Linda! Thank you for reading "Queer People Talking"! Vacuuming is a good start! If you'd like to send Kevin for domestic agility training, please feel free to send him to me. No charge!
Delightfully told and depressingly true, Joshua. Like so much you write about. Men and women both need to read and heed this! One of the wrinkles in this subject is the # of men who retire, have absolutely no personal interests and resources, and choose certain forms of housework to keep themselves occupied. Which can be welcome, but also can come so late in the game that conflict is inevitable with a wife who has a well-oiled system for getting everything done efficiently and well-- and now is getting criticized and undermined for that system. Because obviously the man who just washed his first load of laundry knows best how to do laundry. My parents never resolved these conflicts over more than 30 years of retirement together! If only they'd had the sense to seek counseling.
Aimee! What a fascinating wrinkle! And you saw it up close and personally! Here's my favorite line: "Because obviously the man who just washed his first load of laundry knows best how to do laundry."
So true, Kevin will absolutely not wash a dish or fold laundry but he has been seen vacuuming, and that's good enough for me!!
Linda! Thank you for reading "Queer People Talking"! Vacuuming is a good start! If you'd like to send Kevin for domestic agility training, please feel free to send him to me. No charge!
lol!!
LOL, that’s right!
Carla! Thank you for reading "Queer People Talking"! Should I offer a remedial course in dishwashing?
Love this essay!
Joel! Thank you for reading “Queer People Talking”!
Delightfully told and depressingly true, Joshua. Like so much you write about. Men and women both need to read and heed this! One of the wrinkles in this subject is the # of men who retire, have absolutely no personal interests and resources, and choose certain forms of housework to keep themselves occupied. Which can be welcome, but also can come so late in the game that conflict is inevitable with a wife who has a well-oiled system for getting everything done efficiently and well-- and now is getting criticized and undermined for that system. Because obviously the man who just washed his first load of laundry knows best how to do laundry. My parents never resolved these conflicts over more than 30 years of retirement together! If only they'd had the sense to seek counseling.
Aimee! What a fascinating wrinkle! And you saw it up close and personally! Here's my favorite line: "Because obviously the man who just washed his first load of laundry knows best how to do laundry."
OMG, so much YES!
Appreciate you, Lisa! Your comment made me chuckle!