How Can You Expect Someone to Cook and Clean AND Bring in 50% of the Income?

bcrusaderw

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what kind of black women are u? :dahell:

so you're saying you want your husband to be inferior to u? :childplease:
that's basically what your saying. what kind of black women doesn't know how to cook or clean? :dahell:

*flashes @Emperor_ReinScarf light*

:sas1:
So someone who makes less than their spouse, and does the domestic duties is considered inferior? :sas2: And there we have it how men truly feel about women.
Because I cook and clean and bring in 50% of the income.
I'm talking about someone doing that, and expecting their partner to do the majority, or all of the cleaning.
You cook, clean and pay 100% of the bills for yourself, right? I don't really see it as a problem because I would be doing it anyway.
A partner is supposed to add to your life. If I have to do all that what do I need a partner for?
Apparently some of our mothers and grandmothers were superhuman creatures from another world...because they did it just fine.


This new generation of women (and men) :snoop:
They were dissatisfied as hell hence feminism/womanism.
 

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A partner is supposed to add to your life. If I have to do all that what do I need a partner for?

I personally wouldn't feel slighted in the relationship if I were the main one responsible for cooking and cleaning as long as other aspects of the relationship are on point. I do understand where you're coming from though but I think there are only a few guys that can't/won't do for themselves so you won't have an issue finding a guy that doesn't mind cooking and cleaning.
 

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I'm talking about someone doing that, and expecting their partner to do the majority, or all of the cleaning.

Oh, okay. Nah, there has to be a balance.

Maybe it's just me, but gender roles are opportunistic and only work in the favor of the person doing their damnedest to enforce them.

But when you're single and there's not someone of the opposite sex around, you still have to do it.

It's childish in irresponsible to expect someone to automatically take whatever responsibility that you feel isn't your "job" just because they walk into the picture.

it's also childish and irresponsible to expect someone to give you the world just because you bring certain things to the table that you feel are specific to your gender. Outside of sex, I mean. But if all you bring is sex, you still lost.


BUT... that's just my opinion, and I'm single right now. So..... :manny:
 

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My mom worked full time, cooked, cleaned (had us helping or doing most of it when we were old enough), and took us to all our activities. A few times I remember my dad cooking. But I mean to me it's not a big deal. Like @Rawtid said it would be done anyway and as long their end of the bargin is held up. Key is finding someone willing to help and/or that has some consideration. I cook, you help with dishes, take out the trash etc... We go out to eat sometimes. You clean up after yourself.
 

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@bcrusaderw you confuse me, what are you looking for exactly out of a man?

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Everything. :mjlol:

I want someone who is slightly less smarter than I am, who's really chill (i.e. cool with me taking the lead), quiet, needs his on space like I do, virginal, makes slightly less than I do, strictly moral, and someone who'll be my best friend. Also,
I want someone who I want to bang ferociously :yeshrug:
 
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My mom worked full time, cooked, cleaned (had us helping or doing most of it when we were old enough), and took us to all our activities. A few times I remember my dad cooking. But I mean to me it's not a big deal. Like @Rawtid said it would be done anyway and as long their end of the bargin is held up. Key is finding someone willing to help and/or that has some consideration. I cook, you help with dishes, take out the trash etc... We go out to eat sometimes. You clean up after yourself.
I personally wouldn't feel slighted in the relationship if I were the main one responsible for cooking and cleaning as long as other aspects of the relationship are on point. I do understand where you're coming from though but I think there are only a few guys that can't/won't do for themselves so you won't have an issue finding a guy that doesn't mind cooking and cleaning.
I like home cooked meals so I cook, I also do have OCD so I don't even like the idea of someone else cleaning that isn't me. I don't care if I worked 16 hours, I will come home and make a damn meal and clean up. The thought of being in a house that aint clean with no real food is uncomfortable to me. :scust: Frozen dinners. :scust: I'd also rather handle my own food and make then trust it to some strangers. Even my man. Also, when you love someone you just wanna make them feel good. Food makes you feel good. He does the same thing for me. You can't just expect a woman to cook all the time, without him doing the same too sometimes, that shyt will create resentment.

I also want a whole bunch of kids like little ducklings all born around the same time, so I can have a full house, and just teach them nurturing things a mother would. I remember being in a full house, with all 9 brothers, and I was the baby and everyone was just excited to finally have a girl. My step mother and father would be cooking in the kitchen, and my brothers would play with me outside in the back yard, and I just had such a fulfilling childhood. For the first few years of my life I just remember their being joy and happiness in my family, between my father, his exes, and my mother. What I appreciated is that my mother, although she was a horrible cook, she always made home cooked meals for me and never ever let me have processed crap. Everything had to be freshly made. That gave me the good eating habits I have today. My father would step in a lot since he was a really good cook (he was from the South) though. But my mother didn't really work and tended to the home until I went to head start. But she was always there and so was pops. I really would like to do the same thing. Maybe work at home. But I like motherly stuff. To me there are no set gender roles, whatever you are comfortable with just go with.

As for bringing in 50% of the income and being expected to do that is kind of ridiculous. If a man makes enough money to rely on one income for the household then I understand. But no, you can't have it both ways because like I said it will breed resentment. And in this day and age you cannot afford to be out of work as a woman for a very long time. I have a Masters, hopefully a phD in the future, I would not be comfortable not working. Even working per diem just to still be in the industry is fine. You even have the luxury these days of working from home. :ld:
I'll cook cuz I'm hungry and clean cuz it's dirty but I wish a nikka would DEMAND me to do something simply because I have a vagina :camby:
This is why I like you guys. No malice, or anything. You just calmly explained your positions. Thanks for that I really appreciate the different perspectives.
:hug:

So called logical dudes couldn't even do that.
 

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This is why I like you guys. No malice, or anything. You just calmly explained your positions. Thanks for that I really appreciate the different perspectives.
:hug:

So called logical dudes couldn't even do that.

Some of these nikkas on here act like any opinion we share personally offends them.
 
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