why do men think....

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@Croquet

exactly it is not hectic for those who havent tried it perhaps. try feeding a baby urself, if it was upto to men human race would cease to exist and if by miracle a kid did get through he would die of neglect. running a house ,with children is as hectic and as stressful as it can get. the stakes are much higher and add to that financia lower bracket and it is a life time job, thankless job if the man around you think it is easy.

yawn been there done that, usually when kids are sick I am the one at home with them because my job is more flexible and I can decide to work from home pretty much any day. I saw my dad do the same when my mom had been in an accident and fractured her leg, taking care of the whole house, breakfast, dinner, laundry, and that on top oe onf full time job and one side consulting gig he worked on in evenings.

but since we are making baseless statements, let me join in. if it were up to women, human race would still be living in caves and just putting potions, lotions and ointments on their faces :halo:

@mizzrani

it is because we let them think that being at home is an easy job , its not until u will make ur husband realize what exaclty u do will he understand

it may be mean but i make sure my husband appreciates that i make his meals keep the house clean and etc. and if he doesnt i tell him what an unappreciative cow he is and how tomorrow he cn make his own breakfast and lunch n dinner. that usually does the trick

some of us women here really need to toughen up .

sorry, but dealing with kids and home is no where close to being as stressful as dealing with customers, bosses, workplace politics, job security and all. does your husband make sure that you appreciate that he brings the money that keeps the house running?

I think its not the girls who ned to toughen up, but guys and tell ladies to snap out of the princess lala land many expect

@Straight_up

House wives clean up everyone’s mess! Laundry is multiplied, dishes, cooking - everything. Cleaning more than one room, more than one bathroom - keeping track of everyone, it’s anything but a vacation at home.

The question is, is the work equivalent to 10 solid hours of work a day? I mean how much laundry does one have to do, and how much more time does it take to run two loads than one? is loading a dishwasher for 4 people significantly more time consuming than loading it for 2 people?

if a house is well organized and maintained, the houskeeping stuff is maybe a couple of hours a day, no more. do people not know of multitasking? toss a load in the washing machine, as its running run the dishwasher, make the beds, vacuum quickly (and it takes maybe a couple of minutes a room to do that and honestly, you dont need to vacuuum daily anyways, or dust, or mop. wiping down bathroom surfaces takes how long?

the reason that it seems so long is probably the pace, breaks to gossip on phone, watch TV, etc etc. all whinging aside, there is a reason that daytime television has viewers, because sorry ladies, but you are not working those daytime hours at some solid pace..somebody is watching that TV, and really its not men and women who are at the office.

There is no issue with stay at home mums, when i was a kid, my mum stayed at home, and when we were older and in school, she went back to work. we never felt a difference in the home, she balanced it and my dad helped her.

working women manage homes as well, often with high stress jobs during daytime.

I dont the work of stay at home ladies being tougher than working women, especially when kids become school age and are out of home for a number hours a day.