Man V's Wife
My wife is amazing.
It's hard being a wife. It's even harder when you are also a mother and maybe a working professional as well. These are hard enough when they are in siloed, but when you throw them all into the mix, it is an impossible task to balance.
How do I know it's hard for my wife? Well she tells me! And frankly she has to!
It isn't that I don't recognize what she does for our family, I do. I say it, when I can. But she has to remind me of all the things she does, because sometimes I forget. Sad but true.
In reality, I am in awe of her and how she deals with things, multiple things, and still remains sane. But she has to remind me, because I am a man.
And what does that mean exactly? Well it means I don't do well with remembering stuff. I don't do well multi-tasking and I get distracted easily!
These days I find myself in conversations, being present, nodding in agreement and joining in with certain topics, but there are so many other things going on in my head, that I sometimes walk away and forgot some important detail.
Of course there are factors that contribute to that, particularly with all the craziness of life, but being a man doesn't help. Thats what my wife has to live with. Telling me things for the shopping list, and me forgetting half of them. Asking me to write some thank you cards, and having to put them in front of me before I finally do it. Oh and don't even ask me how birthday parties, Halloween costumes and school supplies happen! They seem to magically appear in the house!
So I try to remember to tell her how amazing she is. But I am ok with her reminding me because it's not easy being a man. But it's much harder being a wife.
It's hard being a wife. It's even harder when you are also a mother and maybe a working professional as well. These are hard enough when they are in siloed, but when you throw them all into the mix, it is an impossible task to balance.
How do I know it's hard for my wife? Well she tells me! And frankly she has to!
It isn't that I don't recognize what she does for our family, I do. I say it, when I can. But she has to remind me of all the things she does, because sometimes I forget. Sad but true.
In reality, I am in awe of her and how she deals with things, multiple things, and still remains sane. But she has to remind me, because I am a man.
And what does that mean exactly? Well it means I don't do well with remembering stuff. I don't do well multi-tasking and I get distracted easily!
These days I find myself in conversations, being present, nodding in agreement and joining in with certain topics, but there are so many other things going on in my head, that I sometimes walk away and forgot some important detail.
Of course there are factors that contribute to that, particularly with all the craziness of life, but being a man doesn't help. Thats what my wife has to live with. Telling me things for the shopping list, and me forgetting half of them. Asking me to write some thank you cards, and having to put them in front of me before I finally do it. Oh and don't even ask me how birthday parties, Halloween costumes and school supplies happen! They seem to magically appear in the house!
So I try to remember to tell her how amazing she is. But I am ok with her reminding me because it's not easy being a man. But it's much harder being a wife.
posted by MarinaDazza at 9:49 AM
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