when they've spent half their day watching Jeremy Kyle & Loose Women?
2007-10-26 08:23:44 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I havent sorted my picture thing so just to confirm this is a female point of view!
Personaly if you have taken on the role of housewife and the husband is out at work earning money I would expect the wife to have the house in order. Some miss the word 'house' in housewife. They arent a 'sit on your backside and watch tv all day' wife.
Thats just being lazy and spoilt and selfish. The house is your job if your a housewife.
I work full time and my husband does too and we share this but when I have days off I make sure I do the chores and same for him when he is off work.
2007-10-26 11:51:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I actually agree with you here. If a woman is at home all day with no children, the her job is to keep the house. The man's job is to go to work and pay the bills. If the woman wants help with the housework then she should also be working and helping to pay the bills. HOWEVER, with children it becomes a little different. Taking care of little ones, especially pre school age, is very time consuming both mentally and physically, so I don't think asking for help with the washing up every now and then is out of order in this situation.
2007-10-26 08:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by Xai 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You should clean up after yourself. I work full time, but I know that being a housewife and mother is the toughest job around. I'd much rather work 48 hours a week outside the home than stay home and raise children and keep a house. It's TOUGH. There are no breaks. And if your wife sits around watching TV all day then she's not doing her job. A good housewife and mother works more than you do, most likely. So if she's sitting around watching TV all day and asking you to do her job, that's an issue. But I highly doubt that's what she's doing.
Her job isn't to pick up your dirty undies. That's YOUR job. You get a lunch break and time out to go to the bathroom ALONE. No baby on your lap or child at your heel constantly, needing constant attention. A good mother gets few breaks, and deserves to be recongized with having the most important job in the world.
2007-10-26 08:42:47 · answer #3 · answered by Wonderin' 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am a working mother but I can tell you that being a full time Mom, is no walk in the park. It is a 24/7/365 job. Men work their 40 or 50 hours a week; 8 hours a day and then come home and don't move. Being a stay at home mom, never ends.
Obviously it is a thankless job by your question and I bet you have no idea how much your wife does around the house.
2007-10-26 08:28:48 · answer #4 · answered by wondermom 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
OK HERE IT IS FOR YOU. READ UP THE LAW OF CONTRACT AND IT WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER-TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS- IF THE SITUATION AND LEGAL AGREEMENT OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN IS LOOKED UPON IN A CONTRACTUAL MANNER THE DUTIES OF WHICH BOTH PARTIES CAN SUE OF AND NEED TO PERFORM IN MARRIAGE ARE THE FOLLOWING:
A) HUSBAND NEEDS TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT HIS WIFE
B) WIFE NEEDS TO PERFORM CERTAIN MARITAL "SERVICES"(IF YOU GET WHAT THEY MEAN)
ETC
SO HAVE YOU PERFORMED YOURS? THE REASON HOUSEWIVES WANT HELP IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU MARRIED THEM THE HOUSEWIFE DID NOT MARRY TO BECOME A SLAVE A CLEANER A WASHER AND DISHWASHER A NANNY A MOTHER A SEX MACHINE A COOK/ER A GARDENER A HOUSEKEEPER A RUBBISH PICKER ETC. GET MY POINT.
2007-10-26 09:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by daisy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've been doing a lot of thinking on that question and it seems to me it is all about perception. It would help if I knew whether or not you have children. Then I would be able to say more.
But basically the wife has this idea in her head the husband gets to leave and have fun while she stuck in the house doing all the work. On the flip side, husbands feel they are stuck having to go to work everyday while the wife gets to stay home and relax.
More than likely your wife likes to sleep in and procrastinate with the chores.
2007-10-26 08:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by Ducky Jackal 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think that women who get to stay home with children or stay home and be housewives should complete all of the household duties. I was a stay at home mom of 2 children for 6 years. I completed all of the household duties, but when remodeling needed done or trimming replaced or even my oil and brakes changed my husband did that. He also did outside work such as shoveling, raking, and mowing. He also built us a huge pole barn and our 3 car garage. I enjoyed having the house cleaned and dinner ready for my family. I am now working for a corporate company and I work many hours per week, so we split the household duties. Our children are now old enough that they too can help out at the house. It makes things run alot more smoothly.
2007-10-26 08:28:50 · answer #7 · answered by ~Sara~ 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I have never quite understood this one, because in this scenario, a man's job is to make sure that the family has money to take care of all the financial needs of the house without help from the wife and it should be the other way around with regard to the housework. At least thats my two cents.
2007-10-26 08:42:03 · answer #8 · answered by boomerang3que 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
marriage is a 50/50 contract.all household duties should be shared but that is not always the case.what you need to do is organize so that is becomes convenient for you.even if it means getting up 1/2 before you go to work.atleast you'll have piece of mind knowing that you did it right in the first place.you make the sacrifice,it will be well worth.you'll save yourself alot of aggrevation in the long run.
just work TOGETHER as a team.did you not marry for better or for worse?
2007-10-26 08:32:31 · answer #9 · answered by CHER 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Everyone who lives in a house is responsible for keeping it in a habitual manner.Jeremy Kyle and all the Loose women probably have house husbands.
2007-10-26 08:30:36 · answer #10 · answered by the rocket 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