Reminds me of the guy my cousin married. He was "nice enough" to offer me and DD move in with them 3 states away so they could "raise DD up right and get me straightened out". It was really hard to not go off in the funeral home on the p.o.s.
Where I used to work had a sign hung up in the back room with rules to a happy marriage. I read it once and was highly unappreciative with what it said. I think it takes two to be a relationship so why not do it together. I am a stay at home mom so I do most of the cooking and cleaning but FH has no problem running the sweeper, doing laundry, or dishes. He normally does the outside duties and I do inside until winter then we both work together.
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WAIT A SEC...
People AREN'T getting married for help with the chores?
Am I doing this all wrong? I mean, FH is great and all but nothing gives me a wife-on like watching him do the dishes. Mmm-MMM! Dry that platter, baby. Dry it good. And later, I'm gonna make him polish the furniture til I'M satisfied!
Stupid, retrograde bullshit. And I'm so happy to live in a year when people recognise this as an isolated pocket of stupid rather than anything that should be taken seriously.
Urgh this is exactly how my future in laws are , it's also how my FH wants things to be . We also have pre-martial classes with our pastor that help us with our God given "roles"0
I am a SAHM and I do make an extra effort to do things to make FH's life easier. He works a lot of hours outside the house, so it's far more difficult for him to work here. He cleans the kitchen every morning and mows the lawn once a week, but I do nearly everything else related to home. I cook, clean, run errands, handle appointments for the kids, attend school functions, do laundry, make FH's lunch, and so on. I enjoy it and for the most part I have a great deal of satisfaction knowing that I have been able to care for my family in this way. Not everyone is able due to finances or lack of desire (and I think that like any "job," it's not for everyone.) That being said, I've gone on strike when he and the kids haven't been appreciative and I am treated with respect.I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with taking care of ones family for a living, instead of having a career, but making it seem like a marriage will fail or Jesus will be sad if a woman doesn't slave for her man is inappropriate. -_-
We're both full grown adults capable of taking care of ourselves, we both work full time jobs and both take care of OUR house. I don't need protecting, he doesn't need a maid. We both try to do things to make each other's lives easier when we can, because a relationship is a two-way street, not...whatever this is.