I ask my wife what she would like me to cook for dinner. Rarely do I get any help. I get tired of cooking the same thing but she is pretty fussy and so there are things I should not cook that I don't even know about yet.

She will complain if I repeat the same meal too often even if she has complemented it in the past.

I often cook different things for myself and something she likes for her hoping she will try and like what I cooked for me, I make enough so she can eat what I am eating.

Sadly, she does not know what she would like for dinner except that it needs to be home cooked. Eating out, take out or prepared food not an option with her. If we don't make it from scratch then it is contaminated.

She did look up some recipes on her phone but she still has not sent them to me. I told her all I need is the name of the dish. Still waiting.

Figuring out what to make for dinner really needs to happen days in advance, especially now with the pandemic, I don't shop every day. Once the ingredients are purchased you are committed to those meals or throwing them in the garbage and going hungry or a special trip to the store.

I know that you were going for a deeper understanding but sometimes, the problem is really not that deep. She made a clear request for input and you could not provide a meaningful input.

TEK