Honest Opinion

Getting a little sick of watching men that are fathers make these posts on social media and say they see that their wives do so much for their families and they wish they could do more to help her. You can do more. You can take the children to their appointments and after school meetings. You can do the laundry. You can cook dinner. You can get up in the middle of the night to see about your crying baby. You can do the dishes. You can clean that toilet. You can go to the grocery store. You can literally do so many things to help out your wife so please don’t sit there and act like there’s nothing you can do. Now, obviously, if his job keeps him busy most of the time or he has a physical disability, then I do see how most of the responsibilities are going to be placed on the mother. But I still believe the responsibilities should be 50/50 as much as they can be. Because let me get married to a man that never cleans a thing, never changes the baby’s diaper, or never does the laundry. I will hope that whatever self respect I have gained for myself by then will silence that fear of being alone. I mean, is there something I don’t understand? Is it natural for most things to fall upon the mothers? Is it supposed to be like that? Why can’t both parents put in an equal amount of effort? But also, why are paying the bills, taking the garbage out, and fixing things usually placed on the fathers and doing the laundry, cleaning the house, and cooking placed on the mothers? Those are all things both parents can do. I’ve also seen some women say they don’t like having to tell their husbands what to do because they feel like their husbands should know to do it without asking. I can agree there are some things they should know to do but also...you do have to communicate with your partner. No one is a mind reader.