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I think its funny when i hear some guy whining about working out in the yard..." whaaah ..its too hot..." what a bunch of ..well you know..
That's not what I hear. I hear guys complaining that their wives complain about them not doing their share of the housework, yet totally ignoring the yard work.
My advice:
I tell them to get her a couple of antiques for Xmas.
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a wringer washer and a clothes line!
I don't think it has a thing to do with women going to work, equal pay for equal work and all that. I think it has to do with so many men deserting their children and the upper management holding wages stagnant while charging more for everything. It's set up a situation where you can't raise a family on one income anymore. Both parents must work setting the family up for disconnection and emotional and financial failure. It's easier for a man to leave rather than fight an increasingly impossible financial and emotional situation. Thus, the next generation is destabilized and far less likely to grow to their potential and challenge those currently in power.
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Both parties should work...it is the 21st century...id never marry a woman who wanted to stay at home (very un-attractive) and not pursue a talent or career...nor would i teach this to any of my children...its called balancing all aspects of one's life...and it can be done..
I do completely agree that more needs to be done about work wages...who can live on 9 bucks an hour??... I think wages should be based upon age... with teenagers and retirees making less then someone in their later twenties to retirement age...these people deserve to be paid well.. not the kid who lives at home..or the retiree who has a home and is only working to take up some of their spare time..( sorry if that gets under a few people but seriously,,) ...but that is for another area of the forum...
Both parties should work...it is the 21st century...id never marry a woman who wanted to stay at home (very un-attractive) and not pursue a talent or career...nor would i teach this to any of my children...its called balancing all aspects of one's life...and it can be done....
That's easy to say until you crank out a kidlet or 2. Then it would be wonderful for a family to have the luxury of the Mom staying home with the kids.
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..you know, ive thought that very scenario...then see my sister who is in the medical field busting her ... while my brother in law just isn't doing all that much..even though he also spent many exhaustive years in college pursuing his chosen career field... there are 3 nieces and my nephew in that house and as a man, i can't imagine just not contributing to the household i have created... if his lack of initiative is due in part to resentment...then why did he marry in the first place... as her brother, it really frustrates me seeing this happening..even though i understand that it is their life...
now, if my wife wanted to take a year or two off right after the birth of our child,..that makes sense but i really feel that the days of the one working spouse households just won't cut it in today's reality..whether we want it this way or not...
like id said, one's work life and family attention can be balanced if both people are willing to do so... just my opinion i guess..
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