Just take a breath before reading this. I mean a good long breath. Now read.
Girls, you know we are notorious for going out and buying on impulse because we have to keep up with other women, or because we have to get our husbands or boyfriends to notice us, or because we have to keep him at home/interested in us/listening to us, etc. A new pair of shoes, a purse, a bikini, (well no, not a bikini, that's too painful.), but you get the picture.
The superwoman complex this country has generated, (and, we ourselves have too) that we're multi-functioning, multi-tasking maniacal robots who stop at nothing to please our man and keep everything in place (including ourselves) at the same time is nothing but bullshit. Come on, now, if men had to do half the things in a week, that we do in a day, they would be strewn across the lawn with a Slo Gin Fizz half drank laying next to them, clothes everywhere, dishes piled up in the sink, take out containers on the floor next to the bed and every TV in the house would be on and running (and loud).
I had a good friend from Louisiana who told her husband (very matter-of-factly), "I only do one domestic chore a day, and das dat!" I heard her say it myself. And what did he do. He smiled and said nothing. And after 35 years of marriage I guess he got the point a long time ago.
The message here ladies, whether you're married to the schmuck or not, don't overextend yourself. Make sure you have yourself taken care of first, and of course any children. The rest will wait. And I mean it..So the house if a little messy, so what if there are dishes in the sink. Leave them there. When he feels like chipping in, he will, and, if he doesn't TAKE YOUR TIME getting it done. If dinner is that important to him, he'll work with you. "I guess tonight is Chines food nite, huh, babe?" (At this point you'll just stare at him and nod your head.)
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