"I took two months off from my day job when our youngest was born to help out and be with the family. Our house used to be immaculate, but since I have gone back to work, it hasn't been kept as clean as it used to be. I helped out a lot around the house when I took the time off, but now that I'm back working, I feel my wife needs to start holding up her side of the couch."
"When my first two kids were three years old and three months old, my husband came home from work one day, and said, 'The house is a mess. What did you do all day?!?' I said, 'Nothing, absolutely nothing.' And then, for the next two weeks, I went on strike. I proceeded to show him what 'doing nothing' looked like."
A full-time worker who owns a small home-based business reports that his wife stays home with their 3-year-old and 8-month-old. He handles roughly 75% of cooking and took two months off when the youngest was born to assist with childcare and housework. After returning to work he finds the house less clean and expects his wife to maintain former standards while caring for the children during the day. He emphasizes his financial provision and time spent parenting when not working and refuses additional house cleaning on that basis. A separate first-person example describes a mother who purposefully reduced non-childcare chores to illustrate the visibility and burden of domestic labor.
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