Is it just me or is anyone else sick of this question - Whats for Dinner?

Sorry, couldn't resist. By the way, What's for dinner Mom?

I get the flipside of that question in my house... and it drives me equally crazy! LOL I will always ask "what would you like for dinner?" and I never get an answer besides "I don't know" or "I don't care." Frankly, I get tired of having to be the one to come up with dinner ideas every day. Particularly because, due to dietary restrictions, there are some meals I will make that I can't even eat. I figure just because I don't eat pasta anymore, for example, there's no reason to deprive my daughters of something they love. So, some nights I have to figure out what they might want and then still make something else for me. I've grown to hate cooking LOL which is unfortunate because it's something I've always enjoyed doing.

You and my partner would get along great then because they're always getting on my case about asking what's for dinner. I usually ask that because they usually have it planned out or have looked through the fridge to see what is in there and what could stand to be used up or thrown together to make something else. I sure get heck for asking sometimes though.

And here I thought you were making a comment about the many people who post that question as a discussion!! I had my answer all ready, too. I actually like that question because when I'm having a "brain blockage", it's one I can answer and get things started in my head. As for when kids ask - I don't remember mine asking that often. And, I don't remember asking my mother, either. It was just something that happened - unless I could smell it and wasn't able to tell what it was - then I'd ask. Now, when I was caring for my mother before she passed, she'd ask me every single morning as she was eating breakfast. That got to me since I don't make up my mind until closer to dinner what's for dinner. She was someone who planned every meal out in advance, so she'd be a bit perturbed if I didn't know in the morning what I was going to have for her that night.

lol, i guess thats a common household words already so dont just bother them. besides if i tell that to my mom it means im excited to know what she cook for us but if its the same menu then its alright as long as she cook for us. its the sweetest thing to say to my mom that we are interested to what shes cooking.

lol... I remember my mom! hahaha! I used to ask everything... be it an easy thing to do - you will find me asking help from her. I always ask her to cook for me and cook my favorite food. Sometimes kids are so lazy to do their chores...lolz.. Now I am older and was being asked to do stuff, I get pissed at times...haha! Happy Lotting!

My husband asks me that question constantly and I keep on giving him some great answers. I say things like Liver and Onions (he hates this), tapioca pudding (he does not like this either). I just mention things he does not like and then he stops asking me. I had learned this great piece of advice from his mom. I will also tell him that we are having starved steak and wind pie (my grandmother used that phrase a lot).

My husband isthe same way. He always ask me that question. One way I avoid this question is by telling him that I am going to make liver for dinner and serve tapioca pudding for dessert (two foods he does not like).After that he stops asking and just lets me cook whatever I have planned for that night. I wonder if you try something like that, if your kids will stop asking.