[ken21]

interesting article.

the comments by the daughter above are funny--the wives do run things.

[theDentist]

Somehow this is news to the NYT?

[martin_fierro]

I run things in my house.

Mrs. Fierro told me to.

[Tamatoa]

I am not a member to read the article. Can somebody repost the whole article? I need to send it to my wife.

Thanks

[Dinsdale]

After my sister got divorced her four year old son told her he was in charge as he was the 'man of the house'.

Don't know who could have put him up to it. No idea.

[SF Republican]

Not in our house the wife does not run things, our 3 year old daughter does (she even looks like Napoleon)

[Malesherbes]

I'm not a "member" of the New York Times and refuse to become one. I take it that this is another article about Metroman.

[Non-Sequitur]

After dropping off Kelsey and Kristina, Ms. Link has to double back and pick up Kaleigh and take her to golf. She will wait for Kelsey to finish soccer before picking up Kristina and taking her to cheerleading practice. Another mother will have to retrieve Kristina so that Ms. Link can be home when Kaleigh's math tutor comes.

And where does homework and family dinner fit into any of this?

[Viking2002]

I let my wife think she runs things, just to keep the peace. She also knows that the line crossing into my Hiroshima Scenario is on a sliding scale.

[reagan_fanatic]

The Man Song by Sean Morey

I don't take no crap from anybody else but you.
I wear the pants around here...when I'm finished with your laundry.
'Cause I'm a guy you don't want to fight ... when I say "jump" you say "yeah, right".
I'm the man of this house ... until you get home.

What I say goes around here ... right out the window.
And I don't want to hear a lot of whining ... so I'll shut up.
The sooner you learn who's boss around here ... the sooner you can give me my orders, dear.
'Cause I am the head honcho ... but it's all in my head.

And I can have sex anytime ... that you want.
'Cause I'm a man who has needs ... but they're not that important.
And don't expect any flowers from me ... because if I'm not mistaken you prefer jewelry.
I'm the king of my castle ... when you're not around.

And I'll drink and watch sports whenever I want ... to get into trouble.
And I'll come home when I'm good and ready ... to sleep on the couch.
Because a man's got to do what a man's got to do ... and I'm going to do what you tell me to.
Because I'm top dog around here ... but I've been neutered!

[Rutles4Ever]

" Brookings Institution analysis of census data last year reported that the percentage of people living in affluent or poor suburbs in 50 metropolitan areas increased from 1980 to 2000, and the percentage living in middle-income areas declined."

I was just saying this last week re: San Diego. They're going to have a real-estate rich upper class and the dirt poor. Everyone else in the "middle" will be renting if they're not forced to leave the state to buy their first home.

[AppyPappy]

I'm so glad I left that life.

[chs68]

"the comments by the daughter above are funny--the wives do run things."

Wives rule?

In houses fortunate to have them, cats rule.

[t_skoz]

Ms. Linka's favorite place was Pittsford, an affluent apple-pie town outside Rochester with a congenial mix of transient families and long-settled ones. "Up there each town has its own little village and one main street where you can walk and ride your bike and get someplace safely," she said. Kelsey and Kristina started school and soccer there. Ms. Link became a certified personal trainer and began volunteering. She joined the Junior League.

Ahh, Rochester's yuppie population. I grew up in one of the villages a couple of towns away from there. Mostly they are just snobby Democrat elitists.

[BroncosFan]

I have to say, even when the NYT has a decent article about a legit issue in a lot of peoples' lives, it still comes across as incredibly snotty. If I were unemployed and homeless and read this, I'd be annoyed at the whiney yuppie scum featured herein.

[TChris]

Yes, very true. In addition, such wives are usually dissatisfied to some degree with their less-manly husbands. After taking over the leadership role in the family, they wonder why their husbands don't behave more like leaders.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Yep, no time to play tennis with the wife 'cuz you have to work your butt off to pay for her tennis instructor.

And he's porking her 'cuz you're not at home to do that either 'cuz you're working to pay for the maid because your wife is too tired from tennis 'lessons' to vacuum...

[Dan from Michigan]

Interesting article. I'm seeing these "price pointed' subdivisions sprouting up all over where I'm at.

[HitmanLV]

Wow, the NY Times discovers that women are in fact the dominant partner in married relationships.

Thanks for the news flash! ;-)

[cyborg]

I would try to be a respectful wife and suggest things and defer to my husband most of the time. There are just some things that a man has no clue about. When I figure out what, I'll let you guys know ;o)

[Pictish]

Those types of husbands are just waiting to die of a heart attack at 49. Then the wife gets everything and marries some other sucker. C'est la vie. They were only doing their part to maintain the illusion of a meaningful existence. Hopefully for them, the afterlife is not a fairytale.

The rat race is a cruel joke played on those foolish enough to spend their short lives running it.