Simone de Beauvoir
Before I became myself an housewife, I used to wake up when the sun was shinning so hard that I could feel the heat on my skin despite the closed window. I would say it was generally around 11 am even if sometimes it was rather 12 pm (especially on Saturdays and Sundays) (Does the sun shines more gently on weekends?? that's another question).
Now I'm an housewife and I wonder: what time should I wake up?
This morning, I heard something ringing briefly, then a light appeared and my space in the bed almost doubled all of a sudden. What is truth? Was I dreaming? Actually, I was not dreaming. I heard a voice punctuated with questions marks and I moaned some NAOOOOOO...or some YAESSSSS... to answer. Then I've been kissed goodbye and I came back to the normal cycle of my sleep.
A few hours later, as the heat from the sunshine was starting to burn my tiptoes, I woke up. I was alone, the room was cold, it seemed that someone had breakfast in the room and I didn't notice it.
Did I wake up to late? Will I cope with all the work I have to do today? What time should I wake up?
Solution: as a gifted man, aware of my home duties, I should wake up when my wife wakes up at least for her to have a feeling not to talk to an animal when she has breakfast. Then I should tidy up the entire room, beginning with myself. When everything will be done, I will have spare time for exciting activities such as MBA Thesis writting, Job search and other things that would in the end change my condition of male housewife.
Housewife is not a status, a name or a box you tick on a form. Housewife is a victory, a victory over boring times, over laziness and over the fact that nobody will tell us, you don't do anything while we're working hard to bring money home.
As a male housewife I take the decision to wake up at the same time normal people wake up, to be able to fill my day up with interesting activities that will gradually threaten my housewife status.
Now I'm an housewife and I wonder: what time should I wake up?
This morning, I heard something ringing briefly, then a light appeared and my space in the bed almost doubled all of a sudden. What is truth? Was I dreaming? Actually, I was not dreaming. I heard a voice punctuated with questions marks and I moaned some NAOOOOOO...or some YAESSSSS... to answer. Then I've been kissed goodbye and I came back to the normal cycle of my sleep.
A few hours later, as the heat from the sunshine was starting to burn my tiptoes, I woke up. I was alone, the room was cold, it seemed that someone had breakfast in the room and I didn't notice it.
Did I wake up to late? Will I cope with all the work I have to do today? What time should I wake up?
Solution: as a gifted man, aware of my home duties, I should wake up when my wife wakes up at least for her to have a feeling not to talk to an animal when she has breakfast. Then I should tidy up the entire room, beginning with myself. When everything will be done, I will have spare time for exciting activities such as MBA Thesis writting, Job search and other things that would in the end change my condition of male housewife.
Housewife is not a status, a name or a box you tick on a form. Housewife is a victory, a victory over boring times, over laziness and over the fact that nobody will tell us, you don't do anything while we're working hard to bring money home.
As a male housewife I take the decision to wake up at the same time normal people wake up, to be able to fill my day up with interesting activities that will gradually threaten my housewife status.
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