Have you heard? Groundbreaking news about the relationship between men and a mop and their universal primary love language:
Physical Touch.
I hope our tax dollars weren’t used to fund this report. They could have just asked PhilBillPaul. He learned the value of mopping the kitchen floor and doing laundry early in our marriage.
1991 was a banner year for us when I made a few suggestions that I felt would really benefit our marriage:
- Relax and decompress on your drive home in traffic, by yourself, in a quiet car with no one saying “Hey Daddy Hey Daddy Hey Daddy.”
- Walk in the door ready to grab one to three babies and spend quality time with your children.
- Be grateful that I am here to provide childcare for you all day while you worked hard outside of the home because I was working hard all day inside the home. (aka the hardest job on the planet.)
- If you don’t agree with any of the above suggestions, please leave and go live in your car because I don’t need a grown-up baby to take care of and I’m keeping the house.
He decided to stay.
He’s a great dad.
He cleans. He cooks. He does laundry. He is tired.
But who isn’t? This parenting gig is hard work for all of us.
We parent together. Because that’s our job since we *planned* to have four children.
If you have a husband, this article might interest you.
Click here to read more about housework and a happier marriage.
If you have a husband and need reinforcements; this book was mentioned in the article, could be helpful and even better, it is written by a man.
I haven’t read it but I like the title…
The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework
Forget perfume and roses. Give me a man in an apron with pine-sol and a toilet bowl brush. Woo-hoo!
Let me know what you think and I dare you to comment on how the housework division of labor is going at your house…
