DEAR Jasminda,

I RECENTLY had my oven professionally cleaned and when I showed it off to my husband he said he might get a lawn maintenance man since we can clearly splash around money for hired help.

I’ve never done it before and it looks amazing.

I don’t see the issue.

Roxanne D.

Dear Roxanne,

I’m with you on this one.

There are some jobs that are worth contracting out and the oven clean is right up there.

Nothing compares to the combination of caustic fumes, baked on grease, grimy sludge dripping onto the floor and the sheer time it takes to get the oven looking remotely clean.

I’m sure there are many other jobs you do that you don’t want or need to farm out so your husband’s dig is childish bordering on sexist.

Does he get his car serviced?

His mower repaired?

His suit professionally cleaned?

I personally find cleaning the oven so tedious that I’ve made a rule that any messy meals, like a roast, must be cooked on the outdoor barbecue.

The oven is for reheating or cake baking.

Maybe suggest to your husband that if he doesn’t want you to get an oven cleaner, you just won’t cook anymore.
Problem solved.

Carpe diem,
Jasminda.