What kind of mistress are you?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Do you love to cook, but you hate cleaning and scold yourself for it? In vain, you're just different.

Fierce debates are still going on around the concept of "housewife". Where is a woman's true place - at work or in the kitchen?

Those who sit at home and describe themselves only as a housewife are often treated slightly dismissively by those around them: they say, what kind of self-realization is this. If a woman is in time at work and is in charge of the house, there is usually more respect for her in society.

But we will not even argue about this: it all depends on each woman. From her life circumstances, desires and aspirations, abilities. Each has her own unique temperament, which affects, among other things, how she does household chores.

HOUSEWIFE as she is

Each of us, to one degree or another, has to deal with the house.

Some people enjoy household chores. Even tired after a hard day's work, such women cannot calmly watch a movie, knowing that at least one unwashed plate is left in the sink, or fall asleep, seeing that some, even very insignificant, thing is out of place. Putting things in order brings them inner harmony and tranquility, helps to put in order and thoughts.

Other women have to force themselves to do housework. Each of us probably has friends and just acquaintances who were captivated by their own illusions and decided to sacrifice their own career for the good of the family for various reasons. The role of a housewife was never the height of their dreams, they had to break themselves.

Being at home "under duress", they do not find an outlet for their own energy, ways of self-realization, and as a result they begin to hate all their household duties, which, under other circumstances, they would have treated quite calmly.

Housewife Type One: Chef

You know these people. They will never let you out of the house until they feed you first, second, and dessert. They love to invent new recipes and photograph their masterpieces for Instagram. For them, cooking is a creative process, and the praise of the husband and guests is an additional incentive to create.

A housewife-cook, who cannot imagine her life without a kitchen, will say with absolute certainty that she has found her true calling in this. She may dislike and outright ignore all other areas of the household, hiring a cleaner or nanny whenever possible. But she is unlikely to allow someone from the household to bring home tasteless fast food.

Housewife, type two: Mom

Remember, in the film "We'll Live Until Monday," one of the girls wrote that she wants to become a mother, that this is real happiness. Of course, all women by nature (some to a greater extent, some to a lesser extent) are endowed with a maternal instinct. But only a housewife-mother, like this girl, always knew that she was born with a mission: to give birth and raise a child.

She did not sleep at night when the baby was just born. She could not get enough of him, could not entrust him even to the closest relatives. And she did a great job: she knows how to calm down the child, how to support him, her friends and visitors of the “mother's” forums listen to her advice.

Housewife Type Three: The Keeper of the Home

Even the language does not turn to call her a "cleaner", because for her it is both meditation and a sacrament. Putting things in order in the house, she seemed to bring him into his thoughts. It was not for nothing that in Ancient Greece, the household was in charge of its own goddess - Hestia.

It is not difficult for such women to wash the dishes after all the household items, wipe the mirrors, wash the windows. This is how they live and breathe better.

Housewife, type four: Resting

A vacationing housewife does not work and can afford to hire helpers to devote time to her beloved. She goes to a beauty salon, to the gym, meets with friends and does her favorite hobby. Once upon a time such a way of life caused a lot of envy and a desire to imitate: girls dreamed of meeting a “rich and kind” who would provide such a level of comfort. But then a wave of divorces and a wave of economic crises swept through. It became clear that when so much depends on a man, you should not relax. Those who use their free time for self-improvement are more likely to both maintain a relationship and help their husband in case of difficulties.

Housewife Type Five: Cultivator

It happens that right after the wedding, the beloved spouse says to his wife: “Dear, the breadwinner in our family, as it should be, will be me. You will have whatever you want. I ask only one thing: do not bother yourself with work, sit at home and do what you like. Of course, it looks more like a fairy tale, but it happens sometimes. Well, since any idleness hates the cultivating housewife, she begins to turn sitting at home for the benefit of her own development.

She enrolls in courses for landscape designers and makeup artists, reads Nietzsche, does yoga and learns Spanish, sings, dances, paints and does everything to learn something new every day.

Housewife type six: Jack of all trades

A master housewife is capable of handling any kind of homework with dignity. She knows how to hammer in a nail or hang a shelf, she does not wait for her husband to come to take out the trash or take a walk with the dog, she washes, washes, strokes, mends, tidies up, and at the same time feels great: it’s good to be a master!

This could have ended, if there was not another type, which is now very rare and is characterized as an endangered species with an entry into the Red Book. It…

Housewife, type seven: HOUSEHOLDER

Of course, it is more common to see a woman doing household chores. And yet everyone knows that men cook better (especially meat). And the experience of a mustachioed nanny suggests that a more strict and impartial educator is not inferior to a woman in raising children. And some men do not take care of, patience and respect for household items. Modern men marry late and manage to reach the stage when they want comfort and warmth at home, and it turns out to organize it for themselves. Of course, this is more likely an exception than a rule, however, we should give our beloved householders their due: they are quite capable of competing with any of the above types of housewives. After all, a housewife is not a profession, it is a character warehouse.