Day Off,,what a joke.........

[cindylee137]

Yeh ,,some day off from work this turned out to be,,,,Geesh first had to get up early,,couldn't even sleep in...then had to drive to Vernon to the butchers to pick up our moose meat,,,the butcher is really busy and doesn't have room in the freezer so asked me to be there at 8am...Yeh then come home and face the mess in my house...no kidding looked like a tornado hit it...so yeh,,clean everywhere, do dishes ,,water plants ,,start laundry, vacuum everywhere then washed the floors....grrrrrrrrrrr...Day Off ,,,From What...Still have a hugh pile of laundry which needs folding,,,and try to think of what were going to have for dinner...

Is everyone's days off from work like this...just end up working at home.. (((

[martyp]

There's not a weekend that goes by that I don't sacrifice some portion to cleaning & contract work, so I certainly sympathize.

Try to look at it this way... since your home has had a good cleaning in the middle of the week, you might be able to enjoy more time not cleaning on the weekend. One only hopes. :hugging:

[cindylee137]

Oh I sooo wish..but I will be working all weekend...

[liljj07]

Aww that sucks I won`t be home this weekend either i am going to my grandparents while my parents have a weekend away.

[cindylee137]

Oh ,,,is that fair..got the boot for the weekend did you..LilJJ

[Guardian]

lol

mothers sure have it hard eh?

[cindylee137]

OH YEH..we sure do

[martyp]

lol

mothers sure have it hard eh?

Umm, how about something less sexist and more along the lines of "grown up adults who work hard to bring home a living wage while helping to keep the home environment clean and healthy who also take an active interest in their children's education and socialization while maintaining a loving relationship with their partners and at the same time try not to neglect quiet time for their own sanity's sake" have it hard.

And in case anyone's tempted to tell me that "grown up adults" is redundant... no it's not, because by no stretch of the imag9ination are all adults grown up.

Peace!

P.S. the above was not a rant, just a slight correction to show some respect to the good men of the forum.

[Guardian]

Yes, you're a real genius. Thank you for your input.

Peace!

[ignite]

This is how i get hubby to help around the house
him: "I'm hungry!"
Me: "Dishes need doing"
him: "I'm hungry!"
Me: I can't cook until you do the dishes!"
Him: ...*grunts and loads dishwasher*

He'd rather have my cooking than his

That being said, he usually helps if i ask. It just doesn't occur to him to do it automatically. He was brought up in a family where the mother waited on him and his father hand and foot...in the 8 months i lived with them i saw his father lift a finger to help maybe twice...before i came over here, he didn't know how to use a WASHING MACHINE. But he is easily trained

[awaite]

I never have time off ..and when I get a break from my kids it's usually followed by a MASSIVE hangover lmao

[cindylee137]

I never have time off ..and when I get a break from my kids it's usually followed by a MASSIVE hangover lmao

:?????: not me..or at least not anymore..did when I was younger..don't think I would survive a hangover...

[awaite]

well i'm 26 and it's a little rough sometimes that's why I don't drink that often lol

[awaite]

but being the mother of a 6 yr old girl and 3 yr old boy you have to dip into the sauce every once and a while lmao

[martyp]

I never have time off ..and when I get a break from my kids it's usually followed by a MASSIVE hangover lmao

lol, sweet!!

My big difficulty is that when I see something becoming too much for my wife and take care of it for her, it seems to suddenly become "my job around the house"! If this keeps up, it'll soon be my job to dress her in the morning! :laughmonkey:

[cindylee137]

OH yes..I do agree...although I am now 41 and it aint so easy anymore...LOL

[martyp]

Yes, you're a real genius. Thank you for your input.

Peace!

See, now I don't know if that was sarcastic and condescending or just... nah, I'm pretty sure that was sarcastic and condescending.

[cindylee137]

LOL..my hubby helps more now with 2 kids moved out then he did when they were little...He actually likes to pitch in and help with supper...

[Guardian]

See, now I don't know if that was sarcastic and condescending or just... nah, I'm pretty sure that was sarcastic and condescending.

Indeed it was.

Anyways.

[martyp]

Indeed it was.

Anyways.

Fair enough. My apologies for whatever portion of my post caused such feelings of superiority. I shall promise to henceforth internalize all feelings of disappointment that general society disregards the efforts of responsible men today much as it did the exertions of women in the 50's.