Whoever started the TREND? / myLot

South Africa

October 18, 2018 4:13pm CST

I was chatting to a fellow mylotter @Marilynda1225, who was delighted with the idea of pizza for dinner as it left no dishes to which I replied . . . Whoever started the TREND of Cooking and Cleaning? I am a keen homemaker and have done my best for four decades now, but goodness me, enough is enough as I am over the cleaning and cooking. I have promised myself that as soon as my daughter has married and is living happily ever after with her hubby (at the start of her era of cleaning and cooking), I am taking a SABBATICAL from this overworked, underpaid, mundane job! Get my drift? Happy Evening/morning to you all

and if you have any idea who started the TREND - you may whisper their name in my ear.

leave your thoughts . . . .

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69409)

• Germany

18 Oct 18

@Corbin5 I know the answer. It was Eve who did it for Adam. He flattered her that only a woman could do the job so well so that he wouldn't have to join in.

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Morley Hunt

@Morleyhunt (21746)

• Canada

18 Oct 18

and every woman since has added to this gender stereotype.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12640)

• Ireland

18 Oct 18

@maluse you know us so well.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

19 Oct 18

Curse that Adam!

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12640)

• Ireland

18 Oct 18

@inlemay And when you've sorted that one out you can start on ironing. Who in their right mind started that trend?

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

19 Oct 18

I stopped that trend many many years ago, if it’s not wash and wear I don’t buy it. Except hankies.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

19 Oct 18

@xFiacre well then I hope he wore them outside his pants, just in case we all missed it. Goodness me, now I ask you, did his wife have to iron his sharp seam, or did he do it himself?

Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12640)

• Ireland

19 Oct 18

@Inlemay my cousin is one of those fastidious people who would not feel that he could go out in public if there wasn’t a very sharp seam ironed into his underpants.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459567)

• Switzerland

19 Oct 18

Who started the curse? Surely a man... God?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459567)

• Switzerland

20 Oct 18

@Inlemay Eva offered an apple, nothing to cook, nothing to clean.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

19 Oct 18

now that might not be true, I thought GOD was a woman?

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307540)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

20 Oct 18

It might have been Eve. She had the perfect life in the Garden until she messed it up for the human race. God relegated her to the duties of a housewife.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

24 Oct 18

Let’s blame the apple eating Eve

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307540)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

29 Oct 18

@Inlemay I agree.

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Cindy Tolbert

@cintol (11261)

• United States

19 Oct 18

I tried that and it was working well until mine split with her boyfriend and back in with us. It seems the cycle never ends huh! Good luck with yours lol

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

19 Oct 18

Oh nooooo, please don’t jinx my peace I am longing to have

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Cindy Tolbert

@cintol (11261)

• United States

19 Oct 18

@Inlemay Oh, I take it all back!!!!

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (17892)

• London, England

23 Oct 18

I like pizza for dinner, with no clean up required, but it doesn't do wonders for the waist line!

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

24 Oct 18

Nor is it very healthy.

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moirai

@moirai (2836)

• Philippines

20 Oct 18

I guess the cavemen started the trend of cooking when someone discovered fire. :P Can't say who started the cleaning trend, though, because I expect, early on cleaning just meant throwing things out. :P No dishes to wash yet at the start. xD

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

24 Oct 18

I wish I could just be a c@vewoman again, just for a week.

Pat Z Anthony

@PatZAnthony (14752)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

19 Oct 18

Love the Sabbatical idea! There is often so much to do (and we all help here, so I am not in this alone) I say "I am going to quit this job" referring to any household responsibilities I have at the time. We make extras at meal time so we don't have to do things each day. This works for us.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

19 Oct 18

I shall give that a try - sounds like a plan