Traditional roles, Are they really....
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Traditional roles, Are they really....
| Tue, 09-21-2004 - 9:04am |
healthy for women or men? Let me just preface this by saying I have been living in a traditional role my entire married life. Dh brings home the paycheck and I raise the kids. This past weekend we came from a family gathering that involved all the women working and all of the men sitting and watching sports. Frankly, I am sick of it.I am completely wiped out after those things! I have four kids, two of which are 3 and 5 and need to be supervised, so I am working twice as hard! Just this morning dh told me not to buy anything without clearing it with him first....bleck! I am beginning to feel as if the kids get short changed when families are traditional. Dads don't interact with their kids as much as they should. Moms get to feel like a slave to their families. I am beginning to feel as if it is best for families if the mom at least works part time because then the dh can be more active in parenting and keeping up the household. This is sort of a vent but a debate as well. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts.~Lisa

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My husband and I are ok paying for all kinds of housekeeping, childcare, home maintenance, financial, automotive etc services. I'd never really considered....sex....in that light. I'm gonna go away...spend some time in deep thought...try and decide if I figure, since we both work, if my husband and I should hire out sex. I'll get back to you.
After our dd's were born, everything changed. His attitude became that he was going to do what he wanted and to hell with what I thought. I came very close to divorcing him shortly after dd#2 was born but thought about it and realized that my girls lives would be worse if I did so I stayed. While there were aspects of the relationship that I could definitely live without, there is also the old worn pair of jeans aspect. You get used to even a bad relationship. Not that any relationship is better than none but I believe that two parents are better than one. I was willing to overlook some things for the sake of my kids. However, we are beyond that now. WAY beyond that.
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