househusbands

[brightlotusmoon]

I would like a show of hands, both women and men:

How many husbands/boyfriends/fiances actually do real housework, like cooking dinner, washing dishes, doing laundry, vacuuming, mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, etc?

Because mine sure does. Willingly. Really. In fact, he is a friggin' gourmet. He was accepted into the Culinary Institute of the Arts (but couldn't afford to go even with a huge scholarship). He cleans house better than I do, bitches.

There seems to be this myth going around that men don't know how to do these things, and leave it all up the women.

In fact, let me quote from a parenting magazine I leafed through in the doctor's waiting room on Friday: "Unicorns. Dragons. Bigfoot. A husband who, on any given Monday, cooks dinner and does the dishes, then puts the kids to bed while you read a magazine and relax.
If your first thought was 'No such husband exists,' you're correct. Neither do unicorns, dragons, or Bigfoot. They're myths, and obvious ones at that."

When I read that, I actually got angry. Extreme stereotyping sucks. Not all men watch football, either. Mine watches NASCAR.

Comments

[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

I just poked heofmanynames to look at this entry. Heck, he is the one who does most of the housework. As far as I can tell, it's mostly because he's a Virgo. I try not to think about it too much because I'll just beat myself up if I do.

He's not a big sports fan either.

And he really hates anti-male generalizations. :)

[heofmanynames.livejournal.com]

I *do* like football, though (..but I seldom think about watching it (or playing...)).