Is it ok with you to help your mom/ wife/ sister in house chores?
Is it ok with you to do all the house chores when your mom/ wife/ sister is away or sick?
If you do, what house chore you prefer the most? And what house chore you hate the most?
Do you believe that shopping is a feminin job? And do you feel embarrassed to go shopping instead of your mom/ wife/ or sister?
And to you, Ladies........
How do you feel about the guy who helps his mom or his wife in house chores? Do you feel it lessens his dignity or lessens your respect to him?
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I’m really curious to know your answers! :)
2007-08-27 10:58:55 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
Dolores: You are welcome to answer, dear.. That was a very nice answer :)
2007-08-28 09:06:37 · update #1
EDIT: Cow Girl 2, I’m sorry for what happened to your husband.. :(
2007-08-28 09:09:07 · update #2
EDIT: Guys, I respect your honesty about the question.. :)
2007-08-28 09:12:06 · update #3
All the answers are great... :)
2007-08-30 10:08:29 · update #4
aya, it is not a matter if it is ok, it is a must.
My wife although not working, she does alot more than house works, she also takes care of kids education and other things.
My part is usually washing the dishes and the tough cleaning jobs that she cannot reach. But sice we bought a dish washer, my job was to put the dishes in the machine. :):)
I also shower the kids.
if she is sick (be3d elshar), I have to take care of most the "Must to Do" things around the house.
Things I like most doing:
- Breakfast. anything that includes egg I am proffessional in it.
- Vacuum cleaning. just because it is easy.
Things I hate the most:
- Cleaning bathroom. if we are sharing house work in one day I normally trade this task with two or three others just for not do it
- Putting clothes on clothes line after washing
Shopping: I am not a shopping person, no way you take me for 2 hours walking around the super market looking for 20 cents different between products. I jut pick the first brand in front of me and keep going. My wife does her shopping in 3 or 4 supermarkets to get the best deal. I will have a heart attack if I did this believe me. it is not embaressment, because there is nothing to be embarassed about in shopping.
according to my wife, I do best :
- Tea
- French fries
- Kids haircut
- Spanish omlette
- baked Sweet potatoe
- Indian Butter Chicken
hope this help.
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2007-08-27 21:28:47 · answer #1 · answered by Sultan Shalfat the Adventurer 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you seek Egyptian answers? I'm American, but would like to contribute.
It's healthy for men to help with household chores, whether he's helping his mother, sister, wife or daughter. In particular, if he is helping his mother, he has a moral obligation to go out of his way and do even extra for her. This goes for both sons and daughters.
A man gains much more respect, in my eyes, if he helps with chores. Sure, no one wants to do the work, but it has to get done. The man who helps out is a wonderful man, indeed! Granted, if the woman is home all day and the man is out working, then it's only fair that she do most of the work. But, since housework never gets completed (not with kids in the house, for sure), then it's only right that the husband/son help with this.
Someone said it right.... if Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) can lead a religion and an empire, and he had time for house chores, then everyone - man and woman - has time for house chores.
2007-08-27 20:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Dear Aya
Let me tell you about the Most Famous Person in the History who was rated Number # 1 among the selected Hundred World Famous personalities in the world so far, By Michael Hart in his book .
He used to help His wives in the house hold work.
Clean the house, clean the clothes.
Get the groceries and other items needed for the house.
Entertain them.
Carry the Children, Grand Children and Play with them.
Respect the Mother (Foster) by getting up and laying the sheet he was wearing for her to sit.
Many more in every walk of life.
You want to know Who He was.
The Holy Prophet of Muslims Muhammad peace be on him.
Whose Actions and sayings are the Role Model and Guidance for all the Muslims untill the End of This World.
2007-08-27 18:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by mohammad a 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a young boy I along with my brothers would help my father and mother in their daily household tasks.
Now when I am married, I still continue the same helping my wife; and the custom has passed on to my children.
My wife rarely goes to shopping..all the shopping for the house, both personal and general I do, even though my wife is a serving lady just like myself.
Shopping I believe is not a famine job.
Prophet Mohammad (saw) would help in his household chores.
2007-08-28 06:40:43 · answer #4 · answered by bakhan 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is it OK with you to help your mom/ wife/ sister in house chores?
yes, it's OK.
what house chore you prefer the most?
cleaning
And what house chore you hate the most?
cooking
Do you believe that shopping is a feminine job?
no not at all
And do you feel embarrassed to go shopping instead of your mom/ wife/ or sister?
no i don't.
i hope the girls opinions are not so cruel about that issue.
2007-08-27 18:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by بهي الطلعه 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, its absolutely ok with me to help my mom, wife and sisters in house chores without any discrimination provided I am at home and doing nothing else. and when any of them is sick of away, i can do anything to run the house. I love cooking and eating and hate cleaning
2007-08-29 06:41:57 · answer #6 · answered by Kehgohar R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why not !!!?
i really don't have any problem to help my mom wife/ sister in the house chore but to prefer it no i don't prefer any house chore
my opinion is the same about shopping
but the only think that i cant do... is feeding a child
begad mesh momken a2kel atfal la2no bycon youm eswed
la2n ana mesh mosta3ed agry wra elwad tol el bet be3ardoh w lma rabena yhdeeh aw yehddoh wyakol tab3an my clothes htacol abl menoh
so i can do any thing for my mom..etc but not to feed a child
w mesh 3ayez nekash fe elmawdo3 da
2007-08-27 18:25:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe, that a Mother that raised you and took care of you all the long years of your childhood, should be taken care of as soon as the child becomes a woman or a man. I will not let my Mother, even raise her littlest finger to do any work around the house and I always listen to her good advise. My Mother and I go everywhere together. We share our fun.
Before my husband was killed, he helped me in our home, not because I asked, but because he liked to help make our Home better. (we had a home, not just a house)
2007-08-28 14:11:56 · answer #8 · answered by Cow Girl 2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do respect the man who help his mom / wife or sister and i dont think that helping them will lessens his dignity
2007-08-28 15:11:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummtasnims answer was wonderful..
I just think its so sad that the islamic culture only follows the hadiths that are befitting to them. I have never heard a lesson given in the masjid taking this subject matter on, why? Because men dont like it.
I think alot of these men want us to help them out, yet they dont help us out in the house.
They want us to help them out by running errands, helping them in their business e.t.c.
Yet most arab men dont help watching the kids, or helping out in the house.
Their mothers have them trained that this is a woman's job, and it demeaning that the man of the house do the womans work. Let me clarify this a bit, I dont think that if a man is at work all day long he should have to come home and do the housework, but I see nothing wrong with him helping out like he would like his wife to help him out.
2007-08-28 13:02:34 · answer #10 · answered by InquisitiveMind 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