My mother did not like anyone else in the kitchen with her and felt it was just easier to do it herself. Something none of us particularly fought....
My mom was the same way about cooking as well as the cleaning. I came to college with no domestic skills. My grandmother tried teaching me how to cook when I was a kid, but she passed away before I really got a chance to learn or remember most of what she showed me.

I know now some of the basics, but all of the dinners I cook are very basic and simple. So usually Alexa prefers to cook now because she claims she doesn't like my boring dinners.