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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Does your husband deserve a Bill of Rights? What about you?
What would the Founding Fathers demand for spouses? Great sex? Clean bathrooms? Read on to find out.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We here at MOMania talk a lot about husband and wife relationships and how to make them better. Well, just in case you need things written out, I have been sent links to a Bill of Rights for both a Wife and a Husband. Here are a few of the highlights:
The Wife’s Bill of Rights includes but is not limited to:
The right to dislike your buddies.
The right to honest answer to “What’s Wrong?”
The right to have clean air.
The right to speak to our girlfriends everyday.
And the right to have some secrets.
The Husband’s Bill of Rights includes but again is not limited to:
The right to dislike your friends’ husbands (Isn’t that the truth!)
The right to have a few of our own things in the house.
The right to teach our sons how to burp and fart.
The right to teach our children how to defend themselves.
The right to watch the big game.
Check the links to see the entire lists. What do you think of these Bill of Rights? What would you add to them? What would you delete?
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How does Dad do as Mr. Mom?
How does the household run when Dad fills in for Mom?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We welcomed back yesterday one of our favorite contributors — Jesse’s Girl. She had been on a business trip for about three weeks and Mr. Jesse had been working from home filling in for her. We asked her to dish on how everything went in her absence. Here’s what she wrote:
“It always goes well! This isn’t the first time and won’t be the last…if I can take it again! He just worked from home and took over all the duties with piano and cheerleading and all of our other “stuff”. Now mind you..the kids are regional pizza connoisseurs after my absence. And it wasn’t for a full 3 weeks. I was able to break it up a little. But all in all…the man does what a good husband/father is supposed to do. My biggest concern was what the goober would allow the kids to wear to school. He seems oblivious to the whole “these are outside clothes” rule of thumb. But I had some girlfriends keep an eye on that:) When the kids were pre-school aged….they would just travel with me. I do not like being gone for so long. It definitely throws my mo-jo off. But I do love my job!”
I love that Jesse’s Girl is worried about how her husband is dressing the kids because that is definitely an issue over here too. My husband does a fantastic job keeping house, feeding the kids (less variety than me but healthy), playing with the kids, and keeping them on schedule but his choices in clothes and hair bows definitely need some work. About his only other weakness is I don’t think he has quite as much patience with the kids as I do.
I do have one friend where the Dad is the main caregiver all the time during the day. I think he has a good personality for the job and right now it’s working out great. Their young son loves having Dad around full-time.
How does your husband/partner do when he fills in for Mom? What’s for dinner? How does the house look? How do the children look? Do they get the requisite hugs and kisses? Is he as patient as you? What happens at your house when Dad is Mr. Mom?
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