FRIENDS TELL ME that family therapy has helped their marriages. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like those pricey bills. So let me share my remedy: I wash the dishes.
That’s right, keeping kitchen stuff grease- and germ-free through hand washing is my ticket to a relatively stress-free, relatively content marriage. For one thing, the task is a lot of work. I do every plate, bowl, and pot, every meal, day after day. And I’ve been “Palmoliving” them for 30 years. By this point, the pile would be about as high as our national deficit. Stack them up, and they’d reach heaven.
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Great essay! Funny and true.
Piker. I took over all the cooking, most of the dishwashing and most of the laundry years ago.
If you weren't already married and I didn't have a great guy that does most of our cooking, I'd try to find a way to meet you. Very good advice and well written.
She does the gardening. She likes gardening. I hate gardening.
I took over the cooking ( 4 star) the main 'breadwinning' the yard work, the dog-walking, the bill-paying, the planning, the social calendar yet the ex would not do the dishes. I bet she does the dishes now.