Is it better never to have experienced freedom?

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When I lived alone (which I did for many years) I hardly ever had to worry about housework. One person who's reasonably tidy and careful and not home very much doesn't create a lot of work clearing up. In particular I very rarely had to worry about laundry. I owned 40 pairs of knickers (panties) so that I would only have to do the washing once a month or so. Since having a family I find myself having to do the washing about 5 times a week; more often when the girls were babies in nappies, as we used washable ones. Washing isn't such a terrible chore with a decent washing machine and nice drying weather, but there are some days when I have a lot to do and the weather is showery when I seem to be continuously putting washing in the machine, taking it out, hanging it on the line, putting another load in, taking that out, hanging it outside, then finding that it's raining and having to dash out and bring everything in again while it's still damp, then hanging it all up again inside... It isn't difficult but it is very time-consuming. On those days I wonder whether it would be better if I had been doing lots of laundry all my adult life, I wouldn't know what it was like not to have to deal with it all the time. Instead I think with nostalgia of my previous single life. Which is best do you think? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2016.