If the Shoe Was on the Other Foot

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I have no complaints about being married. I love my wife, and we have a good life together. We work together to help each other out as much as we can. But there's something that makes me wonder, and perhaps a little discussion might shed some light on a very important question. Well, what may be an important one depending on one's perspective of course. You see, the dynamics of marriage are not the same for a man as they are for a woman. Case in point, if I got up, poured my cup of coffee and turned to the wife and said, "I'd like you to do a load of laundry today, maybe dust that ceiling fan, give a good hand washing to these bowls, and get all the carpets vacuumed," I would probably be dead. But my wife on the other hand? She can offer me any chores she likes, without hesitation on her part, and she always feels well justified to tell me what I ought to be doing that she wants done. A woman can say, "Tote that barge! Lift that bail!" and have no consequence other than hubby might bat an eye or grumble a little bit. But how come the shoe can't be on the other foot? What's the difference in the eyes of a woman that she can spout orders but a man can't, and there's hell to pay if he does. Now granted, it may take me 6 months to do something on my own. But that's not the point here.