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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it's a bit sexist, but I can be completely true.  My ex stopped caring how his actions affected me or whether I was happy, I divorced him, and now his life is not nearly as nice w/o me to plan nice trips, make the holidays special, cook nice meals, and otherwise create a nice family home environment.  We both worked and shared household chores, but like many women I took on those extra duties to make things nice and special.[/quote]

I think it tends to be true b/c women are more often the ones who weave and hold together the social fabric of the home (and society).  Women are often the ones who do the "executive function tasks"  things that make families function smoothly and are more often the ones who give more and do more. So when the women are not happy, those tasks may not be done, may not be done as well or as efficiently or may be done with some amount of resentment.  And since 'everyone' else benefits from the work that the 'happy wife' does, thus the saying.  I don't think it means that the wives are entitled and that men must subjugate their needs constantly for his wife.  But that doing things to ensure her happiness allows for the 'executive function tasks' to be completed, thus enabling his own happiness as well.[/quote]

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