NakedOnMyChain
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Joined: 11/29/2004 From: Indiana Status: offline
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As a reply to quite a few people, do you think it's all fun and games to be a housewife? This is hard work. If you think it's all baking cookies, reading Better Homes and Gardens, and looking pretty all the time, you are sadly mistaken. If you're childless you'll have a bit more time, but trust me, when all the responsibilities of running a household come squarely down to you, you're going to laugh that you ever thought it would be easy. I'm six months pregnant, I do all the cleaning, I cook all the meals, I pack my husband's lunch before he goes to work, I make sure he's up and ready for work, I do laundry, I balance the checkbook, I make sure all the bills are paid, I do our taxes, I run ALL the errands (more than you could possibly imagine), I schedule vehicle maitenance, I write all the birthday cards, I take care of all the nice little extras, I organize family functions, I buy his family's birthday presents. And usually, I teach a couple of days a week on top of that. Here soon I'm going to be adding a child and a full-time job to the scope of things because Tyler's going back to school in the fall and still working part-time. To be honest, there's never a dull minute. There is ALWAYS something I should be doing. I'll tell you all something, it's not a fucking cakewalk to be a stay at home wife. You can only run so long on the whole "honeymoon phase" load of hot air. Reality's reality. You can romanticize it, but you'll be disappointed. It's rarely ever as easy or pleasant as you've made it out to be in your head. I enjoy what I do because I love my husband and my unborn child, but it is NOT a breeze. Now I'm going to get off my tangent and go to bed. Sorry to rant.
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"Oh, it's torture, but I'm almost there." ~The Cure "I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave." ~The Labyrinth
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