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The work women do

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MoonriseKingdom · 21/05/2017 10:09

english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/

Apologies if this has been posted before. I saw this on Facebook this morning and it sums up everything I struggle to articulate to my DH. He really does want to be helpful/ do his fair share and I love him but it is the taking of overall responsibility for the thinking in our house that I find exhausting.

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PacificDogwod · 21/05/2017 11:05

I have just forwarded this to DH - thank you!

It is SO, SO true.

ChocChocPorridge · 21/05/2017 10:58

That's very good.

And it really is a shared experience, every little thing she said, is my experience ('I did the washing!' - no, you bloody didn't. You put some clothes in the washer, and maybe moved some into the dryer. You didn't go around and find the socks under the kids beds, or the dirty teatowels in the kitchen, you didn't fold it and put it away, you didn't soak DS1's stained top or deal with the delicate cushion covers. All you did was the least time consuming and the easiest possible bit of the washing)

ItchyFoot · 21/05/2017 10:41

Thank you for the link it was very interesting. It articulated how I feel better than I could have.

NeoTrad · 21/05/2017 10:15

This has had a lot of media coverage in France. It is, of course, totally true. I'm not holding my breath from r widespread change anytime soon.

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MoonriseKingdom · 21/05/2017 10:10

english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/

I don't know why the links not working but should do if you copy and paste.

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