In the end, we all want a wife. But the home has become increasingly invaded by the ethos of work, work, work, with twin sets of external clocks imposed on a household's natural rhythms.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's already a marriage clock, a career clock, a biological clock. Sometimes being a woman feels like standing in the lobby of a hotel, looking at the dials depicting every time zone in the world behind the front desk - except they all apply to you, and all at once.
Without the discipline of having a wife to come home to, you end up just working all the time.
Once you get married, women are still implicitly expected to do the majority of the housework and take care of any future children.
My husband and I work to keep our weekends pretty unscheduled, which leaves room for spontaneity. I love low-key mornings at home, making breakfast with my kids, snuggling together in bed, and reading the papers.
In some ways, what I need is a wife.
My wife and I, we don't leave the house; we have dinner at home.
I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.
I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle.
A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.
The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.
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