Wow

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: irishScott
The clothes shopping only took place a total of 4 weeks out of every year (give or take). And my sister is not the normal chick shopper. She's a perfectionist about EVERYTHING to a fault. We had a lot of the same teachers throughout highschool, and had a lot of the same assignments. She'd get 101s, I'd get 99s. I spent about 50% of the time/effort on it that she did.

You're a little remiss in putting that forth as a typical weekly schedule then, no?

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: irishScott
My dad works about 60 hours/week on average (he's a workaholic), but the thing is my mom had Cancer that caused her to double over in pain several times a day, and she STILL did all this.

And even when she was doubling over in pain he would b!tch about how she didn't respect him or care about him or anything.

For more information about how fvcked up my family is, see this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1986923&enterthread=y

The original post of this thread didn't say anything about cancer as far as I can tell. Your dad does suck from the sounds of it. All I'm saying is that there's nothing wrong with being a wife being a full-time job.

N, the OP didn't, but being a wife IMO takes on a a larger role if you have kids, especially considering the fact that my dad hardly spent anytime with my sister or me. My mom was virtually our sole caretaker.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: irishScott
The clothes shopping only took place a total of 4 weeks out of every year (give or take). And my sister is not the normal chick shopper. She's a perfectionist about EVERYTHING to a fault. We had a lot of the same teachers throughout highschool, and had a lot of the same assignments. She'd get 101s, I'd get 99s. I spent about 50% of the time/effort on it that she did.

You're a little remiss in putting that forth as a typical weekly schedule then, no?

I put "when it happend" in the OP. Maybe I should've been a little more precise. *Edits OP*

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: irishScott
My dad works about 60 hours/week on average (he's a workaholic), but the thing is my mom had Cancer that caused her to double over in pain several times a day, and she STILL did all this.

And even when she was doubling over in pain he would b!tch about how she didn't respect him or care about him or anything.

For more information about how fvcked up my family is, see this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1986923&enterthread=y

The original post of this thread didn't say anything about cancer as far as I can tell. Your dad does suck from the sounds of it. All I'm saying is that there's nothing wrong with being a wife being a full-time job.

I can't believe I actually find myself agreeing with HamburgerBoy.
Being a full-time wife IS a job, and I think the results are worth more than simple money.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: irishScott
N, the OP didn't, but being a wife IMO takes on a a larger role if you have kids, especially considering the fact that my dad hardly spent anytime with my sister or me. My mom was virtually our sole caretaker.

And your dad was the sole money maker. Both have their roles and both have expectations they must meet.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: irishScott
N, the OP didn't, but being a wife IMO takes on a a larger role if you have kids, especially considering the fact that my dad hardly spent anytime with my sister or me. My mom was virtually our sole caretaker.

And your dad was the sole money maker. Both have their roles and both have expectations they must meet.

No issue there. But if I had a future wife who did as much for my future kids as my mom did for my sister and I, I would give her a little more leeway then that article implies. That doesn't mean I'd be cool with total neglect, but I'd understand if I was 2nd to my kids. Of course, I'm not going to be working 60 hours per week if I don't have to

My dad on the other hand, always puts his career and himself ahead of his family (as that article implies), while my Mom all but ended her career to take care of her family. And from what I know of my parent's past my Dad pretty much spelled it out this way when my mom was pregnant with my sister (she's 2 year older). A little unfair, don't you think?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: irishScott
No issue there. But if I had a future wife who did as much for my future kids as my mom did for my sister and I, I would give her a little more leeway then that article implies. That doesn't mean I'd be cool with total neglect, but I'd understand if I was 2nd to my kids. Of course, I'm not going to be working 60 hours per week if I don't have to

My dad on the other hand, always puts his career and himself ahead of his family (as that article implies), while my Mom all but ended her career to take care of her family. And from what I know of my parent's past my Dad pretty much spelled it out this way when my mom was pregnant with my sister (she's 2 year older). A little unfair, don't you think?

I agree that the way the article implies some things (gather up schoolbooks, toys, etc) make it sound like she's being overworked but the main objective behind it (a tidy home) is very realistic. So long as the home is getting cleaned, the food being made, and everything else necessary being completed it shouldn't matter whether she is literally doing every last thing or making the seemingly children pick up on some of the slack.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: irishScott
No issue there. But if I had a future wife who did as much for my future kids as my mom did for my sister and I, I would give her a little more leeway then that article implies. That doesn't mean I'd be cool with total neglect, but I'd understand if I was 2nd to my kids. Of course, I'm not going to be working 60 hours per week if I don't have to

My dad on the other hand, always puts his career and himself ahead of his family (as that article implies), while my Mom all but ended her career to take care of her family. And from what I know of my parent's past my Dad pretty much spelled it out this way when my mom was pregnant with my sister (she's 2 year older). A little unfair, don't you think?

I agree that the way the article implies some things (gather up schoolbooks, toys, etc) make it sound like she's being overworked but the main objective behind it (a tidy home) is very realistic. So long as the home is getting cleaned, the food being made, and everything else necessary being completed it shouldn't matter whether she is literally doing every last thing or making the seemingly children pick up on some of the slack.

Agreed. A home should be reasonably neat and organized, and a steady food supply should be present.

That list goes overboard though, and I'd be more than willing to help out with some of it (getting groceries, cleaning, etc) if needed.