A man says he would like his spouse to stay healthy and attractive and she hears a demand that she look like a 20 yr old. Meanwhile, he's supposed to agree and laugh along at any "funny" insult to his looks.
When was the last time a comedy on TV portrayed a husband/father as anything other than a lovable dunce? But God forbid anyone point out that Roseanne is a whiny unattractive cow.
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I think the issue is what is healthy and attractive to you and to her? I know many women who I think look gorgeous, have excellent BP, labs, genetics etc....but they have hubby’s who push them to ‘loose a few pounds’ or “take that dance class to sex up our marriage”. My reaction is always “Do it for yourself first.”
You have a valid point about TV, but then again, I don’t watch sit-coms that much. I do deal, care for, work with and teach a lot of females, so yeah, I hear their side of things.
However unattractive the TV wife is, the TV husband is more so, physically and otherwise. If you remember Roseanne's TV husband, he was a huge and hugely unattractive guy. And a whiner.
When was the last time you saw a fat TV wife with a thin TV husband? Never. It's always the reverse, and the message is clear: Any fat, balding pig of a man can get a babe. And wives? The best you can do is a fat doofus ten years your senior.
Of course, TV sitcoms are largely written, directed, and produced by men. They create for TV what they desperately wish to be true in real life.
“But God forbid anyone point out that Roseanne is a whiny unattractive cow.”
I think plenty of people have made that observation. :)