The happiest wives

NY Times via Neshoba Democrat ^ | March 01, 2006 | JOHN TIERNEY

[pcottraux]

What does a woman want?

It's actually very simple. The answer is: "NOT PCOTTRAUX!!!"

[Lurker]

The author should have read Chaucer.

L

[Jotmo]

Bump

[Old Sarge]

What does a woman want?"

I believe that was the question that King Arthur sought to answer, and he found the answer, as well - an answer which stands true even unto our time...

[pollyannaish]

Hang in there, pc. You'll find her! You've got plenty of time left.

[Slings and Arrows]

“What does a woman want?”

Chocolate.

[pcottraux]

Women want world peace. And a new VCR.

[pcottraux]

Mhhm.

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Modern media has distorted the image of what components truly make a decent guy for many women. Oprah, Dr. Phil, Jerry Springer, and a bunch of others have really been a woman's worst enemy.

~ Blue Jays ~

[pollyannaish]

LOL. I'm old. You'll just have to trust me on this.

BTW, my husband and I used to laugh ourselves silly at the Red Green Show (or whatever that was called.) Of course, maybe it was the time it came on.

[pcottraux]

You got the name right. And it certainly wasn't the time.

[Full Court]

You just have not found the right one yet.

[TAdams8591]

"But it turns out that an equal division of labor didn’t make husbands more affectionate or wives more fulfilled. The wives working outside the home reported less satisfaction with their husbands and their marriages than did the stay-at-home wives. And among those with outside jobs, the happiest wives, regardless of the family’s overall income, were the ones whose husbands brought in at least two-thirds of the money."

If they had asked me, I could have told them the above when I was 19.

" But I’d bet there’s a limit to egalitarianism. Consider what’s happened with housework, that perpetual sore point. From the 1960s through the ‘80s, wives cut back on housework as husbands did more. In the 1990s, though, the equalizing trend leveled off, leaving wives still doing nearly twice as much of the work at home."

Well, DUH!!!! Most Mothers who work full time really are overworked. That's one of the reasons I have never supported or recommended it.

[pcottraux]

Yeah, that's what everyone says.

[JimSEA]

My wife really wants me to stop looking at her "like that." I know this because every time she finishes lecturing me about one of my numerous failings, she finishes up by telling me, "Don't look at me like that!"

[Full Court]

Better to find the right one than marry the wrong one and divorce, and pay child support while some other man raises your children.

How old are you?

[TChad]

Here's the money quote from the article:

And among those with outside jobs, the happiest wives, regardless of the family’s overall income, were the ones whose husbands brought in at least two-thirds of the money. These male providers-in-chief were regarded fondly by even the most feminist-minded women — the ones who said they believed in dividing duties equally. In theory, these wives were egalitarians, but in their own lives they preferred more traditional arrangements.

Having succeeded in placing their turds on the white tablecloth, the feminists decided that a good time had been had by all, and before returning home to their loving husbands, they said in unison:

"Never mind."

[pcottraux]

21.

Yeah, yeah, plenty of time, I know.

[Zarro]

"I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess"