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TheWorstPoster posted...

I don't even know how to cook. I need to, and I will eventually do that

Start that right now. Cooking's easy, dude. Cooking well is another story, and relies on intuition that is built up over years of experience and that not everyone will ever actually develop, but a recipe is simply a sequence of instructions, functionally no different from those programs you're writing. Go find yourself a cooking glossary to help you understand recipes better (there's a lot of jargon in cooking), then look in your parents' fridge/pantry to see what you've got to work with. Specifically, you're looking for focal proteins (typically meat, but beans are another viable option in some cases), starches (potatoes, pasta, rice, that sort of thing), and any veggies that can go on the side. Let me know what's in there (either here or by PM), and I'll help you find a simple recipe you can try so you can serve your family dinner in the next couple days.

Will it be perfect? No. Will it even be good? Maybe, maybe not. That depends just how inept you are (I'm guessing you aren't quite at the "burn the house down by trying to boil water" level). But whatever you screw up, you can learn from and fix next time. Worst case scenario, it's inedible and you order a pizza and hope next time goes better. Whatever the outcome, let me know how it goes, and I can help you improve.

Basic cooking isn't hard to learn; you can start working on that immediately without having to make any lifestyle changes or difficult choices. You're just going to have to swallow your pride and accept that you're going to make a few mistakes along the way. I have complete faith that you can do it if you actually try, though.