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I worked full time for 44 years & 3 years part time. My wife worked full time for 48 years, & has a bigger pension than me.Welcome from near York. Mine (retirement gift) was also an SL.
When I stopped working my wife (who has mostly not worked for the last 30 years) said:
“Now that you have retired, you will also have to do work around the house and help”.
I said: “I’ve worked full time for 45 years without a day off ..”. Silence and not a word since then
Oh yea I actually started working (full time after I finished school) at 18 and retired at 65. Was fortunate to never be unemployed but worked many years in some tough locations on single status.
, so I leave her to get on with it. I’ll come into the kitchen and find her repacking the dishwasher because I didn’t load things the way she does.
Looking after the kids, house and you isn’t work?
Ive been a househusband years ago when my Son was little and it is certainly not easy work, so have massive respect for any at home Mums esp with multiple kids! , i was glad to get back to my job
Maid, 1 child who was at boarding school when he went to high school.....you figure it out.
If you’d switched with your wife for 2 months if you still thought the same afterwards…
“woke” I don’t think you have a clue tbh
Plllease....I don’t for one minute buy the nonsense that it is such a tough life being at home with the kids and looking after the house.
I’ve had several jobs where the working hours were officially 60 hours a week and did one for 3 years that was 72 hours a week (6 to 6 , 6 days a week and -30c outside in winter) with a 3 hour daily commute and 10 days at home in a 8 week cycle. You bet ya I'd rather look after the kids.
Never said it was harder doing the "at home thing" (although I could see it being somewhat challenging with you...Plllease....I don’t for one minute buy the nonsense that it is such a tough life being at home with the kids and looking after the house.
I’m pretty sure most people (if they could & are honest) would swap being at home with their kids over spending crazy hours at work and commuting. I’ve always maintained that if my wife was the main breadwinner, I’d have been happy to stay at home in her role and, that was long before it became a trendy thing to do. My wife certainly enjoyed it and never wanted to go out and work even after our son was old enough to take care of himself.
Where I do have sympathy is when a woman has to manage kids, the home and hold down a job.
I don’t know what work you did/do to make you think it was harder being at home taking care of the kids than doing your job. Must be (have been) a pretty cushy number.
PS - you probably missed that I removed my ‘woke” comment well before you made the above post......
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