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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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.

What a fu.cki.ng cu.nt you are, that's why I'm staying away from marriage, women usually turn into complete cun.ts. Why not talk to him about the issue and how much it bothers you instead of plotting a revenge ? jesus christ I wish I were gay sometimes. Yes I'm a guy but doing that to your husband just for saying those words is mean, it shows you don't really care about him, and the fact that he offered himself to do all the household chores means he cares about you. If you don't have a job then YOU DON'T WORK.

Of course you're working, you're raising a family. In that case, the stay-at-home spouse usually does work the same 8 - 10 hour day as the spouse who has a job outside the home. As long as you're both putting in roughly the same number of hours, it shouldn't be an issue. My wife works part time -- usually a day or two a week. What kills me is that she saves all the household chores for when I get home so we can do them together. "I'm not your maid" and "we should share equally in taking care of the home" are the comments with which I'm most familiar. Really? I work 50 hours a week, you work 10. What are you doing in those spare 40? "What would you do without me?" I ask. "Get a full time job to support myself" she says. Hmmmm... So you'd only work if you needed the money? And not because it represents a fair investment of effort in our future? "Well you make 10x the money I do! I doesn't make sense for me to work..." Does it occur to you that the reason I make more is that I've been working my ass off for 20 years? Apparently not. So if your work in the home doesn't amount to an equitable amount of time that your husband spends working outside the home -- quit complaining. I do love how you get angry about all the things you do for your husband (meals, laundry, etc.), but don't give him credit for working all day to pay for the food, clothes, home, etc.

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!!!

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

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!

Alleluia! 😅

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