My Wife Doesnt Work ...

My Wife Doesnt Work ...
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By Luann Dawkins

I was at a party the other night with my husband and was in a nice conversation with two women I had just met. My husband (lets call him Barney) was standing behind me conversing with the husbands of these women and had also just met them. Of course when a wife is within earshot of her husband she always has one ear on his conversation, we have to make sure he is not divulging state secrets about our household or making a fool out of us. So, I was listening to his story and low and behold he said the words....MY WIFE DOESN'T WORK!!!!

I had never heard that bit of filth roll off his tongue before, so naturally I was stunned! What does he mean "I don't work"??? Does he not realize what a massive undertaking it is just to get him all he needs and desires in his daily life? Apparently not.

The ride home was silent, save for the ever annoying, "what's wrong?" That went on for at least 5 miles to which I replied, "nothing, I'm fine." I decided when we arrived at the house, I would have ample time in my nightly bath to simmer and plot my revenge. I gave great thought to cleaning the toilet with his tooth brush, adding an entire bottle of starch to his underwear, and putting salt in his coffee instead of sugar. But then I realized that none of those things would change his perception of what I do. Although they sure would be satisfying!!!! Instead, I decided to give his a little taste of my daily life.

On the following weekend I was mysteriously struck with a debilitating case of stomach flu! "What a shame I'm so ill Barney, I had so much that has to be done this weekend, do you think you could change your plans and pitch in with the household chores?" Like moth to a flame Barney bit. "Sure I can help, you just rest and leave it all to me." "Oh, Barney you are such a dear, Thank you."

I chuckle as I write this because that was the sweetest weekend of my married life. I made sure Barney never got to sit down for more than two seconds at a time. He went to the grocery store, did the laundry, dusted, vacuumed, cleaned the kitchen, bathrooms, and changed sheets, weeded the garden, bathed the dogs and three cats (that was particularly amusing), cooked breakfast lunch and dinner. And as if on cue, my son threw up all over the carpet. Yes, Karma can certainly bite you in the rear.

A wise word to all the Barneys' of the world, when in conversation with others do not ever say anything about your wife that is not first sent to committee, voted on and approved.

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Wow.... this was comical! I really did enjoy reading the men's viewpoints, but--- being a woman, I am biased. Instead of pointing fingers, calling women worthless, cunts, lazy, etc. Lets just re-evaluate things.... Ephesians 5:22- 'Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.' Passive agressiveness is not okay. I understand your frustration, as this has probably been something 'Barney' has talked about a lot with other people. I go through the same thing with my husband. I do not appreciate the disrespect with everything I do around the house, with the children, and everything else. If I do not feel appreciated, I feel like I have no purpose in life. We all need to feel like we have a purpose. Being a homemaker is a noble thing. But, submitting to your husband's authority goes along with that. Disrespecting him will never allow him to see a woman for who she really is. A woman is a nurturer, life bearer, caregiver, etc. There are many beautiful qualities in a woman, don't allow the manipulative ways to be dominant. (We all know we have them!) And... just so men know, it is women's natural tendencies to seek manipulation when deeply wounded by someone we love. Don't hurt your wife, and she will submit to everything you need and desire. Ephesians 5:28-29 'So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife, loves himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourished and cherished it, even as the Lord the church.' Men- cherish your wives! Love them for their unique qualities and abilities. Stop assuming you could take over your wife's responsiblities in a heart-beat. Your wife's duties are not yours. A man's duty IS to provide for his family. Yes- it is a different kind of stress and pressure that a man feels. A woman's stress relates to her home being in order and everyone taken care of, a man's stress relates to money. Accept it. Men and women are different, men and women have two entirely different ordained purposes to fulfill in life. Cherish and love your wife, and she will respect her husband for all he does to provide for his family. In retrospect- if all the career mothers decided to stay at home with their children, wouldn't that create more job openings for the unemployed LAZY men that don't provide for their families? Wouldn't it be nice to know that our future work force was being taken care of by a loving mother at home, and not a daycare facility? Wouldn't it be nice to know that children were being better supervised, so as not to go out on the streets and commit violent crimes? Men, who force their wives to work to relieve a financial burden on themselves, are in fact self-centered and cowardly. Any family can make it in this day and age with only the basic necessities, so that a mother can be with her children and in her God-given role! Get creative, cut back, pay off debt, learn new ways to save money. Stop pointing fingers and accept each of your roles in society.

