I have a book of poems by Judith Viorst, and this one says it all to me (despite the fact that it was written in the 60s by an American) - I can relate to it so much.
Where is it written?
Judith Viorst
Where is it written
That husbands get twenty-five dollar lunches and invitations to South America for think conferences while
Wives get Campbell?s black bean soup and a trip to the firehouse with the first grade and
Where is it written
That husbands get to meet beautiful lady lawyers and beautiful lady professors of Ancient History and beautiful sculptresses and heiresses and poetesses while
Wives get to meet the checker with the acne at the Safeway and
Where is it written
That husbands get a nap and the Super Bowl on Sundays while
Wives get to help color in the coloring book and
Where is it written
That husbands get ego gratification, emotional support, and hot tea in bed for ten days when they have the sniffles whil
Wives get to give it to them?
And if a wife should finally decide
Let him take the shoes to the shoemaker and the children to the paediatrician and the dog to the vet while she takes up something like brain surgery or transcendental meditation,
Where is it written
That she always has to feel
Guilty?