Christmas Dinner

[Dr. Z]

Originally Posted by Kitten

He wasn't the master chef

My point was your experience isn't everyones. Pete takes pictures for a living and doesn't love doing it any less. Just because you didn't like it doesn't mean everyone else will react the same. So if Kate wants to do it I'm sure she will.

You've not answered the question, does your mum not enjoy making cakes/cooking anymore? She seems to take great pride in the ones I've seen.

She doesn't enjoy baking the cakes per se, she enjoys decorating them in ever more complex ways. Cooking is now something she has to do and that she does very well but she doesn't really love it I dont think. She enjoys eating the food but she enjoys it more when she wasn't the one that cooked it

Its not exclusively based on my personal experience, its just one of those things I have noticed over the years that people who get a job in something they really enjoy (I think I will have to exclude working for yourself, because thats different) lose their love for it after a while. I think if you work for yourself its an entirely different kettle of fish by its very nature.

I'm a bit baffled as to why this has turned into a debate! I really think people misread the tone of my posts sometimes!

Obviously everyone is different and there are exceptions and whatever, I suppose I have quite strong feelings about people giving up careers to turn hobbies into jobs etc