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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH: but where are the diapers?
Me: I don't know. Did you order diapers?
DH: No, I thought...
Me: What?
DH: I can run out and get diapers.
Me: Sounds great!

And a day when my son had no clean pants...

DH: Does Johnny have any clean pants?
Me: I don't know. Are there any in the drawer?
DH: No.
Me: Hmmm. Okay, I guess not then.

He eventually started to realize how much I was doing and we share the load a lot more evenly now.[/quote]
AND WE HAVE A WINNER![/quote]
In fact, this is only step 1.  What couple has time for one of the partners to always be running out to the store?  Some men (or women) would be fine with putting out fires.  They might even feel proud of themselves for "helping out" that way.  Awareness is good only if it leads to a discussion of the household functions, and who will manage each one.  [/quote]

Yeah, obviously. The point is that most men don't even realize the work women are doing so it's hard to start that conversation without a wakeup call like the above.[/quote]

This cuts both ways.

Pretty sure there are many things that I do that are taken for granted

I don't sit around with my friends complaining , invent terms like invisible labor and make cartoons about it though. [/quote]

I guess the stuff you do for the family takes a lot less time and energy than your wife's invisible labor then.[/quote]

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