My wife informed me when we got married that she did not plan on cooking on week ends, which start on Friday for her. That was about the time I told her I was always going to be involved with cars, which was everyday. That mutual understanding still stands, I figured it was a great exchange. At that time, inexpensive food was about all we could afford, so limiting the expense of dining out on weekends was also a mutual understanding, if we wanted to eat most weekends, expensive meals were probably not on the option list.

She is not a great cook, and I'm worse, we both know each others limits after 47 years. Its a good thing there are several local "family" restaurants that are both affordable and have good food. We both did the dishes (now the dish washing machine does most of them).