Men: How To Train Your Wife

April 21st, 2008 | by Craig |

And while I recognize that gender stereotypes are risky, in my experience women are a lot like children. They will get away with whatever they can get away with. When you put your foot down and make it clear that you won’t take no for an answer, somehow the kids’ rooms get cleaned, the groceries bought, the laundry folded. It really does work, I promise.

America, 1950? No. America, 2008.

Make sure you read the article before you comment. That part seems to escape some people.

  1. 8 Responses to “Men: How To Train Your Wife”

  2. By Trench Reynolds on Apr 21, 2008 | Reply

    So keeping her chained to the furnace in the basement is a faux pas?

  3. By Rocky Smith on Apr 21, 2008 | Reply

    I’ve been helping my wife with most of the chores for many years. I don’t do half, but probably about 40%. I work about 50 hours a week while the wife gets around 30-35. Seems fair to me.

    I really hated the author’s view that it was just fine to use withholding sex as a weapon. What a BITCH! Try talking to your husband respectfully instead of just complaining. Some of us are worthless, but some of us were worth marrying.

  4. By david on Apr 21, 2008 | Reply

    This kind of BS article always gets my goat. In my marriage, it was ME who attended all of the school functions, the parent-teacher conferences, etc. AND did most of the chores. Yes, my marriage was quite a bit lopsided in the opposite direction from many others, but it just pisses me off when oh-so-empowered women rant against “absent” fathers.

    And you’re right, Craig — I’m sure that the article was hailed by many, but if it had been written from the other point of view - as you did in your subtle “correction” — the author would have been pilloried and held up as a misogynistic troglodyte.

  5. By Cammy on Apr 22, 2008 | Reply

    See Craig, you could have married someone like that instead of me.

    I bet you’re counting your blessings, huh?

  6. By david on Apr 22, 2008 | Reply

    Ooops…sorry Craig - didn’t mean to land you in hot water!

    Cammy - be gentle. He’s a good guy.

    :-)

  7. By Cammy on Apr 22, 2008 | Reply

    Dave, you didn’t land him in hot water and I KNOW he’s a good guy.

    Just don’t tell him I said that. ;)

  8. By Craig on Apr 22, 2008 | Reply

    I do just fine on my own, Dave.

    Thanks, though!

  9. By Dani on Apr 24, 2008 | Reply

    I knew which article you were “quoting” from the get-go. :) She’s laughable.

    This problem is what is known as the “tyranny of the lowest common denominator.” That is, the person who cares the least has the most control- it could be a person of either sex. It doesn’t matter. It could be any topic, too, not just housework.

    The solution here is to hire it out. Then the common denominator is money, which is a lot easier to quantify and discuss than whatever power issues are going on. If one works their tail off 9-5 and doesn’t want to clean the bathroom, they shouldn’t. Hire someone who will. It’s that easy. If one’s spouse doesn’t like that, then they’ll do their own little mental calculations, figure out what their time is worth and do it themselves. Or pay the housekeeper. Really, it’s not that hard to do.

    We don’t do anything for ourselves around here save for laundry- except the kids because they need to learn how to do things for themselves. (Also, their time isn’t worth anything, but I don’t tell them that). I always tell them the point of having money is not to buy stuff, it’s to buy time.

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