[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I'm sorry, but this annoys me a bit...scratch that, it annoys me a lot.

Sweeping - once a week; perhaps 1/2 an hour.
Vacuuming -- once a week; perhaps an hour
Dusting -- once every 2 weeks, perhaps an hour
washing dishes -- nightly for perhaps 1/2 an hour
Chaperone -- maybe an hour/day.
laundry -- sorting: an hour/week, folding: 2 hours/week, changing loads: 2 hours/week
Coupons -- Who cuts coupons? In either event, maybe an hour a week.
Plan and cook meals -- we'll go all the way to 1.5 hours/day (way way high)
Groceries -- 2 hours/week.


So in a week we get .5+1+.5+4+1+7+2+2+1+10+2 == a whopping 31 hours per week (over 7 days, mind you).

And you know what the husband will get for his efforts? A whole lot of bitching that his wife has to take the children everywhere, clean the house, prepare all the meals and do all the shopping. That he never helps around the house or spends time with the kids, etc, etc... So the husband will be expected the 'shoulder' some of the load as well.

Sorry, but being a housewife would be a freakin' sweet gig.

Plus, the quarterly performance review on housewifing is a lose/lose situation.