marriage means 7 more hrs housework for wife

[Wino you know]

SEVEN MORE HOURS OF HOUSEWORK FOR THE WIFE?

Tell the sonofab|tch who wrote that G.D. article to bring his sorry fat a$$ over to my house anytime!

[Salukulady]

Look. It's very simple.

Twenty-five years ago this woman I'm with agreed to marry me (I still don't know why - she could have had anybody she chose).

I determined long ago to never give her a reason to reconsider. I cook. I clean. I listen. I give good back rub. Whatever it takes. I'm not the best, but I do my best.

My advice to any young guy just starting out is this: cook, clean, listen and give good back rub - you'll be a very happy man.

Oh and don't forget this: you will have to kill the occasional spider . . .

very smart man.....

[SchoolGirlHeart]

Look. It's very simple.

Twenty-five years ago this woman I'm with agreed to marry me (I still don't know why - she could have had anybody she chose).

I determined long ago to never give her a reason to reconsider. I cook. I clean. I listen. I give good back rub. Whatever it takes. I'm not the best, but I do my best.

My advice to any young guy just starting out is this: cook, clean, listen and give good back rub - you'll be a very happy man.

Oh and don't forget this: you will have to kill the occasional spider . . .

very smart man.....

Yes.

[SchoolGirlHeart]

Plus, if you are doing things right, you should be sharing that responsibility with your spouse.

Bingo.

Studies like this just annoy me; what don't they take that time and energy and doing something useful for community, environment, etc.

They annoy me, too, since there's a good chance my tax dollars pay for them.

You wanna be really annoyed? Between $1.5 million and $13.8 million of your tax dollars are going to be spent on this:

SUMMARY The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Proposals from organizations interested in submitting proposals to support technologies that will maximize freedom of expression and the free flow of information and ideas through minimizing the success of repressive technologies in censoring and silencing peaceful expressions of political, religious, and ideological views on the Internet. These technologies should be either Internet-based technologies that can directly counter Internet censorship tools, or mobile technologies that circumvent Internet censorship by disseminating information through other media. Proposed activities should promote Internet freedom in restricted environments, including the Middle East and Asia.

Or how about $470,000 for this:

Funding Opportunity Description The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), announces the availability of funds to be awarded by Cooperative Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “grant” or “Cooperative Agreement”) to one qualifying organization to support job placement of PWDs [persons with disabilities] in the Costa Rican labor market

I'd sure rather see AMERICANS with disabilities be trained with half a million of my tax dollars.

More of the same here: http://www.grants.gov...



Yep, pet peeve, misuse of my tax dollars.....

[ragtopW]

Will someone send me a Married Lady to do my house Work??


I mean.. I will kill her Spiders..

[NotJust64]

<<----- 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.....

Been saying that quote for years.....didn't work. To my advantage, I am having knee replacement on Thurs. DH is going to have to cook, clean, laundry, take care of kids ( whining,driving,fighting,homework,chores), dogs, cats, turtles......most of all, BE AT MY BECK AND CALL FOR 3 F#$%g weeks. Oh the glory of payback !!! All the while I sit ( rehab when not looking) in my medically induced stooper and WATCH HIM LOOSE HIS EVER LOVING MIND !!

WOW, that felt good.

[SMLCHNG]

I've been doing housework and chores ever since I can remember, married or not.

I take care of household stuff because I choose to, cause I want things the way *I* want them. E helps, when I need/ask him to. My son takes care of his own room/laundry and takes out the trash, empties / loads dishwasher when asked.. or asked twice.

[Hockey Mon]

More of the same here: http://www.grants.gov...

I can't look. I'll get too annoyed.

[pbans]

I really don't know if I have seven hours a week more work......

but I do know that I get more phone calls that say, "I was thinking about you, what are you doing?"

I get more "Mom, you look so pretty today..."

I get more "Screw housework, let's just go for a long ride."

I get more laughter, more joy, more love, more companionship than I could have ever hoped for in my life.

If that means I have to unload a dishwasher or wash a load of dirty undies.....small freaking price to pay for all that.

[ConchRepublican]

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

Me too! Well, not the car thing . . . and yard work is tougher with that bacd back . . . and laundry, does dry cleaning count??? Well . . . I cook, do dishes, run errands and stay out of the way on cleaning days!

[ConchRepublican]

I don't really think this is a problem unless the men are complaining.

