ.

I got your back JJ. 

Thanks

Someone needs to watch my back

Balo isnt very nice to me

What's not to love about JJ? 

People are obviously just jealous. 

31 minutes ago, JJGreen said:

I can do that...stitching

Incidentally...i don't iron. I can iron. I used to iron. I dont iron anymore.

Why do some people iron their jocks?

 

ironing is overrated…how many times have you thrown on a shirt only to see it develop wrinkles within 5 minute of waving your arms to flag down a songthaew?

 

Best to wear it fresh out off the clothesline, still smelling of Comfort, and let it adhere to the natural lines of your torso.

Edited August 28, 201610 yr by JHolmesJr

 

ironing is overrated…how many times have you thrown on a shirt only to see it develop wrinkles within 5 minute of waving your arms to flag down a songthaew?

 

Best to wear it fresh out off the clothesline, still smelling of Comfort, and let it adhere to the natural lines of your torso.

Fresh I like...
Comfort...im not a fabric softener enthusiast. It gives a greasy feel