This kind of reads like cuckoldry. Why is the single bachelor hanging around a married couple and the wife of the other man is cooking for him? Seems suspicious.
He could easily just hire a maid or cleaning service and order food or cook himself.
I imagine the guy would be buying takeout for himself. It could have started as a larger, tighter friendgroup where people were starved of proper attention growing up. Now they provide family like validation on a level they never were exposed to as kids to eachother. Hypothetically
OK this clearly isn't hypothetical. Just say you moved in with a relative, you do all the cooking and cleaning while your husband is between jobs and you want to know if this guy should be grateful. The gratitude should work both ways and you're great for doing all of the household work and if nobody is verbally appreciating you, we appreciate you being the type of person to do it.....hypothetically.
Just don't be fucking the "bachelor".
It seems like he did hire a maid/chef, that being the wife of the other guy, and is providing room and board for the services rendered. Unless the hard-working/moderately wealthy bachelor is making advances on the woman (Or she upon him) then it's not really cuckoldry or anything of the sort.
Basically, a live in maid/chef situation but the maid/chef brings along her husband - who is in this scenario looking for work but won't find any for a year. At least, that's how I'm seeing the question posed and framed.
A nice home cooked meal can do wonders for morale, especially when someone else made it for you. Lord knows making a meal can be stressful, especially if the people don't appreciate it, or if you're dead tired from doing other work. Having it hot and fresh is way different from having it reheated.
Why are two guys living with one married woman? Seems bizarre to me and that wouldn't be allowed in my house.
What if the bachelor is your brother? Or widowed father?
Okay, imagine this.
There is a Mildly wealthy European man. A nobleman, though very minor nobility, or perhaps he's a mildly successful merchant. He has a decently sized manor, but he's out for the day most days. He doesn't need much staff at all, just someone to clean and cook while he's away. So, he hires a live-in maid who just so happens to also know her way around a kitchen as is right and proper. She has a stipulation, however, that her husband move in as his job has gone up in smoke and there's immutable evidence that he is not just sitting on his ass, he is undeniably looking for work though tough times have dried up all the usual work opportunities.
The nobleman says "Alright, but his room and board will be taken from your pay as I will have to purchase extra necessities to account for him." And allows them to live in his manor. He's got the empty room for them, after all. Nowhere in this scenario is anyone being unfaithful or trying to be skeevy.
Is that cuckoldry?
If no, then this scenario presented in OP is not cuckoldry.
If yes, then this scenario presented in OP is cuckoldry.
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