marriage means 7 more hrs housework for wife

carey24 · Post by **carey24** » April 8, 2008 8:17 am

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,347528,00.html

yet another reason I am still single (and refuse to have kids).

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » April 8, 2008 8:54 am

This doesn't make sense. Single women still have to cook and clean. They get married and they have someone to cut the grass and take out the garbage. Sounds like they have less work when they get married not more.

dnw · Post by **dnw** » April 8, 2008 9:27 am

I think it is more than 7 hours a week.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 8, 2008 10:30 am

dnw wrote:I think it is more than 7 hours a week.

I KNOW it is more than 7 hours per week.

I put in a good 2-3 hours per weeknight, plus more on weekends.

However, the ROI is HUGE.

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » April 8, 2008 11:43 am

Can you say LAUNDRY?

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » April 8, 2008 11:55 am

<<----- on strike until the boys in the house start to pick up after themselves. I am not the ^&%$^%$ maid.... Been on strike for quite a while now.....

Mottola-Buffett · Post by **Mottola-Buffett** » April 8, 2008 11:57 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:<<----- on strike until the boys in the house start to pick up after themselves. I am not the ^&%$^%$ maid.... Been on strike for quite a quile now.....

I Love that! My mom used to go on strike.

IrishPirate · Post by **IrishPirate** » April 8, 2008 11:59 am

Mottola-Buffett wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:<<----- on strike until the boys in the house start to pick up after themselves. I am not the ^&%$^%$ maid.... Been on strike for quite a quile now.....
I Love that! My mom used to go on strike.

So I'm not the ONLY one!

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » April 8, 2008 12:01 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:<<----- on strike until the boys in the house start to pick up after themselves. I am not the ^&%$^%$ maid.... Been on strike for quite a quile now.....

Does anyone notice or care?

carey24 · Post by **carey24** » April 8, 2008 12:39 pm

Skibo wrote:This doesn't make sense. Single women still have to cook and clean. They get married and they have someone to cut the grass and take out the garbage. Sounds like they have less work when they get married not more.

Ah yes but then you are cooking for two and cleaning up after two. And if he's anything like my ex (whose mommy did his laundry and cleaned his room for him until he moved in with me) it's worse than having a child.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » April 8, 2008 12:41 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:<<----- on strike until the boys in the house start to pick up after themselves. I am not the ^&%$^%$ maid.... Been on strike for quite a quile now.....

They will wait you out.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » April 8, 2008 12:44 pm

Did they do a study on how much more nagging the husband has to deal with?

citcat · Post by **citcat** » April 8, 2008 12:48 pm

Shoot, just cleaning around the toilet (it's a MAN thing) takes up a big chunk of time.

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » April 8, 2008 12:52 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:Did they do a study on how much more nagging the husband has to deal with?

I quit picking up after my boys, don't say a word about it (they're 'responsible' after all) ..then I (eventually) get bitched at because the house is a mess.

Nagging is a POV, my friend.

thebeachbumm33 · Post by **thebeachbumm33** » April 8, 2008 12:55 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:Did they do a study on how much more nagging the husband has to deal with?

Don't even get me started on that

The funny thing is these woman knew what we were like before they married us, they were at our apartments, they saw we lived on nothing but beer, rum, and take out. They knew there was no vacuum, furniture polish or bathroom cleaner in our apartments. With all of this knowledge they still said "I Do"

Carolinadreamin' · Post by **Carolinadreamin'** » April 8, 2008 1:13 pm

I can see this......I prolly did most of the housework and childcare during our 27 yr marriage.....certainly 99% of the cooking....I'm not fond of eating hot dogs or pizza every day.....

Don't throw anything at me but........

my husband lately is way crazy about the house being clean, he vacuums more than I ever do (and since I went back to work full time, we have a cleaning lady twice a month)......he's also crazy about doing the laundry and ironing.....I just let him have at it......

Don't get me wrong....I want the house clean when company comes over and I can hyperventilate when I go in my teenager's room.....but sometimes he gets out of control......he cares more than I do at this point

And no, I don't rent him out....he has other talents that I do fully appreciate......

IrishPirate · Post by **IrishPirate** » April 8, 2008 1:25 pm

Carolinadreamin' wrote:I can see this......I prolly did most of the housework and childcare during our 27 yr marriage.....certainly 99% of the cooking....I'm not fond of eating hot dogs or pizza every day.....

Don't throw anything at me but........

my husband lately is way crazy about the house being clean, he vacuums more than I ever do (and since I went back to work full time, we have a cleaning lady twice a month)......he's also crazy about doing the laundry and ironing.....I just let him have at it......

Don't get me wrong....I want the house clean when company comes over and I can hyperventilate when I go in my teenager's room.....but sometimes he gets out of control......he cares more than I do at this point

And no, I don't rent him out....he has other talents that I do fully appreciate......

YOU my friend. . . . . have raised him well!

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » April 8, 2008 1:25 pm

Carolinadreamin' wrote:I can see this......I prolly did most of the housework and childcare during our 27 yr marriage.....certainly 99% of the cooking....I'm not fond of eating hot dogs or pizza every day.....

Don't throw anything at me but........

my husband lately is way crazy about the house being clean, he vacuums more than I ever do (and since I went back to work full time, we have a cleaning lady twice a month)......he's also crazy about doing the laundry and ironing.....I just let him have at it......

Don't get me wrong....I want the house clean when company comes over and I can hyperventilate when I go in my teenager's room.....but sometimes he gets out of control......he cares more than I do at this point

And no, I don't rent him out....he has other talents that I do fully appreciate......

he can open olive jars, and reach stuff on the top shelf of the cupboard?

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » April 8, 2008 1:30 pm

Dezdmona wrote:
SharkOnLand wrote:Did they do a study on how much more nagging the husband has to deal with?
I quit picking up after my boys, don't say a word about it (they're 'responsible' after all) ..then I (eventually) get bitched at because the house is a mess.

Nagging is a POV, my friend.

Anyone b*tched at me because I didn't pick up their mess, it would probably result in my immediate and permanent departure.... Then not long after I stopped making the mortgage payments the bank would own the house, but by then I'd have disappeared down island, somewhere.

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » April 8, 2008 1:34 pm

hey.. i cook, clean, do the laundry, yard work, and take care of the cars.