tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post6214435513182032650..comments2024-03-18T02:22:56.392-04:00Comments on Disgusted Beyond Belief: The Gender Politics of Cleaning and MarriageDBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-31051638193263152152007-08-20T21:46:00.000-04:002007-08-20T21:46:00.000-04:00Hah! I knew there had to be at least one other per...Hah! I knew there had to be at least one other person out there who understood. My wife often asks me "how come you never hoover?", and I always reply "Whenever I see that the house needs hoovering, I hoover. If you happen to hoover 10 times more often than is necessary, it never actually gets to the point where it <I>needs</I> hoovering, does it?". I should get that answer printed onto business cards so that I can just hand one out, without saying a word, whenever she asks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-26615834866438896142007-08-19T02:57:00.000-04:002007-08-19T02:57:00.000-04:00My son and son-in-law both do an equal amount of h...My son and son-in-law both do an equal amount of housework and cooking and child care. When I was raising my kids, as a single mom, I taught both my kids how to do everything around the house that I knew how to do and traded home cooked dinners for single men to teach us all things I didn't know yet. It worked well. My kids both expected that all members of a family pitch in, and that's what they have as middle aged adults.Maya's Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12183715043200608144noreply@blogger.com