Guide to be the best housewife🤫?

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I just moved in with my boyfriend after a few years & we’re now expecting our first😇❤️. Some background information, im 20 and Portuguese he’s 22 and Puerto Rican. I need some pointers ladies, idk when this happen but i haven’t been taking care of myself much. My hygiene isn’t the problem, it’s just doing my hair and makeup or getting dressed up. Which i used to love doing. All through highschool that’s all i ever spent money on was clothes and makeup. I use to wake up 2 hours before i had to leave to make sure i showered EVERY morning had time to blow dry, lotion up and do my makeup. But now it’s like i get out the shower and put on shorts with a big shirt and no bra. I don’t do makeup anymore and i don’t even bother getting dressed. My boyfriend sometimes says stuff like “get dressed” but It’s like i have no motivation and sharing a room with a guy lol... is hard keeping it clean. And i barely have motivation to do that anymore. I’m having a baby and i want to look good and take pictures and feel good about myself and keep our place clean but just don’t know how to get that motivation back? And cooking.. forget about it. The whole time I’ve lived here I’ve probably cooked a whole 2 times. He’ll make little comments too which kinda upset me, but honestly I’ve never learned how to cook. My grandma did ALL the cooking and that women knew how to cook (Portuguese lady) she end us home with pots and pots of food that we couldn’t even finish and kept everything cleaned even ironed my dads underwear 😂 THATS GOALS. I’m a CNA and honestly after work those are all the last things in my mind even a shower half of the time is the last thin i wanna do. So i just want some pointers and maybe even some tips on what i could cook for dinner, maybe even some recipes? 😬🤫 forever going to the supermarket getting random frozen dinners 😒 HELP YA GIRLLL!!!

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Well cooking for starters I say baked chicken plain or with cream of chicken (which is bomb asf) with rice and a veggie, also spaghetti is easy and a frozen pasta meal! I’m a great cook so I can go on and on lol

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I hate to say but if you are working then you are not a housewife. If you guys both work the. You should be trying to accomplish the household chores together. Maybe try a more positive route for you guys to work together for household chores and meals. Cooking on the weekend and freezing things can be helpful. And I like to make my husband do a “power hour” or “power half hour” with me where we just clean up and de clutter. No phones allowed. Do that every other day or something and you would be surprised how much you two can get done in that focused time. Good luck!

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I'm going to ignore the bit about makeup and ironing his underwear being your goals... Can you guys take a cooking class together? Every adult should know how to cook.

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Chicken parmigiana is a really simple meal to cook. It’s really yummy and filling too. Check out Pinterest for tons of recipes that are simple. There are ones that you literally just toss into a crockpot and cook for 5-8 hours without even having to check on it.

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Do you have a crockpot/slow cooker? If not, I highly recommend getting one. It’s what I started out with because I never had motivation to actually cook. It is just me and my SO until baby gets here so in the crockpot I put two skinless, boneless chicken breasts in with some chicken broth and cook it on high for 4 hours or low for 6. Depends on my SOs schedule. I also cut up some russet potatoes and put them in there with the chicken. It’s pretty good especially if you put some seasoning on the chicken. I also like to do pot roast. I put it in the crockpot for high on 4 hours also but don’t add chicken broth. For the pot roast (which you can find in the packaged meat section of any store; it’s just beef) I use a packet of slow cooker pot roast seasoning. My SO loves those two meals. If you’re too tired for absolutely everything, just do Mac and cheese and hot dogs 🤷🏼‍♀️ that’s my go to when I’m too tired

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I totally get it, where I grew up we had a house worker (we weren’t rich but that’s what you did, if you had any extra money to provide someone else a job) it was great as a kid, but it led me to learn nothing of cleaning and cooking.
I started making a goal of one of two meals a week that were new. I started using Allrecipes.com and trying only higher rated things with less ingredients. There were so fails but now I am able to cook all kinds of things. And it gets fun.
The house cleaning bit. I started doing a 10 mins a day rule where I work on a room for 10 mins and maybe nothing else. I can get motivated to do 10 mins, some days I do more but at least the 10 mins helps it not get too out of hand. 
As for looking nice... it only really happens on sundays for me. I need help in that department.

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You could probably find some old books from the 40’s and 50’s on how to be a good housewife.....
As for recipes, the internet is and endless and massive free resource. Blogs for eternity.

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Are you still in your first trimester? Because that's exactly how I was during my first trimester. It took me some time to get back in a rhythm so I wouldn't really worry about it. You're growing an eye ball after all. I'm not sure about makeup and stuff because I suck at that lol so I'm sorry. Maybe use a tinted primer to start? For the food, I started with some family recipes. I just asked my mom for some recipes and started with that like once a week. We meal prep! 😊 Good luck! You got this!

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Ummmm, your boyfriend should be helping around the house too. Especially if you’re both working, that’s not fair to expect you to come home from work, cook, clean, and make yourself up all the time.

Guide to be the best housewife🤫?

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