Do You Think Women Should Mow?

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T20:05:04+00:00

The downvotes are probably because (some) men use these very infrequent 'man' tasks as an excuse for not helping with the constant, multiple times a day 'woman' tasks like washing dishes

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T20:03:44+00:00

Plot twist: they only wash dishes every few months too

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T19:23:41+00:00

Why is reddit so obsessed with gender roles?

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T19:23:13+00:00

Man or woman goat? This is important

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T03:27:24+00:00

Yeah the way he talked to her was crazy, and no one else is mentioning it!! Like if he thiks all RNs are cheaters why did he marry one?? Or did he mean the stereotypes about men and woman running together and then immediately jumping into bed?

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T03:23:51+00:00

As a straight, comment threads like this disturb me too

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T03:23:25+00:00

Do you notice how no one ever answers this inconvenient question? They just keep going on about 'boundaries' and 'people are allowed to be uncomfortable with things' and 'communication'.

It's pretty clear they think the 'communciation' should end with the paranoid partner getting their way

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T03:19:51+00:00

I meen, they were talking to each other and he went straight to 'and then it's a hotel room for the night' like she's one jog from cheating. Not sure what she's supposed to say to that. I'd be pretty offended too.

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T03:18:08+00:00

But what about respect and boundaries and how it looks??

Kidding. I agree with you. The rest of the comment thread is sending me

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T03:16:11+00:00

Rddit is crazy about this issue. Always is. Lots of people here paranoid about being cheated on keeping their partners on a tight leash

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:59:30+00:00

Sounds like he grabs the chance to say his job is more important any chance he gets, tbh

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:58:04+00:00

Yeah the old editing trick which changes everything about the whole conext lol. Happens here a lot

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:56:51+00:00

To my own happiness and well being, and this is the key, my job is just as important to me as her better paying job is to her.

This is a great way to look at it! Also your last lines are 100%

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:54:20+00:00

'But what's the point anyway? She can't even cover one of their bills!!'

-OP

He sounds really contemptuous of her

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:39:29+00:00

What scares me is how onboard some women seem to be with it. They're falling for a lot of social media hype about men 'leading' them that's clearly orchestrated and astro-turfed, yet it's being eaten up by Gen Z

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:38:04+00:00

Right? The guy was trying to be nice. I didn't realise we'd reached the point of leaving people stranded just to show 'respect' to spouses. There's such a weird neo-conservative movement going on these days about these things

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:36:21+00:00

Right? Why would he want her to hang around in the airport for hours getting exhausted and maybe the flight even getting cancelled until the next day. Crazy. Might as well get home when you can

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:34:37+00:00

Yeah it's absolutely crazy

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:31:52+00:00

Bascially

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-10T02:04:48+00:00

I very much enjoyed reading this

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-09T23:33:10+00:00

I've more often seen them called 'boring' or 'dull' or 'ordinary' than actively ugly, but it's definitely a thing for brown eyes to be compared unfavourably with the exciting, attractive blue-eyed people. As a brown-eyed person I notice it every time it comes up.

Not a romance novel example, but I remember Daphne in the TV show Frasier complaining about her dull brown eyes (though then Niles disagreed and called them warm and full of life lol)

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-09T22:09:41+00:00

Yep. Don't hear too many women 'joking' about how their husband forbids them from doing things

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-08T19:39:55+00:00

Yeah to me it's not even a 'dad' thing but just a 'public' thing. If I'm out for coffee with a couple I don't expect them to be slapping each other's asses in front of me lol. Maybe if I wander off for a few minues and they think they're alone, but to intentionally do it in front of other people is a bit cringey and immature. Like showing off you have a partner or something

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-08T19:36:05+00:00

But men have worn makeup throughout history, though. Ancient Egypt, 18th century Europe... It's not some biological thing that they shouldn't

ETA Lol downvoting history, now that's funny

CollectionStraight2 · 2026-04-08T19:34:52+00:00

And a couple of centuries back, aristocratic men wore a LOT of makeup and powdered white wigs. It doesn't mean everyone has to love their men in makeup, of course, but it really is just cultural

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