A mother has completely stopped doing housework to show that in her home, no one is helping her. So for three days, the dishes, the dirty laundry and the housework were not done (because yes, presumably ALL the housework was on him … find the mistake). Three days is what it took for mom's family to realize the time to act.
Are you interested in living in filth and bacteria? Quitting the dishes is what a mom had to do to make her family realize that she couldn't be the only one on whom the housework was based. To do alone, at the same time the dinner, the housework, the laundry … it was too much. For several days, dozens of glasses, plates, cutlery and cups piled up in the kitchen of the house. Two days in the filth, without anyone telling themselves that this was not normal, and that we might have to think about lifting a little finger. She posted the extensive damage on Twitter.
Companion like children, no one bothered to think: "Well this is dirty, I stick to it, each in turn”. Rather, the image translates: "Boarf, she will do it later, now I'm lazy”. It's true that women, more than anything, rejoice over filling the dishwasher (#irony). The mother has decided to stand firm and not give in. And frankly, we understand it.
Who is responsible for the household chores?
Mom didn't stop there. She also stopped running washing machines. A pile of clothes then began to pile up on the ground … still without reaction from the first concerned. But the mother stood firm in her fight to get the rest of the family to work, she didn't give in. Even if it meant feeling bad at home, she decided that it was no longer her business to take care of ALL the housework. And it's terrifying to realize that if she didn't take matters into her own hands, the house would turn into a filthy, cumbersome chaos under the indifferent gaze of the other occupants.
Three days. This is how long it took for mom's family to get moving and start the household chores. Three days swimming in the filth, using every conceivable container for food, for drinking, all in order to avoid the monstrous and terrifying yellow and blue sponge.
It cannot be remembered enough, but a woman's role is not to be a mother and a mother's role is not to dedicate her life to her home. Warning spoiler: a woman is not born with a broom in her hand. A woman doesn’t know how to clean better than a man, she learns. Learning just as accessible to men and children (whatever their gender). Cleaning is not innate, and a man doesn't have to help, he has to do. Children are not monarchs waiting to be served. They too live and dirty. According to all the studies, washing a plate, putting away cutlery or starting the laundry has never had a negative impact on the development of a child, a spouse or a teenager. Household chores concern everyone in a household. ALL. The archaic and sexist episode of history in which women were mistaken for servants is well and truly over.
Put yourself in the shoes of others
How would you feel if your family left you to fend for yourself? That is to say that you do both the cooking, the cleaning, the dishes, the laundry … And no one is helping you? Like you're the only person in the world who realizes that dirt is nasty? What would you be like, realizing that while you take care of everything and all the time for everyone, no one does the same for you? That no one is able to put a plate in the dishwasher for you? That your baby is drinking from dirty bottles because no one has cleaned them for lack of desire?
A wife, a mother, is not a handyman. Household chores do not automatically fall to him. It's time for everyone to get their hands dirty. Being dirty and messy doesn't make you cooler or more manly, it just makes you dirty. If household chores are shared fairly, it won't take long to accomplish them. Moms have no more passion for dirty laundry and filthy sinks than most. It is high time to realize this.