tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post6164940866776860179..comments2024-02-29T08:19:48.793+00:00Comments on Life's Too Short To Iron Tea Towels: Cuddles, Cuddles And More Cuddles!!!Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-2887530136135454842016-06-19T07:27:05.989+01:002016-06-19T07:27:05.989+01:00What a wonderful day - all those cuddles. My littl...What a wonderful day - all those cuddles. My little one is at that age where she is barely still for more than a few seconds. An easy meal of leftovers here, I just had to cook up some vegetables (I baked some chocolate brownies though). I really hope your aches and pains are easing. XJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837629817375132149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-90591855888881850742016-06-18T21:14:06.554+01:002016-06-18T21:14:06.554+01:00PS Why wait for him to 'offer' to help? ...PS Why wait for him to 'offer' to help? Perhaps if you said, "Darling, it would be lovely if you could lend a hand with the carpet cleaning while I empty the washing machine/do the ironing/clean the loo ..." If you've always waited for him to offer, then perhaps he doesn't think you need help. Lugging a carpet cleaner around is darned hard work! Let him feel useful, even needed, contributing to the upkeep of the home. You might be surprised at his willingness to help you. Why use a machine when you've pulled muscles when there's a chap there who could lend a hand? <br />Margaret P galanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-63804231899292247292016-06-18T21:08:32.039+01:002016-06-18T21:08:32.039+01:0040 hours a week, is that all? Only joking, but yo...40 hours a week, is that all? Only joking, but you work hard in the home, too, and I reckon a housewife/houseworker works more than 40 hours a week and it's often hard, physical work. When my husband worked and I worked, we simply shared the chores. When I gave up work to have a family and there were still jobs left to do at the end of a busy day we shared the chores. We still do, after almost 52 years of marriage; it's just how we've always done things, partners in everything. But I know a lot of women feel that they must do the housework if their husband has been out to work: they assume men work harder simply because they go out to work and they are at home, which isn't necessarily the case. But whatever suits you is fine, but if you've worked your socks off all day and your husband has, too, then either leave what jobs there are until you both feel less tired, or share the jobs that are left between you, that would seen sensible to me. My husband worked a 37.5 hour week as a senior engineer, an exacting and stressful job, often travelling abroad (which wasn't as a lot assume, a joy ride, but a lot of work, factories, hotels and airports!) but that didn't stop him from doing loads of jobs in the home and helping with childcare. He was a new man wayback in 1964 before the term was invented. <br />Margaret P<br /><br /><br /> galanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313878913294119263.post-25863750491516837242016-06-18T20:52:36.720+01:002016-06-18T20:52:36.720+01:00How wonderful, all those cuddles I am a little jea...How wonderful, all those cuddles I am a little jealous.mamasmercantilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011278973985658118noreply@blogger.com