Tag: housework

You're busily vacuuming the house, determined to get your chores done this morning so you can enjoy a restful Sunday afternoon. You smile as you hear the sound of water running in the kitchen: your husband doing his end of the chores, kitchen clean-up. You work your way down the stairs into the front hall—and frown.

Why is the TV on? The kids are at soccer practice—one of them must have left it on this morning.

Female stress hormones rise ominously when men don’t pitch-in around the house. Male stress hormones rise when they do! According to a study conducted between 2004 and 2006 at the Center for the Everyday Lives of Families at the University of California, Los Angeles, measured cortisol levels are the best lie detector tests concerning shared household tasks when both sexes work outside the house. Apparently, women live on Venus and men need to get off Uranus!

Whenever we entertain, I end up doing a lot of the work to get the house ready. My husband says he'll help, but I have to tell him everything that has to be done and then, when I come and check it out, he never gets it right. So, I end up feeling disrespected and like a maid—not to mention, tired!

No doubt there are lots of women readers cheering you on for bringing up this subject. I am sorry that you end up with feelings like this, but am glad you’ve brought it up because it raises so many different points.