Saturday, July 3, 2010

So my point today is this. That I am resposible for everything! I am not only responsible for myself and my children, but my husband as well. In addition to working a full time job. I am responsible for the bills, the cleaninig, yard work, the girls... potty traing, clothes school, hair hygiene, behavior, I am also responsible for everyone elses medical appts. medicines in addition to the pets. On top of this I am also responsible for my husbands food, medical, mental and emotional well being. I bring it up because even if I were to say I'm done with most of it and dump it on him is wouldn't be an effective learning situation for my husband. It's like going to someone elses house. Helping them clean isn't so bad when it's not your full time requirement. If I were to give him all of lifes responsibilities it wouldn't seem bad, for a week then they would start to fall behind and I woulkd get tasked again. Day in and day out, more laundry, for dishes, more cleaning, more bills.

I wonder if this is something that all women have felt, or is this a new issue because of societal demands. households commonly require two incomes. Also kids have more care than they used to. More activities, more readily available medical and dental, requiring more visits. It just seems that in addition to adding most women to a full time work position, none of our other duties have decreased. As a matter of fact they have increased. Sure we don't have to make buiscuts from scratch anymore, but what mother/wife doesn't have to go to four stores to not over spend. It just drives me nuts sometimes. I wonder if I'm just complaining or is there something to all this. So redefine social guidelines, or break myself trying to keep up.

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