This "freeloader" thing...not many women actually sit at home watching soaps and eating bonbons all day. Sure there are some but they arent anywhere near a majority.
Stay-home wives (no kids) actually have alot to do as far as every day tasks and when those are done, there are always the extras. Like, do the sheets every other day instead of once a week, special meals, gardening and spice-growing. Once the kids arrive, all bets are off. Some women can do the career AND mom AND household thing well. But not many.
Think about replacement costs. Laundry, food shopping, meal prep, cleaning, marketing, homework, shuttling kids around, arranging and sometimes hosting playdates, childcare, appointments, teacher conferences.
Being a stay-home mom is WAY more difficult than a challenging and profitable career. WAY more rewarding for sure. But also way more monotonous. And there is the challenge.
When you have a spouse who understands this, it makes all the difference.
But either way, being able to be a stay-home mom and wife is a blessing.
Stay-home wives (no kids) actually have alot to do as far as every day tasks and when those are done, there are always the extras. Like, do the sheets every other day instead of once a week, special meals, gardening and spice-growing.
Sorry, this doesn't entice me in the least. Most people still get all those extras done on the weekend, which is more than enough for most.
Couple sits down to special meal, that's no longer special as he gets the same standard everyday
"How was your day dear?"
I would rather be a freeloader… I don’t care what anyone else would think
Too bad my husband is clever than that and didn’t mind me working. Imagine the life I would lead… wake up at noon, play video games all day and eat outside all the time… ayaaashi
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well it's not like the conversation would be any more riveting if the wife talked about how stressed she was at work!
I beg to differ. If she has an interesting and challenging job, she would have things to talk about. And the husband would also be able to talk about his work more openly.
Also, interaction with other people during the day usually gives you something more to talk about with your spouse. And not the "did you know what so and so's husband/SIL/MIL/BIL did?".
Unless of course you are a very interesting person and spend your time at home in intellectual pursuits. Rare :(
HAH! I have tons of interesting stories to tell my hubby about work and he has too, but we got so sick of discussing those.... now when we come home, work-related discussions are off-limits. Welcome to the real world.
HAH! I have tons of interesting stories to tell my hubby about work and he has too, but we got so sick of discussing those.... now when we come home, work-related discussions are off-limits. Welcome to the real world.
If they were interesting, why would you get sick of it? hmmm??
If they were interesting, why would you get sick of it? hmmm??
They eventually lead to complaints about how stressful the day was and how we pay sooo much taxes and then budgeting and savings and how I should cut back on my starbucks and all that crap :p
Hm, sure, some working people like to complain about their job every day. So…marry someone who likes their work?
Plenty of career women who have fun doing what they do, and can actually hold a conversation.
Ex. of PCG as a Housewife:
I just got home today early. So…I figured I’d clean. I’ve cleaned the living room, and done some dishes. Need to do the room and bathroom.
This is the most BORING work ever. I can’t find one thing to start a conversation with, other than a riveting story of finding a piece of tupperware sitting in a plastic bag from some lunch last week that had puffy mold growing in there…it looked a lot like black cotton candy.
I might get pneumonia this weekend from breathing in spores.
Every time I go to one of my friends' (irish) house, their house is a disaster! And most irish mothers are full time workers.... My mom herself works but she manages the house very well. I wonder if its a desi thing to get caught up in keeping the house clean... ?
Coz I certainly don't see irish mothers paying attention to whether there's dust on the TV or stuff like that...
Every time I go to one of my friends' (irish) house, their house is a disaster! And most irish mothers are full time workers.... My mom herself works but she manages the house very well. I wonder if its a desi thing to get caught up in keeping the house clean... ?
Coz I certainly don't see irish mothers paying attention to whether there's dust on the TV or stuff like that...
Probably because they've better things to do than worry about a bit of dust on some piece of furniture?
