Re: What counts as ‘impressive’ for a girl?
^At this point, it seems to be a question of semantics to be quite honest. After all, why does the OP want to go out of her way or do something extra? Because she wants it to be viewed as impressive and get that “oh your husband is so lucky” comment, which is, in essence, getting “ooh and aah” for what she does. Personally, I don’t think there is anything wrong with that but let’s not make it come across as more complicated than it really is.
Also, what mzprincess and the other posters were trying to be point out is that the reason her husband gets applause for doing things outside of his job is for that very reason: it is *outside *of his job and separate from his job duties. In the case of housewives, there is nothing (home related) which they can do that is considered impressive because all tasks related to the home and the running of the home are viewed as part of their job. Hence, nothing they do which is related to the home will get “ooh and ahh” because it is not viewed as something extra but rather, as something they should be doing anyway. What the posters were implying is that if a housewife would like to receive the same “applause” as her husband for doing a bit “extra,” that “extra” must be something that is not related to the home and the running of the home.