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My lovely friend is so happy married to a male chauvanist pig

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YunoWhatYouDidLastSummer · 26/10/2010 10:55

I am not suggesting that it is any of my business, but I do think about it. I feel conflicted.

She is educated, strong, confident, beautiful and capable.

He is highly educated, intellegent, funny, sociable.

They have a happy marriage with lots of children and lots of friends.

But he is SUCH an arse about some things - really important things.

Actually, what is the difference between a chauvanist and a mysoginist?

He earns the money so she does EVERYTHING else, and with lots of children and pg with another that is a lot to do. EVERYTHING. He comes in and puts his feet up and that's it.

Last Christmas he gave her a cleaner Shock. Everyone thought it was lovely of him and I was the only one spluttering - it makes me doubt myself.

And everything revolves around what he wants to do. He gets an awful lot of sport time and drinking time and tv time. She gets to do things too but he always has first dibs, so her social life fits in around his convenience.

And he is so bloody rude to her in front of people. Shouting and belittling. She says it's okay and he doesn't really mean it :( (People do call him on it though, and tell him it isn't okay).

He is such a spoiled child. And so testosterony. And I have occasionally said that he's a bit of a troglodyte (in a fond way - I know it's crap but I do like him in some ways and we socialise with them a lot, me being an arse to him wouldn't really achieve anything) and she laughs and agrees and doesn't seem to mind.

But surely she must?

She considers herself a feminist, and cares deeply about her daughters upbringing from a feminist perspective.

But... but...

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Bonsoir · 26/10/2010 11:01

Maybe your friend is very happy to spend a lot of time with her DC and taking care of her house?

My DP doesn't do any a lot of housework, tbh - he loads the dishwasher after supper and unloads it at breakfast and order the Nespresso capsules. And he can be coerced into tidying the sitting room and dining room if we are having (his) friends or family or over.

That's fine by me - he works incredibly hard and he needs to chill. And if I wanted a full-time housekeeper, I could have one - I just don't want one.

SolidButShamblingUndeadBrass · 26/10/2010 11:00

Either her head is rattling with cognitive dissonance and one day she will probably stab him with a carving knife, or the pair of them have some kind of understanding that does work for them (maybe when they are home alone he's cleaning the floors in a frilly pinny and a gimp mask).
Either way, I can understand how it sets your teeth on edge but there really isn't anything you can do.

YunoWhatYouDidLastSummer · 26/10/2010 10:57

to clarify, last Christmas her Christmas present from him was that he said she could get a cleaner to come in once a week. That wasn't very clear.

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