nycgirl said:
One does not have to be married to understand this. I live with it via my parents 39 year marriage (lots of ups & downs and they are still together). I learned ALOT from their marriage, good and bad.
W/ regard to hair & nails, a woman should want to do this for herself. If she does, she will find the time. One does not have to have kids to have a busy schedule. I work full-time, school part-time, just started a really neat side project that is taking off yet I found the time this week to do MY OWN pedicure & manicure and go to the hair salon (I studied a bit while under the dryer). I do this because I want to keep myself up and feel good about myself. That said, my workouts have suffered ALOT (I can only go 2-3 days a week), but I'm keeping the diet as tight as possible to maintain my figure until the end of the school year.
You are right it is a 2 way street. As all relationships should be. But there are times, when things will be one way.
As far as the man is concerned, was this communicated to him? Was it understood when you got together that was how things were going to be? It seems you wanted one thing and he wanted things another way.
i stayed at home with the kids when they were small. I did everything, he didnt even pick up his dirty clothes out of the bathroom floor
and when i got a job outside the house, it was a deal that we would BOTH help out.....and that lasted a cpl weeks after I got the job
All im saying is that kids wear you out. You are cooking cleaning and picking up after them all day long, potty training, breaking them from the bottle or pacifier. Your asking them every 5 minutes if they have to go pee and taking htem to the potty only to find that they dont have to and then they pee on themselves right afterwards, then your cleaning up after them again....and then you start all over with the potty training.
Then theres the toddler years when they are getting into anything and every thing.
In a relationship it should be 50/50 even rearing the children
All im saying is...a man should help around the house and if they do they get rewarded. When a child is small, they get alot of your time. You give your husband what is left. then when they get older, and can do for themselves, he should still help around the house
Sometimes it gets in a womans mind that all she is there for is to be a maid. been there done that
The first thing that was out of their mouths when i walked in the door from working 8 hours was not "hi mom" or "hi honey" it was "whats for dinner?"
Yeah it really makes a woman feel sexy when thats the first thing they hear when they get home. If you dont get treated sexy by the one that is supposed to love you, then how in the hell are you supposed to feel sexy??