Hey, works for me. Although in my case, I haven't done any meaningful amount of laundry (I mean, perhaps one load every six months) for over 23 years.
Twisty will have to come to my house (and my friends') and explain to us how much labor is being unduly extracted, in our cases.
Except, you know, it is being extracted. But not by our spouses. Rather, by our children. From both parents.
No one should go there except by choice. From shortly after conception until that magical, golden day when you realize your child can live independently and successfully (and I hope I live that long), childbearing and childrearing is a staggering exercise in self-discipline and self-sacrifice.
The costs are visible and appalling to anyone who looks, as Twisty does. But the benefits are largely intangible and thus harder for a childless person to perceive. But they're there. Fabula is right that this sort of service enormously accelerates one's development as a person.
One of my sisters is a mathematician (and a mother) and she put it best, for me, when she observed that childrearing is a like a mathematical equation where the variables on each side of the equal sign are perfectly balanced and equal: the cost/sacrifice equals the gains. But those gains are hard to describe and perceive, if you're childless, as Twisty is. All she (and others) can perceive are the costs.
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Hey, works for me. Although in my case, I haven't done any meaningful amount of laundry (I mean, perhaps one load every six months) for over 23 years.
Twisty will have to come to my house (and my friends') and explain to us how much labor is being unduly extracted, in our cases.
Except, you know, it is being extracted. But not by our spouses. Rather, by our children. From both parents.
No one should go there except by choice. From shortly after conception until that magical, golden day when you realize your child can live independently and successfully (and I hope I live that long), childbearing and childrearing is a staggering exercise in self-discipline and self-sacrifice.
The costs are visible and appalling to anyone who looks, as Twisty does. But the benefits are largely intangible and thus harder for a childless person to perceive. But they're there. Fabula is right that this sort of service enormously accelerates one's development as a person.
One of my sisters is a mathematician (and a mother) and she put it best, for me, when she observed that childrearing is a like a mathematical equation where the variables on each side of the equal sign are perfectly balanced and equal: the cost/sacrifice equals the gains. But those gains are hard to describe and perceive, if you're childless, as Twisty is. All she (and others) can perceive are the costs.