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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why I don’t work. Seriously. I knew I’d end up doing all this crap by myself anyway. So I’ll be damned if I’m going to WOH too. I’m much less resentful this way because all of this stuff is in fact my “job.”[/quote]
Same, and DH knows it too. [/quote]

I don’t get this. Most of the women I know who are resentful about spouse not lifting a finger are SAH. For us personally, I feel like WOH has resulted in a more equitable mindset and balance. I do not know SAH women whose husbands cook, do laundry, do dishes, change diapers, and take kids to medical appointments. [/quote]

I’m a SAHM. My husband does all the above (cooking, dishes, laundry, general childcare such as changing diapers, going to kids’ appointments) when he can. Obviously I do it more since I don’t have another job but when he’s with us, he’s a very involved father who wants to do the childcare stuff and he also is very aware of and hands on with the household chores and management stuff. It’s probably still 85% me doing that stuff but I feel like we are very equal partners...it’s not like I have to do it all all the time just because I’m a SAHM. My SAHM friends report that their husbands are generally also helpful. I think the idea of the working dad and SAHM where the wife is serving him meals and cleaning up after him while he ignores the kids and doesn’t respect his wife is quite antiquated. The majority of the modern fathers/husbands I know personally are very involved parents and partners.[/quote]

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