Mr. Mom Monday
Well I have officially adopted the title "stay-at-home Dad." I have shunned this title in the past because I assumed that I would once again be asked to assume the duties that I am best at, bringing home the bacon. My wife has other ideas. She believes that she needs to have a job and I need to have a job. I am ok with this idea when the kids are at school. Problem is we have a one year old and I WILL NOT PUT MY CHILDREN IN DAYCARE!
I tried to explain to my wife that I could make more money than she can. I am not making a sexist statement, it is the truth. I have more work place skills, I have better leadership skills, and I have always made more money than my wife has. It has nothing to do with her being a woman; it has everything to do with the fact that she does not really understand what work is. I will try to explain my point in a different way. Let's say you own a football team. Who should play the quarterback position? The quarterback or the head cheerleader? Right now, our family team is being lead by the head cheerleader while the star quarterback is leading the cheerleading squad. We have been losing games since my god given talents have been mitigated to cleaning house, doing laundry, taking care of the kids, and cooking the meals. Now it is a fact that I am better at cooking, laundry, and cleaning, but I am significantly better at making money. My day goes like this: I wake up take a bath while listening to the radio, reading a book, and planning my days cleaning and cooking activities. After my relaxing bath my wife leaves to goto work (usually 1 hour and a half early) while I do the laundry, clean the house, cook the meals, take care of my one year old son, and work on my websites. Sometime around 4 or 6 pm, my best friend Lummpy shows up to hangout with me until he goes to work at 10:30pm. We watch Fox News most of the night, find a movie to watch, and I start dinner around 10pm. My wife arrives home from work at 11:30pm and we eat dinner, sit on the couch, watch TV or a movie, and goto bed sometime around 1:30am. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy taking care of my son and keeping the house clean, I just do not believe that I am being used to the best of my abilities. I do not believe the family duties and responsibilities are distributed correctly. When I bring up this subject with my wife, she says to me, "If you don't like it you can get a job or you can leave." I could get a job, but like I said before, "I WILL NOT PUT MY KIDS IN DAYCARE!" And I could leave, but I love my wife, I love my sons, I want to keep the family together. What to do, what to do? I guess its Mr. Mom for now. |