tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post5789248990385355290..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Housework Takes TimeSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-39152329434333204262019-09-30T08:32:11.058-07:002019-09-30T08:32:11.058-07:00Sorry to hear about your problems, Becky! I'm ...Sorry to hear about your problems, Becky! I'm glad that in my country, we still have widow pensions. It's probably a good idea for any lady who wishes to be a homemaker in a country without them to ask her husband to take a life insurance as a precaution. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-42746562222237605022019-09-26T13:52:52.300-07:002019-09-26T13:52:52.300-07:00I understand where you are coming from, yes I woul...I understand where you are coming from, yes I would 100% prefer to be a housewife. I AM still a housewife, with a home I spend hours cleaning daily so as to maintain a spotless home. I also have no other choice but to work full time, as I am widowed. Not everyone has the option to be home during the day, even if it's what would ultimately work best for them stress and time wise. Financially it might not be possible. Becky1983https://www.blogger.com/profile/17683864393563622497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-10694272314575153292018-06-07T06:49:03.088-07:002018-06-07T06:49:03.088-07:00Before my husband married, he had his mom come and...Before my husband married, he had his mom come and clean and often ate dinner at his sister's:) But it's because he works so hard. Even nowadays, most men's jobs are more strenuous/high stress than women's. He tells me when he's home he just wants to relax and not to follow a schedule when he has to eat at certain times and stress about whether all the tasks are done before the deadline. <br /><br />Work outside home is stressful, and the person who works whether a man or a woman just feel entitled to rest when they come home. It's a natural reaction to stress. That's why I think traditional labour division works better...Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-5723661252236845542018-06-07T06:21:33.976-07:002018-06-07T06:21:33.976-07:00I know of just one exception to the subject of a m...I know of just one exception to the subject of a man caring about housework. We knew an retired couple several years ago, and the husband always did the vacuuming every Friday morning. He was very meticulous, didn't rush, and he said that after all the years that his 'little lady' kept house as he worked, he could do the vacuuming for her now. Great blog!Mama Said Nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308677020217781633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-7936039032292617172018-06-07T03:36:25.918-07:002018-06-07T03:36:25.918-07:00Another point is that men usually just. dont. care...Another point is that men usually just. dont. care. about housework. That is why people argue so much nowadays; women usually have higher standards for housekeeping. So when the housework is divided, the nagging will be endless. <br /><br />I know this from my own experience. When I worked, we had a deal that my hubby vacuums, because I hate it. My husband is actually very tidy for a man, but he didn't feel he should vacuum at a particular day(s) of the week. He vacuumed when he felt like it. Which was usually when there was doghair up to our ankles... Same thing with laundry or dishes; he did those things when he felt like it. And that does not work with housework. <br /><br />It seems to me that many men do not understand the consistency of housework. Meaning you MUST do it regularly, very regularly, or it piles up and the task becomes too big. They also seem to get very easily very frustrated with the repetition. There is always laundry to do, and when you do it, you know tomorrow will be another laundry day. And this will go on the rest of your life. <br /><br />Why these things are so difficult to men, I do not know. But that's the way it is: single women usually have very tidy flats, single men -not so. Maybe women just like tidiness more, and have more imagination, so housework is not that boring to us?Housewife Outdoorsnoreply@blogger.com