If the food was cooked correctly the first time, reheating it causes it to be overcooked.
Incorrect. Reheating brings it back to the proper temperature. Reheating TOO LONG brings it to the proper temperature AND THEN cooks it longer.
Cooking well is a skill. Reheating well is an easier skill, but a skill nonetheless.
It's not about the leftovers. It's about an apparent lack of concern about finances.
That's it exactly. Lots of people here said that they don't eat leftovers; assuming you're an adult with a job, that's a choice. I don't particularly think it's a wise choice, but if you can afford
not to eat all you buy, that's your decision. However, I suspect that if these same people suddenly lost their jobs (or if money were tight for some other reason), they'd change their ways in a hurry -- at least temporarily 'til the financial crunch was over. This guy doesn't seem to have that same "live within my means" mentality.
Exactly, plus when he told her that he was running out of money, he said he needed to get a job which sounds pretty responsible to me.
I'd agree -- if he'd actually followed through with the idea. Talk is cheap.
Maybe he prefers to focus on school during the school year and then work his butt off during the summer to make/save enough for the school year. I did that in college. I'd work 3 or 4 jobs during the summer and save every penny that I could so that I didn't have to work during the school year. That didn't make me any less financially responsible than any of my classmates that worked during the school year. Heck, I was more responsible than they were because I knew that what I had in the bank had to last because I didn't have another check coming in a week or two.
Possible, but unlikely given the other details. If he's working like crazy in the summer to avoid working during the school year, then he didn't plan very well -- if he had, he probably wouldn't be running out of money. Also, in my experience, college students who actually work for their money (as opposed to borrowing and promising to pay it back sometime in the vague, distant future), tend to be more frugal. I'd suspect that a person who works 3-4 jobs every summer would choose to get a roommate and economize in other ways.
Seriously?!? Red flag indicators?!? The kid lives alone, has a nice truck, doesn't work during the school year, doesn't eat leftovers, has student loans and the OP doesn't think that his family is well off (which does not mean that his family has not been able to provide a nice lifestyle for him)...all that makes him this huge financial risk that no woman should even consider a long term relationship with because Suzy Orman says so?!?
No, she should pay attention to these red flags because they caught HER EYE. They were of concern to HER. Another woman, one who isn't opposed to debt and who approaches money with the same attitude as the boyfriend, might find these things acceptable. The OP's daughter is concerned; that's reason enough for her to pay attention to what else he's doing.
I thought they were just casually dating. I must have missed something.
If they were just going out to have fun together, she wouldn't have been concerned enough to consider whether his financial decisions mesh with hers. If SHE is concerned about his spending, she's at the point that she's considering whether she wants the relationship to become serious. She's 100% right to think carefully about whether they're compatible BEFORE that happens.
I don't really eat leftover, but I also don't cook in a way that leaves them. There are a few excpetions, soup being one of them. But i just simply do not cook "too much" food, so there are no leftovers.
Juding amounts well is one of the hallmarks of a good cook. Experience tells you that you'll want the leftovers from a big pot of good soup . . . but no one will eat last night's shrimp. I know that when I was a young cook, I missed the mark on this front more than once! The issue in this case, however, is that he dismisses the whole concept out of hand.
