Housewife is it a full time job?

Question

Just wondering does anyone elses husband seem to think that they have it good (do nothing all day) while looking after a baby and cleaning the house and cooking dinner and paying bills, doing all the washing, taking out the bins, washing all the dishes, ( the list goes on....)? He doesnt say it to me but he jokes about it?
I love not working and looking after our baby I never wanna go back to work but I would still appreciate a pat ont he back for keeping the house immaculate and everything else in order. Does anyone else feel this way?

I have also worked from home but chose to quit that and spend every waking moment with my baby instead of daycare and when he is asleep I clean and do everything else.

Answer 1

Take a Saturday off. Leave him with the baby for the whole day. He'll learn and you'll get a day for just you. :)

Answer 2

yes...being a housewife is a full time job, and especially as the children get older...wow, i can start at 6 am with the cleaning and everything else and not finish til around 10 pm some nights, and sometimes i go to work of a night and don't finish til around 12 midnight or 1 am!!!
my fella also thinks i have it easy, but he is sooo wrong...2 kids running around my feet, cleaning, cooking all day and im expected to look all done up for him too by the time he rolls home...then to work? I mean come on, the occasional thankyou or the house looks lovely...must have taken you ages...wouldnt go a miss would it. this question is great...seems i needed a moan about this topic and didnt even realise x

Answer 3

I've been a mom for 13 years now. I went back to work part time when #3 started grade 1 - on top of our house duties our kids are very active - music, play, sports, friends - so I'm a taxi
I was crazed - so I quit because it seemed that I'd miss one small thing and I hated that-
I do work from home because I have free time now but it's more important to be home when they reach an older age to see what they are up to (online) - etc..
I don't think any man fully gets it. I recall finding time to shower when they were babies was a 'chore'..

If it makes you feel better the net worth of our sah job comes in over $100,000 - (I thought I read that somewhere).

Answer 4

I feel like that all of the time. Being a housewife and a stay at home mom is the hardest job out there. I have had many jobs in my life, and this is the hardest, but yet, even though most of the time the hubby seems ungrateful for everything that i do, it's still the most gratifying.

Answer 5

Its more than a full time job. We don't get to clock out at five. I just quit working to stay at home with the kids. I did it before but my husband got too cocky about being the money maker so I went back to work, and when I did he had to do half the housework and half the childcare. When I brought up staying home again he was all for it and he's been wonderful ever since.

Answer 6

i understand if i were u i would just talk to him and ask him to appriciate u a little more and sometimes maybe even help u out. u dont want to go crazy. everyone needs a break from doing the same things day after day. Cummunication is the best way to make them understand. I finally had to tell my husband and he had never even relized he thought i was just so great at cooking and house work and with the baby that i never needed help boy was he wrong. So just talk to him ur feelings are natural.

Answer 7

From someone who worked a job outside of the home AND took care of the home and kids (obviously they had to go to daycare), it does seem like a gravy job to me. I know when kids are very little it is hard, but it just keeps getting easier. Personally, I couldn't stand being home after a while because there were no adults to talk to. But that's just me. Once kids are school age, I could see how it seems like doing nothing all day. But then he should appreciate the fact that you are available for him when he gets home and not doing laundry and housecleaning on weekends so you can do stuff together.

Answer 8

I am one among the lucky husbands of the wives like you. You know i et marry i use to do all like washin cloth of myself and cleaning plate cooking. so on (list never end) but after i marry, my wife does all those when we have even two kids. that make me more lazy and i find really tuff time when she is away from home which is not good for many husbands..

Some time i help her i leaning house, cutting vegetables, cooking and washig cloth...in whichever/whenever i feel to help her...

However with baby's case is different coz. my 2nd kid which is 3 months old like Mom only, i can't take her for few minutes. so in that case i think mother job is the full time....

one thing i do is i do not lift up the burden of earning to my wife....

we have to bear some of these things as it is part of life..
If you really feel frustratate plz talk to him sometime...God bless you....

Answer 9

I am a housewife and yes it is hard word. I have 2 littleone and watch an extra one monday thur friday. I never sit down and never talk on the phone and even if i get a chance it is only for about 30 sec. my hat is off to you. You tell him to quit his job and stay at home with the baby. See how long he last then

Answer 10

Being a homemaker is more than a job it's a full blown career momma. Us fellas get to GO HOME from work, While your job is a permanent thing. Especially if you gotta seed too. YOUR JOB IS 24/7 MOMMA, Believe that.