Cooking for my husband is more stressful than I thought it'd be.
Been married for a few months now. One thing I cannot seem to get used to is cooking for my husband.
One thing is the quantity. When i was single I'd cook a recipe for myself and have it for dinner over 3 to 4 days. Often now even if I cook a recipe that says it "serves 4" it turns into just serving 2, because i have my portion for dinner and my husband eats the rest of the dish, leaving none for the next day. On rare occasions when we do have leftovers, my husband refuses to eat leftovers for dinner the next day and complains. So I'm cooking so frequently because of the amount that he eats.
The other thing is his requirement for there tk be protein at every meal. I like meat myself, but sometimes, its ok to have a meatless dish to give yourself a break from it, and the fact that meat is expensive. But when i cook a meatless dish he gets angry and complains that there's no protein.
He has his other complaints, like salmon having to be wild caught and not farmed (even if its farmed in Canada). Wild caught salmon isn't always available in stores. I personally really like salmon and am ok with farmed salmon but ive given up cooking salmon altogether because its not worth listening to him complain about it not being wild caught. And even for lunches, he wants sandieches, fine I make them and but various cold cuts ar the deli. He's fine with it sometimes, but then complains the next minute sayig thay my sandwiches are always the same.
I'm so drained and frustrated with cooking for him. Sometimes I even feel stressed about it and makes me not enjoy married life. Idk what can I do?