A love boat crashed into everyday life?

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

“She complained to him that the windows of her first floor looked directly onto the trash heap.

He was in love with her for real and wanted to perform a miracle. One day she woke up, looked out the window and saw a dazzling white inscription made right on the trash cans:

GOOD MORNING DARLING !!!!! And then he even got a job as a garbage collector in this dump, so that every morning he would greet her with a smile. But they never got married, because they could not solve the problem - which of them will take out the bin …"

Sometime in my childhood I heard this parable, but it seemed too far-fetched to me. It cannot be that people who love each other could part forever because of such a trifle, well, the problem is - who will take out the garbage? But who is more convenient, at least in turn, well, not to throw lots, and not to hire a housekeeper for this particular household duty?

Personally, garbage always disappeared from my house somehow by itself, and this question never bothered me, but nevertheless, after devoting several days to studying this problem, I discovered something:

1. A woman takes out the garbage, most often it happens in those families where the whole life: food, shops, laundry, ironing, dishes and other cleanliness in the apartment lies on the shoulders of women who never even think of sharing their worries with their beloved.

2. There are families where household chores are strangely distributed and strictly regulated, and if the head of such a family "had a close relationship with the vacuum cleaner last week," then he considers his duty to maintain the home nest fulfilled, and garbage collection will not threaten him for the next 2-3 days.

3. The trash is carried out by a man. Here options are possible:

a) a man lives alone and takes out the garbage himself - this is done irregularly, but "as it accumulates" (however, some men also do with dirty dishes - according to the principle of the "March hare" - as long as there are clean dishes in the closet, the need for "general washing" absent). One friend of mine even got five-liter cans - he puts garbage in them, closes them tightly with lids, and then throws everything out in bulk - about once every two weeks …

b) a unique option - a man lives in a family, takes out the trash on his own and without reminders (this case is extremely rare, such men need increased attention and encouragement);

v) taking out garbage requires eloquent hints from a woman, such as putting a bucket in the corridor before a man arrives, giving him a bag of garbage before going to work, and just regular reminders: "dear, the bucket is already full …"

G) the initial agreement that "this" is a purely male responsibility. I have a friend (also, by the way, Natalya), she has a large family, and the whole household is based on her, the family is her husband, younger brother and two adult sons. Natalya is a housewife, men are earners (in the sense, they go to work and bring money), and Natalya deftly manages this money, and runs the household with special dexterity. Everything is decided in advance: Kolya goes to the market for vegetables, Misha vacuums the carpets, Igor peels potatoes, Sasha (the youngest) takes out the trash. And Natalya herself provides general leadership, because, although responsibilities are distributed, there is still a need for coordination …

Natalya herself is quite capable of driving a nail into the wall and changing the gasket in the tap, she says that she had to master all these skills, otherwise “they just fooled me before, explaining how much work, concentration, beer and time it takes. painting took up to a week, now, when I myself am actively involved in the process, it takes no more than half an hour."

Natalya also shared with me the secret of "the correct distribution of responsibilities among men": it is impossible, in no case, to entrust them with anything difficult, difficult and responsible, give them only such trifles that a three-year-old child is able to cope with. Not a single woman who competently "keeps the house" will force a man to cook borscht or starch his collars - this is a delicate work and you can spoil everything so that you can't fix it later, and shake out the rugs or brush the dust off the TV - you don't need much skill.

But never (never!) Do not belittle the significance of their hard and righteous labors, do not forget to repeat all the time: "So that I can do without you!" - keeping quiet about the fact that without him (without a man) you would always have perfect order, cleanliness and comfort in your house … will inspire further deeds and every day there will be fewer victims of his destructive activities "… And finally, I will tell you an anecdote - old, but relevant:

The wife says to her husband:

- Dear, take out the trash, please …

- What are you, this is not a man's work!

- Well, then do the man's!

- What, and you can’t joke? Give me a bucket …"

Evgeniya Plyashkevich