“I don't think I am a traditional romantic who thinks about candlelight dinners and wonders if my husband is going to bring me flowers, though I'm delighted if he does. I'm more practical-minded. I find it incredibly romantic that my husband does the dishes.” IfsThinkingDoeRomanceWonderFlowerHusbandDinnerPracticalsTraditionalMy HusbandDishesDelightedCandlelight Author:Nora Roberts
“Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand pop roles in ultraconventional style. We've seen little girls whose mothers are doctors absolutely refuse to take the doctors' parts in their play, insisting that "only boys can be doctors," against all reason. Girls do more washing and drying of clothes, dishes, and babies than they've ever seen their own mothers do, and they turn their play husbands into TV-watching drones who do nothing but talk about money.” YearsChildrenLittlesMatterReasonPlayMotherTurnsGirlParentBoysRolesFiveFourStyleTvsBabyHusbandClothesDoctorsNo Matter WhatRefusePopsFive YearsSexismDishesWashingDronesFive Year OldsInsistingChildren Playing Author:Stella Chess
“I never do the dishes, because my husband has an affinity for it. And I'm also not allowed to touch the coffeemaker.” HusbandMy HusbandDishesAffinity Author:Rachael Ray
“My husband would say my signature dish is pasta with a tin of tuna plonked on top. So, no. Although I make a good bangers and mash. I have been known to stick cocktail umbrellas in it, take a photo and send it to James upstairs with a text saying, 'Your food's ready'.” Has BeensKnownReadyHusbandSticksMy HusbandDishesCocktailsSignaturesUmbrellaPastaTinUpstairsTuna Author:Joanna Page
“An exhaustive study of police records shows that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes.” ShowsWomenStudyRecordsHusbandShotsPoliceDishes Author:Earl Wilson
“When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order.” HomeMightMotherOrderMetsHusbandMy HusbandInvitesDishesEmbarrassed Author:Erica Jong