Wednesday, 24 September 2008
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Joke: What Did You Do Today, Honey?
by Mama Fox
A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.
As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?' She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?' 'Yes,' was his incredulous reply. She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.'
Can you relate to the woman in this story? Who does most of the cleaning in your home?
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Comments (28)
Wow, and we wonder why us mommys are tired evenings
Just reading this has me tired already!! 
Great Post tho.
Love it!!! Oh me def. My dear husband has no clue all that goes into my day.
lol - that story was hysterical! My husband and I each do about half the housework and half the child-care. However, I can relate because sometimes it feels like you work non-stop just keep everything in order.
Me, because I live by myself.
That is GREAT! That is so us! I do the majority of the cleaning since my husband teaches at 2 schools and sometimes tutors after school as well. When I am gone I come home to a house that looks like you've described....it's annoying on one level and on another I am proud of myself for mostly keeping it all together!
I so identify! ROFL! Love this story!
I can so relate...but I have as of yet to do what she did. Some day when we are not in a rental I will do this.
Too cute! And so true!!!!
Ha!! That's great. I think I'll print this out and frame it for all who come into my house to see.
Yeah, I can totally relate! I'd love to be able to stay in bed and read a book one day! But then I'd be the one that would have to clean it all up after. I do absolutely all of the cleaning, meals, and childcare, and just everything there is to do around the home. My husband works hard and has long hours so he's not really willing or able to lift a finger at home.
Reminds me of my mom. I appreciate her more as I grow older.
I can totally relate!! I think things would just fall apart if I took one day off. I feel a bit under- appreciated some days, but if I took a day off like the woman in the story to prove a point, my children would not live through the day! Very cute!
This is completely true, and it segues into all the concepts of "invisible work" and the unseen labor of stay-at-home parents that is necessary to our economy, but in my family it is pretty much reversed (at least in expectation). But as a man I am able to "dodge mundane tasks" without as much guilt as most women feel, so maybe I have it easier than most.
OMG THAT IS ME!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! LOVED THIS!
I do a lot of housework. Last year I lived with 3 other girls who very rarely cleaned, and so I'd do their share until I got fed up with it. Additionally, I'd often clean my boyfriend's apartment when over at his place...and since he lived with another guy, it was extra gross. I'd like to apologize to my mom for never voluntarily cleaning back before I moved out. She worked full time, yet our apartment was pretty much spotless. I did do my own laundry though, and picked up our dinner when I got my license, so that took some load off her hands. She was pretty against getting me a car, but I'm sure having someone run errands for her wasn't too bad. =) These days I like to cook for her when I visit home.Â
This was great! I will totally have to try this one day with my hubby.Â
that is a good one. my husband really thinks sometimes that i sit home and do nothing all day. he doesnt know how much work it really is to keep the kids and the house in order!
awesome....my boyfriend and i split cleaning...well, we try, but i usually end up doing it all :P
HAHAHAHA, I only have a 12 month old, and another due any day, so things aren't THAT bad in my home, but it definitely paints a picture of how I feel.
My husband has 2 chores, one is take out all the garbage, and the other is to occassionally unload the diswasher, but this is something I'll ask if I need done, and it isn't an every day thing.
However, I have been blessed (if you look at it that way) of being put on strict bed rest as I am only 34 week pregnant and I went into labor 11 days ago. They stoipped labor,a nd want me to lay flat in order to "hold onto the baby" as long as my boby will allow.
I say blessed because my husband's Chain of Command (he's in the Army) has released him to care for me and our daughter (as I am not allowed to pick her up) until the baby is born. He has had to take over ALL of the chores. From the simple stuff like feeding and entertaining our daught (ok so it isn't always that simple) to the more complicated like washing cloth diapers and fitting his meals into nap times and between daily vacuuming and kitchen cleaning!
I was lucky to start as he never thought I did NOTHING, however for the first time he is having to realize JUST how much I do. Even just the little things like pushing in the chairs that he leaves out in his morning routine.
It's been a real eye opener, and a couple days ago, he came to me and confessed he didn't know how I did it every day, cuz he was so overwhelmed and in over his head, and that he wasn't even prenant. It really validated my role as wife and mother, and I simply looked at him and said "Now maybe you can understand why some days I have that dazed and confuzed look by the time you get home!"
I guess the only thing that is unfair in all of it, is that I can never go to his work and do his kjob for him, so I'll never really be able to ever understand what he goes through every day!
I love it!!!!! Atta girl! Sometimes that's the only way to let them know . . .
I can totally relate. Even without having kids yet, I'm used to often being the one who does all the cleaning. If nothing else, I have to let my fiance' know when things need to be cleaned up so he can help me out with it.
I'm so very thankful for a friend of mine currently rooming with us. She's totally OCD about cleaning, and enjoys doing it, so I often come home to a house where I don't have to clean as soon as I get off work. It allows me to relax once in a while, which is definitely nice.
I love this!!! But I wouldn't do it just because of the mess that would be left for me to clean up, plus the next days mess to be added to that... ugh.
This is like that show Crash Test Mommy.
The husband/whoever criticizes the mom stays with the kids for a weekend and gets a dose of her life.
I do most of the cleaning, my husband takes out the trash and occasionally does the dishes. He'll also help me with a few things when he's home if I ask him. I'm a stay-at-home mom though so that's my job to do all of it. And he seems to apreciate what I do because he never acts like I do nothing all day :)
hahaha i love it!! it's so true that very very often men take for granted what mothers/wives/housewives do!