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Rantings of a Modern Housewife

Rantings of a Modern Housewife

I am a housewife. My mother hates it. I met my husband in college. I wanted to be a doctor at the time. We had a lot of the same classes and it didn't take long for us to start dating. I was living in a small, studio apartment at the time and working at a museum as a secretary and cashier. The job was boring, but I liked it.

When he proposed he told me that to be his wife I would have be a stay at home wife. I was distraught at first. I had put forth so much time to try and become a doctor. But I wasn't doing well in my classes, and I didn't want to lose him. I loved him. And this was the best relationship I had ever had. So I agreed. I only worked for 2 weeks after we were married. My mother was furious. She said that by agreeing to be a house wife I was putting women back 50 years. She's continued to tell me this ever since.

I cook every meal. My husband doesn't even know how to cook. When he lived alone he survived solely off of takeout, sandwhiches, and cereal. Cooking used to bring me joy. It was a hobby and I loved coming up with ways to spice up a common meal. But now cooking is routine. We have the same 5 meals every (work)week because they're what my husband likes. We get to eat what I want to cook on the weekends. He usually doesn't clean his plate though. He'll eat a few bites and the rest will go to the dog. He will then make a sandwich.

I do all the cleaning too. He says he shouldn't have to clean cause he works all day. But I don't mind. I like having a tidy house. I fold his clothes and put them away. In return he'll mow the lawn on the weekends. But he usually runs over my flowers. So I quit planting them. I kept the baby we conceived on one of our routine mid week sex sessions. Even though I wasn't ready to be a mom. He told me to keep it. Cause it was his child too and he promised to help me with the baby.

He didn't go to any of the doctors appointments with me. But that was okay. He said he didn't want to watch another man touching on me even though it was nessasary. So I understood.

I drove myself to the hospital when I went into labor because he didn't want to take off early for work. I said it was okay. We'd need the money with the new baby here. I sleep in a separate room now. Because I don't want our daughter sleeping in a separate room with her being so young.

He would get angry when she would wake up in the night screaming. He would complain cause he had work the next day. So to make him happy I started sleeping in the guestroom with our daughters crib in there.

I'm a housewife.

Rantings of a Modern Housewife
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