Where Is My Shirt? :Laundry and basically all the household work for ages have been done by women. Here is a poem on similar lines :
“Where is my shirt?”, squealed he.
“Wait! I don’t have hands three!”
She frantically searched his shirt,
Thinking of the recipe of a dessert.
The next moment hell broke loose,
His shirt was in the laundry with stains of orange juice.
Face red in anger she asked,”You did not do the laundry?”
“Why would I ? It isn’t for me!”
All the shirts soiled and stinking,
With a week’s break, what was she thinking?
She felt like grabbing that bottle of wine and drinking!
And there he was just standing and blinking.
“I have to go to the office, lady” he reminded,
with frustration,disappointment and anger she was blinded.
She threw the soiled laundry on his face,
and ran to her room like she was running a race.
He stood there shocked,
and the room from inside she had locked.
“I am sorry but what is wrong.” he asked.
“Nothing honey, this week on and forever we do things together.” she said.
“But I don’t do laundry.” he said blinking his puppy eyes.
“We will do it together.” she smiled like a saint wise.
And It is Day 18 of UBC!
Lovely!!it reminded me of the Ariel advt…share the load
great.. doing laundry was always considered a woman’s job.. you have given the topic humour and seriousness in the poem..
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I agree. A household is the joint responsibility of both partners, however the responsibility is split, both should ‘share the load’. 🙂
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I agree both needs to share the load when both are working
Story of my life! The day my husband does laundry I will faint, from shock!:)) I love how you’ve used humour to lighten a serious topic:)
Hmm.. Not on a daily basis, but on weekends I do try and help her in daily chores. It brings happiness on faces. :)A nice poem, Ramya.
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Sharing the load!That shirt episode reminds me of events @ home.
Agreed sharing our responsibilities will strengthen our bond IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WOMAN
http://allaboutthewoman.com/?p=1756
heheh.. Share The Load
Happy ending. A lesson on sharing the work and cooperative love:)
Seriously why is it even a topic to be discussed? Who made the rule that laundry is not for men?
Lets do it together then.
Beautiful writes on Gender discrimination
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But sharing is the best as sharing is caring. It developed togetherness.
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How in short and simple way you have described this reality of life ..good one 🙂
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Hahahaha.. nice way to bring out the fact that responsibilities need to be shared.
Puppy face…..really…..It ain’t that easy to coax husbands into the so-called ‘women’s only’ household chores….:D…..! Loved the mocking tone of the poem….
Story of my life, I tell you! But this is hilarious! I too scream at him cos’ he always asks for his tee when I think of a recipe. 😀 My gussa melts when I see him blinking though. <3 Awesome, Ramya!
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Ha … Ha … Ha …. I really wonder if you have overheard our talk, Ramya ….. 😛 These were the ecenes in our house earlier when i was working. Thanks for this post which made me nostalgic.
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