Performative Care: Meatballs and Task Management

Meatballs and the Matrix of Self

“Do you even care what I make for dinner?!”

H had had enough.

For thirty years and three kids, she’d been stuck in the same nightly loop. The dinner dilemma. Not a fight exactly, more like a slow erosion of her patience. Every night ended the same way: a meal no one was excited about, plates half-eaten, and resentment that lasted longer than the cleanup.

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