Is this saying true? Winning a mans heart is through his stomach?

[Bobbi7]

Meaning guys want a well cook meal and that's how they fall for you?

[toolforgrowth]

I'll definitely say it's a plus when a lady can cook. My GF can't cook very well, but she treats me out sometimes and I love it. Most recently she bought us tickets to a whiskey festival. And she was duly rewarded that evening for her thoughtfulness.

[bachdude]

I have to admit, when a women makes a great meal for me, it is a huge plus.

 

I have a theory as to why this is true for many guys...

 

In David Richo's book, How to an Adult in Relationships (a great book by the way), he says that adults often feel loved when situations from early childhood are replicated in which they felt loved.

 

So...

 

...it may go back to Mom, when she cooked for them, packed their lunches, etc..

 

It doesn't mean their are looking for another Mom. Guys, by and large, do not want another Mother in their girlfriend or wife. But it may explain why cooking a meal has a positive effect on many men.

[d0nnivain]

I am only now learning how to cook in my late 40s. I never had a shortage of relationships.

 

While cooking can be important, it is about overall nurturing. Everybody wants needs TLC.

[CarrieT]

My new husband keeps telling his children (as he looks adoringly at me), "Kids, marry a chef!"

 

Worked for me on a number of occasions...

[Ninjainpajamas]

As a man...when you date a woman that can cook, versus a woman who cannot or just never cooks, it's a pretty fairly obvious "quality of life" difference.

 

You've got to eat everyday of your life, multiple times a day...so if a woman cooks, makes the things he likes to eat and just generally keeps him fed with good tasting food, that's quite the plus in your life...whether you are a foodie or not.

 

Of course today, it's not a common trait so it's even more appealing quality when you get it.

[preraph]

Oh, unfortunately, I think it counts a whole lot more than it ought to. One of my exes married this psycho who everyone who'd met her could tell was a psycho, but she looked good on paper, "good" family, been to chef school. I honestly do think it was this resume why he married her. Not long into the marriage, she cheated on him with a friend of his and mine and then gave him a black eye when he dared to try to leave their home afterwards. So they divorced.

 

I know him pretty well and we still talk about it some since she was recently convicted of identity theft and credit card fraud (she did it to strangers plus her own husband and child as well). I said to him, "Well, she looked good on paper." And he said, "Hell, yes, she did," and reiterated her cooking skills and pedigree. But she was an obvious psycho to anyone with even minimal observational skills. So cooking well can override logic with some men.

[Davey L]

After a few dates with a woman I would try to get them to cook me dinner. All except the one I married failed this test.

 

You will eat more times than you will have sex in your marriage. Get your priorities right.

[loveweary11]

Meaning guys want a well cook meal and that's how they fall for you?

 

Close... it's actually about a foot lower than the stomach.

[Got it]

There is a difference between a person being able to cook and a person being able to cook food you like! Don't forget that piece.

 

I am female and you can win your way to my heart through food. I love when my husband cooks, he is great at ad libbing recipes and has some killer recipes.

 

He likes my cooking but my specialty is baking. I love to bake, it relaxes me and he and the kids greatly appreciate it.

 

All he asks for is his favorite chocolate chip cookies and a special sort of job and he is a puddle on the floor. :laugh:

 

Like another poster said, people like to be nurtured and like to be appreciated. You can be an awesome cook but if you are only cooking meat then, since I am a vegetarian, we aren't going to work very well. But you listen to what a person likes, you put effort into it, and people appreciate that (usually/hopefully).

[Tayla]

It wasn't til three years ago that I gained the art of proper cooking and baking.

God Bless all those gents that I cooked for, they survived and went on to marry sweet ladies.

 

Its a lovely skill to have and I've yet to land a long term relationship, from cooking skills.

 

Matter of fact, one guy in which I made a seven course meal, gobbled it up, looked at me with indifference and said- Go grab me a beer to wash this stuff down! Needless to say, the door swung open quicker then the beer getting to his mouth. Lesson Learned- Always choose your guest with the same select standards you do in the foods you prepare. You won't be disappointed!

[alphamale]

Meaning guys want a well cook meal and that's how they fall for you?

yep, a good meal will make any man swoon like a peacock

[darkmoon]

prob unless he gives her food money, men like big dinners

[alphamale]

I am only now learning how to cook in my late 40s.

i started to cook when i was 10.

[Michelle ma Belle]

I'm actually a great cook. Being half Italian and half French it's hard not to be good in the kitchen I think.

 

I tend to be quite traditional when it comes to relationships and LOVE being in the kitchen cooking meals and/or testing a new recipes. I find it to be very cathartic, even meditative.

 

It has served me very well over the years but I would have to agree that it's the overall nurturing that I think men love the most.

 

Food is just one medium.

[GemmaUK]

I love cooking but I don't say a word until he gets an invite and that'll be way down the line.

Usually men cook a meal for me before I do for them.

I love a great man cook!

[CarrieT]

You will eat more times than you will have sex in your marriage. Get your priorities right.

Repeated for truth!

[alphamale]

I love a great man cook!

i bet i can cook you under the table

[Diezel]

My girlfriend and I both cook.

 

It's the best relationship I've ever had.

 

Whether they are mutually exclusive or not, that's up to you to decide, but I already know it definitely helps.

[GemmaUK]

i bet i can cook you under the table

 

With enthusiasm like that.....wanna marry me? :

 

Like Diezel said too - cooking together is one of the best things!!

Stick on some tunes, sing your heads off and cook..love that!!!

 

Tis a rare thing though!!

One a woman cooks it appears to be an expectation.

[stillafool]

Meaning guys want a well cook meal and that's how they fall for you?

 

Yes this is true but they want you to look good while you're cooking it.

[understand50]

As a father, I made sure my daughters could cook, and also the boys. It is a life skill you just need. I have been a short order cook, and know my way around the kitchen. We are now teaching the grand kids how to cook. My wife is a very good cook, and it is one of the thing I love about my marriage, no matter how mad we get at each other, we all sit down to dinner.

 

Yes, it is a big plus in a marriage and relationship. Eating is best, when done as a couple, and then as a family.

 

Also, home cooking is alot cheaper and better then eating out or using package stuff. So if money is a problem in a relationship, cooking at home goes along way to make ends meet.

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[loveweary11]

My girlfriend and I both cook.

 

It's the best relationship I've ever had.

 

Whether they are mutually exclusive or not, that's up to you to decide, but I already know it definitely helps.

 

 

Right???

 

I love creating meals with with other people.

[alphamale]

With enthusiasm like that.....wanna marry me? :

I don't know what to say, this is so sudden

[blackcat777]

Cooking can be super healthy, tons of fun, and an excellent bonding activity. Often my BF and I cook together.

 

Having someone else cook you a meal is the nicest gift.