http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375 A story moved on our wires today about a University of Michigan study which found having a husband creates an extra seven hours of housework a week for the wife. Meanwhile, a man saves an hour a week of housework by having a wife. You can read the whole story here. Husbands: Your wife has probably got enough to moan about without you telling her about this study. Wives: Try to temper the ill-feeling that this study brings you and accentuate the positive. Namely, that for every hour you're cooking and cleaning, your husband is able to watch baseball for an additional 8.5 minutes. &nbsp; A story moved on our wires today about a University of Michigan study which found having a husband creates an extra seven hours of housework a week for the wife. Meanwhile, a man saves an hour a week of housework by having a wife. You can read the whole story here. Husbands: Your wife has probably got enough to moan about without you telling her about this study. Wives: Try to temper the ill-feeling that this study brings you and accentuate the positive. Namely, that for every hour you're cooking and cleaning, your husband is able to watch baseball for an additional 8.5 minutes. &nbsp; en-us <p>If the typical wife is like mine, she makes it harder on herself by not being practical. I do help my wife with housework. You familiar with dishwasher soap? Great stuff for getting clothes clean and I use it to do my own gym laundry. <i>She </i>gets upset because I used the dishwasher.</p> <p>And why is cooking such a chore? When it's my turn to cook, I get fried chicken or pizza. Sometimes I make sandwiches. I tell I'm saving energy. She doesn't have an answer for that because she just&nbsp;turns away without saying anything.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236223 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236223 <p>If the typical wife is like mine, she makes it harder on herself by not being practical. I do help my wife with housework. You familiar with dishwasher soap? Great stuff for getting clothes clean and I use it to do my own gym laundry. <i>She </i>gets upset because I used the dishwasher.</p> <p>And why is cooking such a chore? When it's my turn to cook, I get fried chicken or pizza. Sometimes I make sandwiches. I tell I'm saving energy. She doesn't have an answer for that because she just&nbsp;turns away without saying anything.</p> <p>Well, allow me to go on the record as saying that I would have to do tons more work around the house if it were not for my spouse.</p> <p>He does the bulk of the laundry, shopping, cleaning, dishes and yard work --- and that's just off the top of my head.</p> <p>And he rarely watches baseball :o)</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236226 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236226 <p>Well, allow me to go on the record as saying that I would have to do tons more work around the house if it were not for my spouse.</p> <p>He does the bulk of the laundry, shopping, cleaning, dishes and yard work --- and that's just off the top of my head.</p> <p>And he rarely watches baseball :o)</p> <p>I used to do a lot more housework while my wife was at work, but then I discovered this damn blog....</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236235 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236235 <p>I used to do a lot more housework while my wife was at work, but then I discovered this damn blog....</p> <p>Had a test of will with my ex once.&nbsp; He would come in, sit in the recliner, take his shoes and socs off and drop the socks beside the chair.&nbsp; I finally rebelled and refused to pick them up.&nbsp; He refused to pick them up.&nbsp; The pile had gotten quite high when the MIL called and said she was coming over.&nbsp; Guess who won the test of wills?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No wife will let her MIL come over with a stack of dirty socks on the liv. rm. floor.&nbsp; The hubby doesn't care since he knows every MIL knows the wife is never good enough for her boy and the bad wife is just a bad housekeeper.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236288 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236288 <p>Had a test of will with my ex once.&nbsp; He would come in, sit in the recliner, take his shoes and socs off and drop the socks beside the chair.&nbsp; I finally rebelled and refused to pick them up.&nbsp; He refused to pick them up.&nbsp; The pile had gotten quite high when the MIL called and said she was coming over.&nbsp; Guess who won the test of wills?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No wife will let her MIL come over with a stack of dirty socks on the liv. rm. floor.&nbsp; The hubby doesn't care since he knows every MIL knows the wife is never good enough for her boy and the bad wife is just a bad housekeeper.</p> <p>Nancy, you should have taken the socks&nbsp;out&nbsp;to the driveway, soaked them with a flammable liquid, and torched them off. &nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236325 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236325 <p>Nancy, you should have taken the socks&nbsp;out&nbsp;to the driveway, soaked them with a flammable liquid, and torched them off. &nbsp;</p> <p>Strange you should mention that, Nancy. My brother-in-law is a slob. My sister takes it with a sense of humor (up to a point) and refers to socks and dishes strewn about as his &quot;droppings.&quot; Fortunately, I wasn't raised that way by my mother. I have childhood scars on my head to prove it. For all my shortcomings, being a slob is not one of them. Maybe that's why I'm not my wife's &quot;ex.&quot;</p> <p>That a wife is never good enough for mommy's little boy seems to be a universal axiom. If I'd waited and shopped around I'd have done so much better. Our child, however, is something else. She's perfection from heaven. Thank God, she spent enough time with grandma to learn the things my wife would have never got around to teaching.(sigh)</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236375 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/26375/#c_236375 <p>Strange you should mention that, Nancy. My brother-in-law is a slob. My sister takes it with a sense of humor (up to a point) and refers to socks and dishes strewn about as his &quot;droppings.&quot; Fortunately, I wasn't raised that way by my mother. I have childhood scars on my head to prove it. For all my shortcomings, being a slob is not one of them. Maybe that's why I'm not my wife's &quot;ex.&quot;</p> <p>That a wife is never good enough for mommy's little boy seems to be a universal axiom. If I'd waited and shopped around I'd have done so much better. Our child, however, is something else. She's perfection from heaven. Thank God, she spent enough time with grandma to learn the things my wife would have never got around to teaching.(sigh)</p>