A quiz!

[telophase]

Managing Livingtime, from 1964, is trying to convince you why managing your "livingtime" is essential. From page 20:

The baby may need food, clean clothing, and a bath all at the same time. Meanwhile, the husband's lunch should be packed, a button sewn on his coat, and the paper boy may be at the back door!

Let's see ... handwaving away the fact that I don't have a baby, have never taken care of one, and am not married ... the order of jobs for the baby depends on what sort of mess it is: if they've managed to remove their diaper and smear it all over themselves or have some sort of icky type of dirt, then bath first, otherwise feed them first, bath and new clothes afterwards. Husband can pack his own damn lunch if I'm busy with the baby, or buy it, and if he's incapable of sewing a button on himself it can wait until he comes home from work because he won't die from not having a button on his coat for a day. If he has the sort of job where his appearance is vital to his success, well, it's past time that he's learned to do any minor repairs that may pop up during the day, isn't it? The paper boy is at the back door, which in this day and age means he's trespassing and my husband can run him off while I'm dealing with the baby.

Comments

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

ZOMG, slave, you cannot expect your master husband to sew his own button or fix his own lunch! D: D: D:

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

Why should it be your husband who runs off the trespasser while you deal with the baby? Why can't he deal with the baby and you run off the trespasser? (In most of my relationships, my female partner has been VASTLY scarier than I.)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Because I haaaaaaate dealing with that sort of thing. :D

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

At least as good a way of deciding these things as a coin toss, yup.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I am all about dividing up the chores by whoever hates to do them least. :) I would happily cook dinner every night of the week in exchange for never washing another dish again.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Maybe the paperboy is at the back door, looking at you from under his eyelashes and whispering, "Can I help you out with .... anything?"

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Trust me on this: ALWAYS feed before bath. Always.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Given the circumstances, I believe my response would be to yell at the paperboy to come back another time, and then yell at my husband for whining to me about his missing button or unpacked lunch while our child has smeared their poo all over the living room walls.

[viridian5.livejournal.com]

the paper boy may be at the back door!

::porn music::

[ukoku.livejournal.com]

No, no, the paper boy is at the back door, if you know what I'm saying, wink. With a husband so sexist, is anyone surprised?