Hello everyone, how are you? I hope you're doing well. It's great to be participating in the Ladies of the Hive contest today. Actually, I'm a little annoyed by the division between domestic and public spaces. Because domestic work is free, in my country, unpaid work is considered lowly.
Being a housewife has become a trivial and free job. So, what are the conditions in my house? Three years after my mother married my father, I asked my mother to become a housewife. On the condition that a certain amount must be met, all the household needs and my mother's needs must be met.
My mother accepted the condition, so my father worked hard to provide for all our needs. But doesn't my father do any domestic work? When he's off work, he always helps with household chores, like cleaning and cooking. Sometimes he even washes the dishes.
It's certain that when my father cleans the house, it's very clean. Even when he washes the dishes, the level of cleanliness is above average. That's what I like about my father. But when I got older, I was given the task of cleaning the house as well. I shared the chores with my younger brother.
Since my younger brother and I grew up, housework has become a shared responsibility. It's no longer my mother's responsibility. My mother has more time to spend with friends. I've also learned to appreciate the difficult tasks of the house.
Now, I feel grateful that I can do housework well. Essentially, my parents taught me this so that when I'm away from home, I can do it myself. But as for cooking, I haven't cooked until now.
Every dish I cook is always different from my mother's. Is this story similar to yours? What about you? That's all I have to say. I hope you enjoyed my story for now. See you in the next one.
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My name is Nurdiani Latifah. I live in Jakarta – Indonesia, and after 25 years I live in Bandung. I am a media staff at an NGO in Indonesia. I have worked in this institution for almost 2 years on issues of women and peace. I have been a journalist in Bandung for 3 years.
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