At first, I thought they were harmless little reminders. You know, things like “Don’t forget to buy eggs!” or “Trash day is Thursday!” But no, Linda had a very different kind of messaging in mind. Hers was more passive-aggressive.
On the stove, I found one that read: “I am here to be used to cook food for your husband. Fresh dish for EACH MEAL.”
Stuck on the mop: “I am here to be used to clean EVERY DAY so your husband doesn’t breathe dust!”
On the dishwasher: “Real wives don’t ‘forget’ to unload me.”
That one really ticked me off.
But it got worse.
On the laundry basket: “Don’t wait for him to run out of socks. A good wife anticipates!”
And on the dining table: “MY SON deserves to eat at a clean table, not one covered in your work papers!”
Even the coffee maker didn’t escape her wrath: “A good wife has coffee ready for HER HUSBAND before he wakes up!”
I remember just standing there in the kitchen one morning, holding a banana and reading that one in disbelief!
Look, I’m not some neglectful wife who doesn’t want to do all these things. I work full-time, and so does my husband, Jason. We both wake up at 6 a.m., I get home earlier around 6 p.m., yet somehow, I was the one being held to some 1950s sitcom housewife standard!
The irony of it all was that I was being judged by a woman who spent her days watching crime dramas in our living room, pretending to be exhausted by 10 a.m.!
The notes weren’t funny. They were personal, targeted, and ubiquitous.
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