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Who could pass up a great opportunity to vent like this? Definitely not me. Well, let’s get on with it, shall we?
There is only one thing or topic that can instantly raise my blood pressure and make my blood literally boil. For real, if you want to get a rise out of me, it is very easy with this topic. And that topic is “Gender Roles in Marriage”🎉🎉.
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With the above paragraph, it will interest you to know that I am fairly fair when it comes to my approach to gender roles.
The sole reason I find it to be a sensitive topic though is that, for the longest time, I have heard stories in my immediate environment about how a lot of women have found themselves “stuck” in a marriage with deadbeat husbands and fathers.
And I’m talking about people old enough to be our mothers and aunties. For some reason, some women in the older generations found it sound to settle down with men of questionable characters.
Now while I understand that life is not always black and white and that there is definitely more to it than meets the eye, it is just a shame to know that there are fathers out there that abandon their families like that. My immediate society is riddled with single married mothers.
Mothers, who are the breadwinners and the homemakers. Women who literally go to work or to their places of business, make money, and spend it all on the family. And at the same time, these women are expected to fulfill their “wifely duties.”.
Having this at the back of my mind, it shouldn’t be a surprise as to why the topic of “Gender Roles” brings a sour taste to my mouth. I always react to that conversation with an air of defense, knowing what I know.
My coworkers and I were having a conversation about it the other day. And I all but lost my sh*t. I had to excuse myself while I could still act civil.
It’s safe to say that this issue has definitely influenced my requirements when it comes to men.
It’s nothing too deep; I just now require men (or at least my future partner) to be fully stocked with all the basic survival skills there are. Cooking, cleaning, making money, taking of babies, toddlers, children (or having the zeal to learn these things).
One of my biggest fears is ending up in a marriage where my partner becomes my plus one child. Can you imagine😭
Oh well, so yeah. That is what gets me mad.
Thanks for listening☺☺
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