My Wife Doesn't Work ...

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My Wife Doesn't Work ...
My Wife Doesn't Work ...

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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obviously the only comments were from two bitter men that don't appreciate women's roles in the home. they are probably the ones that sit around and expect the women to wait on them hand and foot while they watch tv and probabaly never clean up after themselves. when men go to work, they usually have one job, they focus on that job when they are there and then they come home and they are done. on the other hand a women's work is never done especially with children. we are always cleaning, cooking, shopping, washing the clothes, playing nurse, teacher, referee, therapist, and hardly get time for ourselves. we start work as soon as we get up in the morning and work until we go to bed at night. sometimes we even have to get up in the middle of the night! the men have no idea because they are snoring away..hahahaa! some guys are smart enough to know all this but some guys are pigs like the guys who made those comments above. women are very giving naturally and do a lot more that you realize men! yes, there may be some lazy ones out there but as a rule they are mostly productive. some even have jobs on top of housework! so the men should really help them out in these cases. anyway...to say a women that is a housewife does not work is not a true statement to any degree!! maybe he should have she does not do "secular" work. hahahaaaa!

What a biatch you are. I'll give you some work you dirty whore

Great story

Probably not, but the point was made, non the less. I don't think my husbands job is any more challenging than the work i do at home. he has it in his head that it is, therefor i needed to level the playing field. If truth be known, the only part of the above that i don't do daily is the shopping, bathing the animals, changing sheets and weeding. the rest is daily and can take the entire day to accomplish. keeping a household, a demanding husband, and children going is not an easy job, but for some reason has become a thankless one in todays society. i was just trying to impart a little humor into my otherwise tedious day

LoL... This looks like a marriage heading for divorce. In my first relationship I tested alot of theories, and stuck by them and glad I did. I am a successful person in life and live mid class life. In my first relationship the lady wanted to get married and I tested her she was one that never wanted to work in life and be a stay at home mother. So I told her she could move in under 1 restriction, she get a part time job and pay off her debts (ALL OF THEM). I would pay for everything else in those 3 months and if she couldn't I would kick her out. Month 3 rolled along and she finally got a part time job. She lasted 2 weeks. Long story short at the end of the 3rd month I gave her a notice to surrender her credit report bills and prove she had a job. Me kicking her out giving her a week to get out was the best thing I ever did she is on the welfare system 9 years now. Current relationship 7 years 1 Child mine and the other not. No child support for the other child coming in. Own a house and pay all the bills. My partner has only worked 3 months out of 7 years, I have paid for her to go to school cost me 25k for a diploma for her. Now agreement was I ever get hurt she would work to help out the oddball of income that would be coming in, well behold 3years after she gets her diploma I get hurt (really bad). Paying to retrain myself costing me 49k (Doing Civil Engineering). I ask her to get a job. You know what she tells me? She already has a job she cooks, cleans, takes after the kids, weeds the garden, makes me coffee every morning, etc. I find it so Ironic that its actually a job, I then ask her you get paid for it? and she steams away every time. Its like I can't even bring up issues that are going on. I then show her because of me going to school we are living in a negative value making no money at all every month. I then ask her again to atleast get a part time job to balance the account out. She says I have a full time job. Funny part is I go to school yes but its part time 25hours a week. I always see her doing crafts or watching tv(got rid of cable can't afford it) She complains about it. The house is what I wouldn't call clean. Not to mentioned I am disabled in life and going to school and planin on working full time after. One weekend she did this to me what you did to your hubby but there is a big difference, your hubby is not disabled in life, I am and I still managed to get everything done on the weekend my partner decided to make me do. 2 weeks after that, I told her you ever do that again I will kick your azz on the street quicker than quick. But this whole issue of not working it doesn't help the income at all. So I have finally put my foot down to her she has xx amount of time to get a part time job atleast or she is out. I think thats the proper way to put it, let the government take care of her, in return it saves me money! I make enough money to support me and my child. I don't make enough to support an entire family and I never asked for an entire family, is why I will never get married! What do you think the outcome was? I am one that don't believe in marriage, I think its a business contract to one another and no point in doing it, if you both are not making money then no point in getting married. The way I look at it I will never get married to me seems way to many women out there leachin off of men. Mind ya there are some women that actually work. Money is needed to live and if both parties can't make there own weight then why bother with the person. A women that comes out and says thats not right on what was typed, well its true where would you be if you didn't have your hubby? (On the Streets or working or on the welfare system)

Your marriage is destined for divorce. He asks what's wrong, and you say nothing. Then you plot revenge. You didn't actually engage in revenge, but I get the feeling you have done so in the past, or will do so in the future. The lack of honest communication in your marriage will destroy it.

I didn't see anything about any preschool children so that's not taking your time. So The fact he had to go to the store, do laundry, etc, etc, just proves the point,, YOU DON"T WORK! You are bragging how you made sure he didn't get to sit down for two minutes. REALY?? are you saying you don't ge to sit down two minutes in day? Fuuny how youhad time to be wasting time online writing a BULLSHIT story about how you made your husband miserble for telling the TRUTH. I bet he is already miserable enough living with you! GET A J-O-B!!!

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.

My wife is extremely lazy and selfish. I do all of the housework, work 60+ hours a week at multiple jobs. Do all of my own laundry and many times hers, and not once do I ever so much as get a "thank you". She takes everything I do for granted and if I ask her to help she states she "works" too. Working to her means screwing around on Facebook all day and avoiding doing anything other than making a complete mess of the house and leaving junk all over the place. With all that being said she "feels" she puts in just as much if not MORE than I do. Most of her friends do nothing around the house all day just like she does and talk down to their husbands. I certainly don't think this behavior is typical of all women, but somehow I ended up with the worst possible fate known to man. I have to pay for everything and do all of the housework as she thinks that it's sexist to make her do housework. Feminism has killed the modern woman and turned MANY of them into completely useless human beings. I pay for ALL of the household bills, ALL of her stupid credit card bills and don't get an ounce of appreciation. I made a terrible decision picking out a partner. The amazing thing is that prior to shacking up, she used to take care of herself and home as well as have a job. The only reason that I do not kick her ass out is that I know she will be homeless as no one I know would EVER take her in. We don't have any children together but I do completely support her son while she blows her child support payments on clothes. I am not the only one in this situation and I KNOW many men feel the same frustration that I do. Divorce is a bad deal for a man, much worse than for a woman and I sure as shit know I would be paying her for the rest of my life if I decide to do so. I should have married a woman outside of America, you know, one who actually appreciates a man and has not been poisoned by feminism. FML

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