I would like the above stitched onto a tasteful needlepoint pillow. That final paragraph makes it sing.

I love it when I hear “so what were you thinking about for dinner?” just be real and say what you mean “what are you making me for dinner?”

Honestly every mum I know does all these things (or aspires to get them done) while even “woke” dad “does what he’s told”. I think most men don’t even realize all these tasks occur and take both the actual effort and the internal pressure we put ourselves just to keep family functioning.

Preach - thank you to all the parents (mostly mums) who keep track of all this. While our “partners” express childish learned incompetence and occasionally cleaning the kitchen in a grumpy way that makes it clear we’re not doing a good enough job.

*standing ovation*

Please tell me you are slowly poisoning him.

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry. You probably don’t need to hear this from an internet stranger but you made absolutely the right call to divorce his sorry ass.

Then inform them that they will be doing everything on that list. Not once, not for one day, not for a week or a month. FOREVER. Watch how fast they crumble.

I’m gonna copy/paste this for personal use. Thank you.

I hope your kids appreciate you.

That doesn’t work and it’s still making it her job to teach him how to do his part. My husband is quite oblivious and happy to live in filth. No one is their own worst enemy here.

Same. The last straw for me was when he couldn't manage to get our 5 year old to a dentist appointment while I was 2 time zones away making burial arrangements for my mom who had died of suicide. Then he acted offended like I had withheld important information on how to get to the dentist that he had been going to his…

I read this and just want to give you a massive hug. This is insane and has to stop. 

Men are basically trash.

You, like so many parents, are amazing! I don’t have kids but I do most of the work around the house. My husband acts the same way...he will clean up the spill on the floor or the fallen papers but will never see that it’s something that needs to be done unless I ask. Baffling! He also sometimes adds a little bit of…

The next time some guy asks a stay-at-home mom what they do all day, show him this list. And if the mom in question works outside the home, be sure to add that, as well. 

This is one of the reasons why I am divorced. I had all of this on top of a small business and I couldn’t “manage/train”* a husband. If I was going to do it all, then why are you here. I just couldn’t and I was becoming bitter and mean.

Holy fucking shit THIS is what is impossible to explain to partners. All of this. We don’t even have kids yet, and there is still a list of things like this. My partner doesn’t like to “feel stupid” so if there’s something he doesn’t know how to do, he kind of like...gets insecure and doesn’t do it...so I do. I love…

This reminds me of my partner and how he used to say he’s the one who “works.” It excuses all manner of laziness in the home. Housework and child-rearing is work. Unpaid, unappreciated work.

Bitch. You are a glorious woman. Ya whole damn family is lucky. I see you. I applaud you. I am you. 

Praise. Or worse “why did you let me sleep in?” This phrase is no longer used in my house. Men. Like the nipples on their chests fucking useless.