Successful Men vs. Successful Women

You come home from work, you’re able to probably squeeze some more work in before you get to bet, and then sleep on time on a properly dusted bed with sheets changed and pillow covers taught and clean, a bathroom that is spotless, dinner that is cooked, clothes washed and tucked away. You’re probably a guy.

So how does it feel for someone to do all this work for you? Great? Yeah I bet, ok, that’s fantastic.

I gotta do all YOUR work, PLUS all the work your WIFE does, PLUS women’s incomes for the same job positions are shown to be paid less compared to their male counterparts.

You wanna complain about your life? Come here, bachoo, you live here, I’ll live with your wife, we’ll do a switch, worry not, I’ll be a better husband to her than you were and you can do my laundry. :blush:

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PCG you started GSing from your handheld too ? :nono:

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hahaha i love ur posts ::khumar:

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That’s actually not true. It’s just one of those BS things that feminists like to spout. Here’s a report undertaken by CONSAD on behalf of the US Department of Labor. Here’s the last paragraph of the foreword:

“Although additional research in this area is clearly needed, this study leads to the unambiguous conclusion that the differences in the compensation of men and women are the result of a multitude of factors and that the raw wage gap should not be used as the basis to justify corrective action. Indeed, there may be nothing to correct. The differences in raw wages may be almost entirely the result of the individual choices being made by both male and female workers.”

Translation: women choose better lifestyles. Men leave jobs, move around, and take more dangerous and intensive jobs to earn more money. I’ve even seen reports that show that single women actually get paid more than single men in some careers. You can’t just compare the wage gap in “finance”, obviously the investment banker is going to get paid more than the accountant. Even within banking, a guy working 100 hours with Goldman is going to get paid more than someone working 70-80 hours at a boutique.

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I am resolved. I am going to sit in downtown Dallas's high rise coffee shops, so when all the investment bankers, accountants, and Goldman guys (ok, I REALLY do not know the differences) pass by, I can flash them with my smile while coyly sipping my coffee...(and then going back in a harried fashion to finishing the files on my computer before I get another beating at work).

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Lol I’d be careful…

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The rest of your post is true though. Women usually do get stuck with domestic chores, especially amongst desis. I’m a bit sheltered with regard to the “battle of the sexes” as my dad is great with house work and helping out with cooking and cleaning. Some of the stories on here are an eye opener.

p.s. I’m sure you’ve heard of Goldman Sachs (GS), that’s what I was referring to. Larger banks like GS usually offer more pay for bankers, but work them to death. For the first few years it really is hell.

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some people do have it easy.......there's no doubt about it.
having said that, my insistence on a career is purely that.....my insistence.
I could sit at home and be "kept" but I don't find that sort of lifestyle attractive/fulfilling so I work.
Yes....this means that not only am I busy with my full time job at work, I have another full-time job as a wife and mother......and another as a housekeeper and cook. This is by choice so I don't feel that I am in a position to complain about it.
A little appreciation wouldn't hurt though.

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I appreciate you, grand poobah.

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Completely agree with Ghost.

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In all the top companies , mostly top positions are with women . If they are still getting paid less then don't blame men for that .

and yea when a woman decides to marry a man , it just means she is picking lesser evil .

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awww.....that brought a tear to my eye......thankoooo

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No thanks.

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enough..

so lets talk reality and not fairy tales for a sec..

I come home from work, and see that begum has picked up the kids from after school programs, every day I help with dinner or the dishes before and after dinner. I then sit with my kids and my wife and we make sure the kids homework is done. I often help get their baths ready, and if i dont and my wife does, then i help them dry up and change into Pjs. we then go to play room and play games, or watch some kids show together. and then i read one of them a book, tuck them and its usually 8:30-9 pm by then. then begum and I hang out until bed time.

mornings, I wake up, go make breakfast for kids, coffee for begum and myself, come upstairs give her a coffee cup and start getting ready, while begum has gotten ready and is getting kids up and ready, makes sure kids are dressed and ready to go, either she or I will pack their snacks or lunch. I wait for the bus to come and put my son on the bus, come back, begum is leaving around then, give her a kiss goodbye, and get my daughter in my car and drop her at her school and then go to work.

I do my own laundry, take out trash, clean the bathrooms, keep all floors clean, make sure water softener has salt, furnace filter is changed, humidifier panel is changed, bulbs are changed, smoke detectors are tested and are working fine, cars are fueled and serviced, shovel snow when needed, and keep the yard sorted otherwise, keep driveway and sidewalks clear and clean, put up and take down holiday lights, clean gutters, trim trees, change bulbs, unclog toilets and snake out toys that get in there. summers I am out taking kids to the park, and winter I am with them in the basement as they ride their bikes or other assorted wheeled items. when they are sick, I stay home with them because I have flexibility to work from home if needed.

oh yes, the bedsheet is nice and white and clean and taut and fresh, I think its because begum and I both changed it last night..actually if i recall she took the old sheet off and brought the clean one, and i changed it.

Yes I am successful, and I love everything I do for my family, its not always easy and it means I have less time for my hobbies, and have to plan ahead for time with buddies, and watch less TV than I used to, and am even less on GS than I used to…

and you know what, I am not a anomaly, i see my brother, my cousins, my dad, my friends..I see no kings of the castle type in overwhelming numbers, a small percentage ..sure. But then there is a small percentage of women who are slobs and cant run a household even if they dont have a career, does not mean everyone is that way.

Doubt you can be a better husband PCG. sorry.

and neither can the whiners who are dying because they cant be arsed to cook one meal a day but have all the time in the world to post non stop on GS.
You think guys have it easy? no, guys dont have it easy, but guys dont whine, and they dont whine because they dont think putting effort for their loved ones is some god awful task. Yes..even the guy who expects to have his house clean and food cooked every day when he gets home if his wife is not working, he has not lived like some king while he has not been home from 7 or 7:30 am until 6 or 6:30 pm…working, dealing with colleagues, boss, clients, suppliers, deadlines, issues, budgets, targets..

lets get real :slight_smile:

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PCG ab theek rahi ho ??

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ok so guys shouldnt complain.

what about single women? why are they complaining about this? some kind of defense mechanism to justify being single?

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thats cruel man!!!

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X2 gimme a break, you know you’re one of a kind. :snooty: If all desi men were like you, Pakistan wouldn’t be the crap show that it is, and we wouldn’t all be running away from our homes.

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^as he says..he is 75% bachelor...what you say??

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read your signature to yourself

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Add to it all the **** one has to deal with at work.