Why Do Moms Get 2 Holidays and Dads Only Get One?

[Sea Ray]

It doesn't have to be, and that is something between him and his wife. I'm just saying that it's odd to say that fixing a sink is doing something for the wife and not doing something for both of them. If he had said that instead of laying on the couch, he painted her toenails, gave her a massage, or took her to a spa, then maybe it would make sense. No worries.

The premise of the satire assumes a traditional marriage where the man works full time and the woman is a homemaker who doesn’t do plumbing. I can relate


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[Kingspoint]

The premise of the satire assumes a traditional marriage where the man works full time and the woman is a homemaker who doesn’t do plumbing. I can relate


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I was going to add that I know you are constantly busy doing all of those "traditional" jobs.

[BernieCarbo]

The premise of the satire assumes a traditional marriage where the man works full time and the woman is a homemaker who doesn’t do plumbing. I can relate


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I get that. My wife has absolutely zero mechanical knowledge. She couldn't fix a leaking faucet if the house was flooding. On the other hand, I could build a robot that could fix the leaky faucet. The point is, knowing that those limitations existed, I wouldn't look at fixing the faucet as "something I was doing for her".

But yes, the article was obviously satire, because if my wife talked about me like that, I'd be talking d-i-v-o-r-c-e, ala Tammy Wynette.

[Roy Tucker]

I will say that later in my career when I was getting 5 weeks PTO and my wife was working front office at Mason schools and limited time off, I’d take PTO days off to get stuff done around the house so we’d have weekends free. And it didn’t matter if it was a traditional male or female job. It was something that was needed done so it went on my to-do list. That way, we’d have weekends off to go do fun stuff.

[Kingspoint]

I get that. My wife has absolutely zero mechanical knowledge. She couldn't fix a leaking faucet if the house was flooding. On the other hand, I could build a robot that could fix the leaky faucet. The point is, knowing that those limitations existed, I wouldn't look at fixing the faucet as "something I was doing for her".

But yes, the article was obviously satire, because if my wife talked about me like that, I'd be talking d-i-v-o-r-c-e, ala Tammy Wynette.

For me, if you want something done, write it down.

And, of course, unless I'm gone for a week or something, a faucet never gets to the point of being leaky to where someone would have to mention it to me.

Just last week, I was gone for a week. Was ready to take care of a bunch of things and I got in the house and there were towels around the kitchen faucet with a stream of water running across the kitchen floor. Both of her parents oblivious to it and the Spouse had mentioned nothing to me about it. Needless to say, I first turned off the water, cleaned up the mess, and then took it apart to find out where it was leaking before I fixed it. Apparently, the "plumber" who had installed the new sink a year ago when I wasn't there used pipe sealant instead of a washer (and sealant, optional). It was only a matter of time. Went to ACE (where there no longer is anyone who could walk themselves out of a phonebooth) to get the right O-Ring as I didn't have the correct one in my supplies.