My Wife Doesnt Work ...

My Wife Doesnt Work ...
By Guest • Aug 25, 2021

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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  • Ariadne

    2013-03-23T18:22:21.000Z

    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
  • Bruce

    2011-01-11T06:31:23.000Z

    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.
  • Anon

    2012-01-08T15:58:57.000Z

    Womans that have agreed to this article, im sorry for you and i do hope you all are hella hot and willing or have no pre nups, otherwise your future is all writen on a regular divorce paper. In this day an age if you womans come out in a reunion with friends and say you don´t work because you stay at home doing the chores, you will be laughed at, and right away be labeled as lazy, this excuse does not work anymore. Men around the world if you are forced in this situation where woman think is their divine right to stay at home derping on facebook and you have talked to your wifes about this to no avail, do yourself a favor and divorce while you can, it will be cheaper, let them go try to find a new husban with those extra lbs they gained on their butts at home and with 35 yrs+ old. This is harder if there are kids but you can always work something out with the judge.
  • Lazy

    2009-01-10T01:02:10.000Z

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

    2021-08-25T21:23:54.210Z

    Alleluia! 😅
  • Crystal

    2010-07-14T04:17:59.000Z

    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.
  • Dad

    2010-05-11T20:26:57.000Z

    While I do understand a wife’s work certainly is not sitting around all day, it’s really not that difficult. I work from home and my wife takes care of the kids and does all the other said activities and I know exactly what she does all day, I easily would trade her for real work and dealing with adults all day. Housework is boring and mindless at times but many women would be in for a wake up call if they realized their jobs and the family’s welfare was nearly solely on their shoulders. If my wife doesn’t do her “job” we have a dirty house and it’s just more work for me. If I don’t do my job, there goes everything and there won’t be a house to clean, SUV, etc. I also give my wife credit because our kids are young, when they get older than 5 I know she’ll go back to work, but the wives that carry on the same routine, they are borderline worthless.
  • Anonymous

    2012-01-03T00:16:58.000Z

    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
  • Ken

    2012-06-12T01:28:37.000Z

    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!!!
  • ally

    2012-08-16T07:05:36.000Z

    To Anonymous, Feminism hasn't ruined women. It has made them better. More productive, more assertive, more independent, . Your wife does not sound like a feminist. You are confused. She sounds like she takes you for granted. You have been spoiling her and shes used to it. You need to sit down and make a list of chores that each ofshould do. That way she is clear about what she should contribute. Feminism improved women not ruinedthem.
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