“Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.” WayChildrenHelpingTogetherNumbersAttentionWifeFailingHusbandDemandFaultsInstanceHusband And WifeConcentratingArmourHusband Wife Author:Richard Armour
“Art is a tyrant. It demands heart, brain, soul, body. The entireness of the votary. Nothing less will win its highest favor. I wed art. It is my husband, my world, my life dream, the air I breathe. I know nothing else, feel nothing else, think nothing else.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsHeartArtSoulFeelingsDreamBodyWinningBrainAirHusbandDemandHighestArt IsBreatheFavorsMy HusbandTyrantsLife Dream Author:Rosa Bonheur
“I never had time to do anything for myself. I've always had to subordinate my energy and time to the demands of my husband and children at any given moment. And now old age has crept up on me and I have used up all my mental and physical strength on my family.” ChildrenMomentsAgeUsedEnergyGivenSacrificeHusbandDemandMy FamilyOld AgeMy HusbandSubordinatesPhysical Strength Author:Sophia Tolstaya
“The Problem is: many terrific women have made themselves overqualified for the job of wife, because many men are looking for a woman with 'receptionist-level wife skills', not 'CEO-level wife skills'. Meaning: If a woman doesn't hang on a man's every word, is too independent, challenges his leadership, wants to create her own hours, demands emotional raises, then there won't be as many openings for the kind of wife position she is seeking. One of the big problems with marriages in the nineties: no room for two husbands.” IfsMenWantKindMadeTwoProblemBigsJobsHoursChallengesLevelsRoomsWifePositionEmotionalSkillsHusbandDemandIndependentRaisesSeekingOpeningCeoTerrificHeartlessBig ProblemsReceptionistsOverqualified Author:Karen Salmansohn
“Once you stop talking about the female body empowering itself vis-à-vis male forays or invasions or male demands or the necessity to respond to husband and son to bring the issue down to a more concrete level, the body is a different manifestation physically.” DifferentBodyLevelsTalkingIssuesSonHusbandDemandFemaleMalesManifestationEmpoweringConcreteInvasionFemale Body Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“My husband and I each had careers and two babies at home. They just demand everything from you. All the domestic duties fell to me and this resentment builds, as I think happens to a lot of young parents who have competing careers.” ThinkingTwoHomeHappensYoungParentCareersDutyBabyHusbandDemandMy HusbandResentmentCompetingYoung Parents Author:Paula Broadwell
“Some men may be genetically inclined to have and hold a single partner, while some may not. In the near future, young women who stay current with the scientific literature may demand genetic tests of their boyfriends to assess how likely they are to make faithful husbands.” MenMayYoungLiteratureHusbandDemandTestsCurrentsPartnersFaithfulYoung Women Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“Living to an extraordinary age, she mourned them all equally as she buried her husband and, one by one, her children. In this suffering she found the best sort of perfection--the kind that never demands it of others.” KindChildrenAgeSufferingFoundHusbandDemandPerfectionExtraordinaryBuried Book:Keturah and Lord Death Source: Keturah and Lord Death