"I Don't Cook Anymore!"- Thoughts

Okay, so all week (and it has been a very busy week) at work almost every time an older female customer would come in, we'd ask if they would like to have free pots and pans (it's part of a promotion, which sucks cause I could really use some completely free heavy duty pans, lol!) and they would respond "No, I don't cook anymore." Now mind you, these were women who were shopping and up & out on their own, no disabilities (that could be viewed). They would just simply say they refuse to cook anymore and if someone (assuming a significant other) wanted dinner, they could heat up their own food.

Why is this? Has our society just grown to a point were women give up being wives and mothers? When you hit old age, do you just lose the will/drive to continue being a wife? I could understand if you have a disability, but if it seems like you are perfectly fine and shopping around and etc. by yourself without assistance from others or walking aides, why must you give up the long lost art of cooking and baking? Same thing with appearance and affection. So many times I have seen older couples (70 & up) who no longer share affection openly with each other. There is no hand holding, no hugging or walking close. And as it goes for appearance I will admit this; the older generation (70 & up) women do still pay close attention to their looks. They do their hair every morning and their makeup. They generally look as if they put time into their appearance. But, the middle aged generation does not seem to pay as close attention. Now I can see you know once a week or such where you may just wash your face and go ( due largely to schedules, children, and exhaustiveness, lol), but I think that women should still try to look nice for when the hubby's do come home. I mean, why should we only look nice for date night?

Now, I am one who could be seen guilty for this a lot, lol. But I am determined to make a change and put some effort into how I look, since I know that he puts effort into how he looks for me everyday. I'm not saying that I am going to dress up like some movie star everyday. Just simple makeup and doing a simple hairdo would suffice. It has nothing to do with how dressed up you get. It has more to do with you putting the little bit of effort in and it showing.