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Originally Posted by StanT
As a rebuttal to the male bashing going on it the Ladies Lounge (The woman does it all), I'd like to open the topic to men, as well.
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Hey now, to be honest I don't think there's any general men-bashing going on, it's pretty specific, and I see more than a few responses that disagree.
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Originally Posted by StanT
I get nagged about housework constantly by my wife. Dirty dishes, mopping, dusting, you name it. I'll be the first to admit that she is correct in stating that I do less than half of the housekeeping. However, that really isn't the entire story. I work 60+ hrs a week in a high stress, well compensated job. I pay the entire mortgage and the majority of the bills. My wife works 35 hours a week and makes her own car and health care payments. I maintain 5 vehicles, do all of the yard work, all of the snow removal (not trivial at my house), fix everything that breaks, and am in the midst of remodeling the kitchen. I also do all of the cooking and most of the shopping.
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This doesn't sound like a typical arrangement, what with all your overtime, plus the additional things you still do. It's certainly not like this in my household.
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Originally Posted by StanT
In the greater scheme of things, I believe I work harder around the house than she does.
So, how is labor divided at your house? and am I the only one that feels men get unfairly bitched at over housework?
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Weellll, feeling like one is being unfairly bitched at is a relative thing (just sayin'). And there surely are many in the world who feel unfairly bitched at, whether or not it's truely unfair.
For example, if a person chops up an onion, and then later uses that as an excuse to storm around the house proclaiming that they had made dinner just the previous night (and no, we generally do not dine on raw chopped onions), well then you can see how laughable a situation that is (and yes, it's 100% real and unembellished). And perhaps you can see how frustrating it can be to live like that.
I truely am trying to learn to deal with this kind of thing better (and for the record I don't bitch, but I do get resentful). Trying to find that fine line of live and let live (happier), and losing myself and my standards to appease the lowest common denominator.