It's a problem for me. I'd much prefer to live in a neat, tidy house but I'm not the f'ing maid and I'm not going to pick up after lazy slobs.

Ahhh . . . so it's all about you!

(ducking!!!)

[Dally]

I don't really think this is a problem unless the men are complaining.

It's a problem for me. I'd much prefer to live in a neat, tidy house but I'm not the f'ing maid and I'm not going to pick up after lazy slobs.

Ahhh . . . so it's all about you!

(ducking!!!)

screw ducking.....you better start piling the dirt on top of that hole you just dug yourself into!!!

[SchoolGirlHeart]

I don't really think this is a problem unless the men are complaining.

It's a problem for me. I'd much prefer to live in a neat, tidy house but I'm not the f'ing maid and I'm not going to pick up after lazy slobs.

Ahhh . . . so it's all about you!

(ducking!!!)

In my house, unfortunately, it's definitely not all about me.......

Once I was gone for a week (for work), and my sons literally didn't notice....

[popcornjack]

I don't really think this is a problem unless the men are complaining.

It's a problem for me. I'd much prefer to live in a neat, tidy house but I'm not the f'ing maid and I'm not going to pick up after lazy slobs.

Ahhh . . . so it's all about you!

(ducking!!!)

In my house, unfortunately, it's definitely not all about me.......

Once I was gone for a week (for work), and my sons literally didn't notice....

You want I should come down there smack some sense into those ungrateful SOB's?

[SchoolGirlHeart]

I don't really think this is a problem unless the men are complaining.

It's a problem for me. I'd much prefer to live in a neat, tidy house but I'm not the f'ing maid and I'm not going to pick up after lazy slobs.

Ahhh . . . so it's all about you!

(ducking!!!)

In my house, unfortunately, it's definitely not all about me.......

Once I was gone for a week (for work), and my sons literally didn't notice....

You want I should come down there smack some sense into those ungrateful SOB's?

It's not so much ungrateful.... I think it's their self-defense mechanism.... probably grew out of that little event in the fall of 2001 when I left for a year on two weeks notice.....

[SchoolGirlHeart]

It is sometimes amusing, though.....

Cell phone rings, I answer.

Son #2: Mom? Can you pick me up from track?

Me: Son, call your father. I'm in Wisconsin.




(Yes, Alpine.)

[popcornjack]

It is sometimes amusing, though.....

Cell phone rings, I answer.

Son #2: Mom? Can you pick me up from track?

Me: Son, call your father. I'm in Wisconsin.




(Yes, Alpine.)

[Dally]

It is sometimes amusing, though.....

Cell phone rings, I answer.

Son #2: Mom? Can you pick me up from track?

Me: Son, call your father. I'm in Wisconsin.




(Yes, Alpine.)

That's why I love ya, Jen!!!!!!

[ConchRepublican]

I don't really think this is a problem unless the men are complaining.

It's a problem for me. I'd much prefer to live in a neat, tidy house but I'm not the f'ing maid and I'm not going to pick up after lazy slobs.

Ahhh . . . so it's all about you!

(ducking!!!)

In my house, unfortunately, it's definitely not all about me.......

Once I was gone for a week (for work), and my sons literally didn't notice....

Jeez . . . that stinks. Seems like smacks in the head be in order. Nothing is more important that appreciating the love we have and being thankful for it everyday. But . . . teenage boys can live in their own world. No excuse though.

My wife and I very rarely fight, and I like to think that's a lot to do with my input. She's a hot blooded Italian, and grew up mostly with her Mom after her parents divorced. So she fought for everything in her life. I have never been much of a fighter with those I care about, if it's important to them it's important to me. And, early on, I always felt I never wanted anything bad I said to be the last thing I said to someone I love. (Who knows what tearjerker movie or country song left that mark on my childhood) Anyway, she's now adopted much of that same feeling. There aren't many things important to fight over if people are considerate of each other.

Anyway, EVERYONE should be appreciated in a relationship and nothing should ever be taken for granted. A certain morning in September of 2001 should have reminded everyone of that.

[ConchRepublican]

I don't really think this is a problem unless the men are complaining.

It's a problem for me. I'd much prefer to live in a neat, tidy house but I'm not the f'ing maid and I'm not going to pick up after lazy slobs.

Ahhh . . . so it's all about you!

(ducking!!!)

screw ducking.....you better start piling the dirt on top of that hole you just dug yourself into!!!

I kiid! I kiid!!!!