hi piglet, its normal that your hubby feel pai seh to go up for dinner. my mum told me go up IL house frequently for dinner so that we dont have to eat out. But we have set up our own family liao and long term wise, not so nice to keep going there to eat. So i'm learning cooking now but of coz that's provided i come home early. now i can cook nice soup.. and i can cook rice just one time when the first time i cook rice, i took 4 times, waste my rice, haha.. we will make it a point to go back my parent side on sat and his side on sun. but if sat i come back to work or my mum has sometin for me, i will go back her place for dinner on one of the weekday.
I'm still not used to call IL pa and ma, haha, so i asked if its possible that i call them father and mother and they are fine with it, phew!..hehe.. and sometime my hubby will talk to my parent so smoothly : oh, aunty, its ok.. and i will look at him but he still doesn't know what's wrong, haha