My husband was raised by a southern stay-at-home mama who loved to cook and cooked all the time. I was raised by a midwestern mother in southern California so I cook more like California. He would love for me to cook all the time. I told him when I wasn't working, we'd talk. In 30 years of marriage, I've always worked so only cooked minimally and what I wanted. He finally started grilling so that he could have the meat he wanted cooked like he wanted it. Fine with me.