Let me summarize this... Your nice, hardworking husband takes you to a party. You decide to say thanks by spying on him. You hear him make one comment to another man that you then take completely out of context, then sulk indefinitely without ever telling him the problem. When he notices that you're upset and asks why, you lie and say that nothing is wrong. When he goes off to work the next day to support you and your children, you spend the entire week "plotting your revenge" instead of playing with your kids, making nutritious meals for the family, managing the family finances, or doing anything else that could be considered remotely useful to the household in which you "work." Finally, the weekend rolls around and you lie again, faking an illness to avoid spending quality time with your family--I mean, really, why would you ever want to take the kids to the zoo, go see a movie, or go play in the park when you could instead lie in bed and whine all weekend? Your husband, being the insensitive jerk that you're convinced he is, offers to take care of you, the house, and the kids for the entire weekend after an entire week of full-time work. He does more chores in two days than you typically do in two weeks. He happily asks if anything else needs to be done. He easily accomplishes every arduous task you assign him, without complaining once and without taking one moment to realize how difficult menial household chores must be. Sounds like he learned his lesson!

Men dont need women. We could exist much better without you. Of course someone will drone on about how women do A B C and D but seriously you do nothing. Nothing!! even the ball crushing Hillary Clinton types do nothing for men really. You matter to use for about 3 to 4 years tops when your say 22 to 26. After that you just get older fatter and increasingly moody and hard to deal with.

I'm sorry, but I was a stepmother to toddler twin boys for 3 years, worked full time (40 hour plus) and still maintained my house (cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc). Here is where you stay at home whatevers get it confused. While your spouse is out there working to support you, and your bitching about how you cook and clean all day, your forgetting one dynamic: YOU CAN STOP AT ANYTIME TO TAKE A NAP. THE WORKING SPOUSE CANNOT. YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO SLEEP IN. YOUR SPOUSE CANNOT. YOU CAN TAKE TIME OUT OF THE DAY TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF. YOUR WORKING SPOUSE CANNOT! Sorry to pop the floats in your parade ladies, but coming from a woman who's husband worked on Saturdays and I was home with our babies, I was able to get laundry for 4 done, breakfast cooked, dinner planned, house spotless before noon. When my kids were asleep for their nap, I was playing Call of Duty on Xbox (3 times prestiged, yea I had time for that too). And when stay at home whatevers say their job is never done, STOP LYING. You have someone paying for you. When you tell a working mother how you clean and do laundry all day, you wanna know what goes through her head? Wow, your house must be really filthy if that's an all day thing for you. All the time. The working mothers can get into Molly maid mode, get it done, and still have time to spare to be with her family. #TeamWorkingMom

So just so I get this straight instead of trying to talk to him and explain how much you work at home instead you fake an illness(lying) and made him do extra work ontop of his job and even more than what you normally do(lazy). Wow your husband is right you really don't work on nothing, but pleasing yourself.

NEWS FLASH: you don't work. No matter how tough you imagine your stay-at-home duties to be, it's not a job.

Wow, I feel sorry for your husband. You equate housechores and getting to spend time with your family as if it was a grueling job like many men and mothers have to support their families. Then you play ridiculous games rather than acting like an adult. This mentality scares me I hope my wife doesn't succumb to extreme selfishness like you have. It will only make life more difficult when it doesn't need to be. All because of one sentence. You know some men have pride in being able to support an unemployed wife but that obviously got caught up in your insecure brain.

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