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Right now I’m gonna talk about the generosity and duties amongst sexes.

It’s been a while since us women work outside the home… and by the time we get back, we still have to keep working with all that has to be done, such as laundry, sweeping, dusting… etcetera.

If your hubby comes home he usually hits the couch to watch TV and waits for dinner to be ready… if you are lucky to have him do the dishes or make

dinner he will - of course - be doing you a favor.

"I’ve helped with the dishes" - you hear him say as he waits for you to answer with some ‘thank you, honey’.

Can you imagine telling your husband… “There now, I ‘helped’ you with the laundry and the sweeping!”?

I mean… you both went out to work, you both share a house… you both share responsibilities and - yet - the woman is the one who gets the ‘help’ around the house… And on the weekends you hear him say: ‘Tell me if you need me to ‘help’ you with anything, sweetie…’

Is it privileged information the knowing what needs to be done around the house?  Is it rocket science the knowledge of a floor that needs to be swept or furniture to be dusted… and that you need to talk about the chore because - otherwise - it will not get done?

It’s been a while since I first asked my hubby to lose the ‘I helped you’ line… but I see that it goes on everywhere else!

And it doesn’t stop there… for instance, I’ve been married for 30 years and - to this day - my hubby asks me to tell him which cycle it is you set the washer in… as if us women have the 'technology chip' embedded in our brains when we are born!

If a woman sweeps… it’s her duty.  If a man does it… IT’S A FAVOR!!

Let us then thank our beloved husbands for having the time to HELP us around! :)

I, for one, have to go now to help my hubby in the making of dinner, sweeping, vacuuming, and the changing the bed sheets, and dusting… and…