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Wife It Like You Own It: Life Lessons from an Empowered Housewife

Q: Why do I take care of my husband & our home?  A: Because they’re mine. I am amused by the idea that a housewife takes care of a home only for her husband's benefit, as if she doesn't live in the home too or receive the same benefits as her husband for her hard work. I am not some chore whore who resides in a separate she shed who doesn't get to enjoy the fruits of my daily labors. I am the wife who shares the home with my husband and is entrusted with the home we own to make sure it gets better every day. I am the one who gets to do my work the way I want to do it while my husband is away at work, and I get to enjoy alone time during the day doing what I want before we have calm evenings together, during which neither of us is rushing around trying to get the daily tasks done because I already did them. Homes are real property which makes them valuable investments. Not improving a home, either for personal enjoyment or to sell/rent in the future, is a waste of the in