Anonymous
12/19/2021 13:54
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
I hate to cook and do meal prep or planning.
My excuse was always that our kitchen is outdated and too small plus I had 3 DC who were each extremely picky eaters and two with two different nut allergies.
I also hate ironing. Recently donated out ironing board and iron. It’s downy wrinkle release or the steam setting in the dryer or maybe the handheld steamer.
Otherwise, I love to bake and decorate my house and gardening - I have a green thumb and love to plant my annual vegetable garden.
My excuse was always that our kitchen is outdated and too small plus I had 3 DC who were each extremely picky eaters and two with two different nut allergies.
I also hate ironing. Recently donated out ironing board and iron. It’s downy wrinkle release or the steam setting in the dryer or maybe the handheld steamer.
Otherwise, I love to bake and decorate my house and gardening - I have a green thumb and love to plant my annual vegetable garden.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 13:54
Subject: Re:Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
I channel nearly all my energy into figuring out how to have childcare so I can get away from my children. I have childcare 7 days a week (but not all day).
When we are facing a weekend with no childcare, I feel raw dread.
I’m leaving one of my children with a nanny and traveling at Christmas time with DH and the other child.
I have threads on this board where I’ve been told I’m literal trash and should have had an abortion.
So I guess I’m a clear domestic failure.
My kids seem to love me and I provide a good life for them. My DH doesn’t really help and it turns out my energy levels are probably below average. I didn’t realize these things til after the 2nd kid.
When we are facing a weekend with no childcare, I feel raw dread.
I’m leaving one of my children with a nanny and traveling at Christmas time with DH and the other child.
I have threads on this board where I’ve been told I’m literal trash and should have had an abortion.
So I guess I’m a clear domestic failure.
My kids seem to love me and I provide a good life for them. My DH doesn’t really help and it turns out my energy levels are probably below average. I didn’t realize these things til after the 2nd kid.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 13:34
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
I cannot fold a fitted shot, and really, I have no desire to learn. I wash the sheets and put them straight back on the bed.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 13:01
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
I don’t know how to buy produce or cook it. I can’t cook anything unless it comes frozen, like ravioli. I can iron but am lazy so don’t buy anything that needs ironing.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 12:32
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, I think my undergraduate and graduate degrees, my six-figure salary, my savings, my general disinterest in earning or holding such a stupid label disqualify me.
DH and I keep a nice home and like to cook. I think that makes us people who keep a nice home and like to cook, and doesn’t make us “domestic gods.”
OP here. I have all those things above, too. I also have a sense of humor.
I guess I don’t find Misogyny Olympics to be humorous.
I assume you don’t find anything humorous.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 12:25
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
Anonymous wrote:My nemesis is cleaning and tidying.
We are a family of 4 (tween and teen) in a house that is too small for us, most of us have various degrees of ADHD, and it's really had to have "a place for everything and everything in its place". My husband hoards, so the basement and garage are hard to use.
The clutter is just everywhere, which makes cleaning take longer than it should, since we have to lift things and go around things. And we do clean: we have dust mite and pollen allergies. But it's such a pain! Also, we have a beautiful, long-haired, double coated dog that unfortunately sheds like he wants to donate fur for orphans' coats, and a few hours after we vacuum... there's hair on the floor. Thank goodness we're not allergic to him.
Very similar to my house & family.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 11:09
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
My house looks nice, but I am also bad at the deep cleaning stuff. And while I can cook and bake, I don’t have time for it.
My mother-in-law can’t believe that my husband has to make himself breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the week. I work a job with ridiculous hours and only cook Saturday breakfast and Sunday dinner. Sorry!
My mother-in-law can’t believe that my husband has to make himself breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the week. I work a job with ridiculous hours and only cook Saturday breakfast and Sunday dinner. Sorry!
Anonymous
12/19/2021 10:40
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
I have a chair in my family room with a pile of folded clothes that I wait for my son to take his room-- he just continues to pull what he wants to wear off of the chair. I think this says something about my domestic skills and my parenting.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 10:36
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, I think my undergraduate and graduate degrees, my six-figure salary, my savings, my general disinterest in earning or holding such a stupid label disqualify me.
DH and I keep a nice home and like to cook. I think that makes us people who keep a nice home and like to cook, and doesn’t make us “domestic gods.”
OP here. I have all those things above, too. I also have a sense of humor.
I guess I don’t find Misogyny Olympics to be humorous.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 10:32
Subject: Re:Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
I am neat and well organized, love to decorate but I hate deep cleaning and am happy to pay someone to do it.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 10:30
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
Anonymous wrote:Not a good cook. My. mom was an amazing cook and there was always many homemade dishes on the table and in the fridge. I can make a few, but not well, and not all at once. I hate hosting for that reason. I want to learn to be better for my kids.
Me too, mother was a major fabulous home cook, lived in her kitchen and still does at 87. I can make about 5 things well. Husband now cooks so I may have lost even those minimal skills!
Anonymous
12/19/2021 10:09
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
Anonymous wrote:The only thing I’m good at is turning the lights off at night. And keeping tp stocked.
Keeping TP stocked is no small feat!
Anonymous
12/19/2021 10:05
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
Anonymous wrote:Let me count the ways.
I never fold clothes.
If a room is tidy, it stays that way for a few hours, tops.
I refuse to cook meals that require more than two pots/pans.
Except for a tree, I have never once decorated for Christmas.
I always go to bed with dirty dishes in the sink.
I do meal planning.
My bed is almost never made and I never make my kids make theirs.
I sweep and vacuum on an as-needed basis.
My signature meal is black beans heated up with lime and cumin and served with chips and salsa.
I only do my own laundry.
And many more! The best part is that I’m a SAHM.
I DONT do meal planning, that is.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 10:04
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
Let me count the ways.
I never fold clothes.
If a room is tidy, it stays that way for a few hours, tops.
I refuse to cook meals that require more than two pots/pans.
Except for a tree, I have never once decorated for Christmas.
I always go to bed with dirty dishes in the sink.
I do meal planning.
My bed is almost never made and I never make my kids make theirs.
I sweep and vacuum on an as-needed basis.
My signature meal is black beans heated up with lime and cumin and served with chips and salsa.
I only do my own laundry.
And many more! The best part is that I’m a SAHM.
I never fold clothes.
If a room is tidy, it stays that way for a few hours, tops.
I refuse to cook meals that require more than two pots/pans.
Except for a tree, I have never once decorated for Christmas.
I always go to bed with dirty dishes in the sink.
I do meal planning.
My bed is almost never made and I never make my kids make theirs.
I sweep and vacuum on an as-needed basis.
My signature meal is black beans heated up with lime and cumin and served with chips and salsa.
I only do my own laundry.
And many more! The best part is that I’m a SAHM.
Anonymous
12/19/2021 09:56
Subject: Ways in which you aren’t a domestic goddess
Don’t ask about my cleaning schedule. Only the dishes get washed as often as they should because I really like to cook.