Seriously, the women at DCUM arr a bitter lot.......... |
| I get my wife a t-shirts. She has a whole stcak of them by now and are all redlective of her quirks. Eg one that said "hugs and kisses accepted" and on the back "randomly, but from my husband only". Another than said "i make my husband chocolate milk and insist he drinks it with a straw" |
| I get my wife scrunchies |
Why are you not.... helping mow the grass, rake the leaves, shovel the snow, take care of car maintenance, chop wood for the fire place, helping paint the deck or power wash the patio furniture, or outside on the hottest day of the summer standing over a 500* grille cooking burgers an dog for larla's friends... |
Tee hee hee. All feminism out of the window judt about NOW |
So basically you get her t shirts about you? Awwww. |
I do all those things. |
| I offer to help her apply vagisil |
Your husband is a deadbeat. Want a new one? |
| I swear to God, just say thank you more. Whatever she does that makes your life easier, instead of taking it for granted like it's in her job description, ACTUALLY THANK HER. My husband did this the other day when I booked a flight for our son while he was at work. I let him know I had gotten it booked and he said "Thank you" instead of just okay or good. And it really made me feel appreciated. |
No we do all those chores as a team. He also cooks 2 times a week, I cook 2 times a week, leftovers 1 day, eat out 1 day and we usually have plans with friends 1 day. He also does laundry... so do I... so do my kids. He is not a child and I am not a princess. We are adults. It's called team work. |
| Buy her an expensive gift, return it and show her the paper trail. It just saves her so much time. |
If you earn the same amount of money as you DH, you dhare work 50/50. If your DH earns 4x than you do, I think you should do 80% of housework. Likewise if DW earns 4x than husband, DH should do 80% of housework. Bottomline total contribution to family should be the same either on a $ contributed or in time contributed |
| Let's me be a SAHM as well as manage the household, childcare, food, etc so I can work towards my dream of being a Zumba instructor/private trainer. |
I don't look at it that way. My H works 50 hours a week, I work 40 ... I make more. I don't have him do more housework because I make more money. |