History of Feminism
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(83,453 posts)Does dad help with the diapering? How 'bout the projectile vomiting? Does dad do the laundry sometimes? My husband did, and does, along with readily complaining about people who don't pick their socks up or leaving a wet load in the washing machine for a whole day - tying it up so nobody else can use it for their laundry until they deal with that load one of YOU left unfinished? My husband has his share of "nagging wife" moments. And I actually appreciate that!
I never cook (outside of the big Thanksgiving dinner thing). Just never got around to it. I can BAKE - like there's no tomorrow! But nobody around our house wants or needs to eat much of that kind of thing since we're all battling weight issues all the time. So I almost never cook. Spousal-Unit is a rather gifted chef so he tends to be the dinner cooker. And it's kinda nice that this is what our kids grew up with. Today, our son is quite the gifted chef, too. He's usually the one who sets up the barbecue and cooks for the rest of the boys when they're here. I am hopeful that the more our boys and young men grow up having seen their mom work or leave the house for her job, and HOPEFULLY more men doing the home-related chores, the more "liberated" some of them will be as they reach adulthood. There really needs to be a shift in the national zeitgeist about this. I hope with the Millennials that's what we're seeing now. Our daughter's boyfriend seems to be fairly liberated in that way, too - which I find very gratifying.