My Helper

On gender roles and being the perfect housewife
Mr. Rogue and my relationship is amazing in the fact that he cooks, cleans, organizes and pays his bills on time. He is BY FAR the best roommate I have ever had (sorry Ms. Dancer and Mrs. Pool Shark) but he is a best friend with some serious benefits. I am so thankful that I have a great drive to keep a nice house and stay on top of things by not procrastinating and that Mr. Rogue is EXACTLY the same way. It’s like he is out to win the best man ever trophy award and I LOVE IT. Our house is stocked with necessities, the yard is always reasonably presentable, and he does not leave piles of cloths all over. I am proud my husband is such a fabulous man.

Another of the best things about him is that I am learning to be such a good cook. He put himself through school as a sous chef (assistant chef) and learned a lot along the way. Now he is transferring that knowledge onto me and one of our favourite things to do is to spend a few hours working together in the kitchen. At first it was a little awkward, I was not a very good cook and he was an amazing cook. I also have issues with people showing me things, if I don’t catch on right away I tend to get very frustrated which leads to me loosing my temper. But Mr. Rogue and I have devised a way where one is the chef and the other is the sous chef. That way one person has power over the cook book and the stove and the other person is the helper which basically means they get out the right ingredients, measuring tools, they help with prep work like chopping vegetables or pressing garlic, they clean up messes as they go along and basically gets everything ready for the chef. With us working like this we have so much fun in the kitchen together. I can see us growing old, trying new recipes and being a great team forever.