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Kitchen Is Not a Dirty Word

I actually believe that my husband married me because I am a good cook. I also believe that the poor would be healthier and less hungry if THEY learned how to cook. For the cost of a bag of chips, you can cook a gallon of hearty soup from scratch.

In our home, I am the cook. My wife runs a business and since I am retired it only seems proper that I cook the meals. Of course, I do enjoy cooking (learned to do it when I was single for many years) and my wife on the other hand thinks a kitchen is just another room to decorate.Merry Christmas to all.

Bob: Interesting and telling comment, but I believe you missed the whole important point of Reagan's article. Oh, and respectfully, your wife is wrong!

Ever since we women have been freed from involuntary pregnancy thanks to the Pill, lots of people are more than willing to tell us what to do with ourselves. We no longer are forced to stay barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, but that doesn't mean that the kitchen is an unwelcome place.We now have choices, and the pursuit of happiness is a reasonable choice. If some women choose never to step foot in a kitchen again, fine. If some women want to stay home and raise their families, fine. If some women want to work and raise children to get the benefits of both, fine. I will defend to the death all their rights to make for themselves a better, happier life the way they see fit.However, some people just can't leave other people alone to pursue their own happiness. Some people must rag on others who choose to live their lives differently. It no longer seems to matter what personal choices are made - there is always somebody else who would love to snoop into your life and criticize loudly.The so-called radical feminists (who never have been true feminists in my book) who believe the kitchen is a symbol of slavery have it wrong in so many ways. Involuntary pregnancy was our slavery, and that situation no longer exists. Having happy children and a well-cared-for home is a perfectly good path to happiness, if that is what you want.If these radical women are themselves perfectly unhappy and require company to share their unhappiness, I will take a big pass on joining them. I have some corn bread in the oven right now, and it is time to go to the store to get the Christmas ham I will be baking tomorrow.I am perfectly happy in letting the radicals buy their own dinner at some restaurant in town. None of them are welcome at my house if they are going to give me a hard time about my cooking and my happiness. It would be a bad example for the kids.