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Pink jobs and blue jobs

Summer Classes for Men

Due to the Complexity and Difficulty Level Of Their Contents, Class Sizes Will Be Limited to 8 Participants Maximum.

  • Class 1: How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays --- Step by Step, with Slide Presentation. Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.
  • Class 2: The Toilet Paper Roll --- Does It Change Itself? Round Table Discussion. Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.
  • Class 3: Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub? --- Group Practice. Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.
  • Class 4: Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor --- Pictures and Explanatory Graphics. Meets Saturday at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks.
  • Class 5: After Dinner Dishes --- Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink? Examples on Video. Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.
  • Class 6: Loss Of Identity --- Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other. Help Line Support and Support Groups. Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM.
  • Class 7: Learning How To Find Things --- Starting With Looking In The Right Places And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Screaming. Open Forum . Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours.
  • Class 8: Health Watch --- Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health. Graphics and Audio Tapes. Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.
  • Class 9: Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost --- Real Life Testimonials. Tuesday at 6:00 PM Location to be determined.
  • Class 10: Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks? Driving Simulations. 4 weeks, Saturday noon, 2 hours.
  • Class 11: Learning to Live --- Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife. Online Classes and role-playing . Tuesday at 7:00 PM, location to be determined.
  • Class 12: How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques. Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours ! Beginning at 7:00 PM.
  • Class 13: How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy --- Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late. Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered. Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.
  • Class 14: The Stove/Oven --- What It Is and How It Is Used. Live Demonstration. Tuesday at 6:00 PM, location to be determined.
Upon completion of any of the above courses, diplomas will be issued to the survivors.
ETA:

And this one:

Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, "I'm tired, and it's getting late.. I think I'll go to bed"

She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day's lunches.

Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning.

She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of clothes into the washer, ironed a shirt and secured a loose button

She picked up the game pieces left on the table, put the phone back on the charger and put the telephone book into the drawer.

She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket and hung up a towel to dry.

She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the field trip, and pulled a text book out from hiding under the chair.

She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her purse.

Mom then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser, put on her Night solution & age fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and filed her nails.

Dad called out, "I thought you were going to bed."

"I'm on my way," she said.

She put some water into the dog's dish and put the cat outside, then made sure the doors were locked and the patio light was on.

She looked in on each of the kids and turned out their bedside lamps and TV's, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and had a brief conversation with the one up still doing homework.

In her own room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the next day, straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her 6 most important things to do list. She said her prayers, and visualized the accomplishment of her goals.

About that time, Dad turned off the TV and announced to no one in particular. "I'm going to bed."

And he did...without another thought.

Anything extraordinary here? Wonder why women live longer...? Cause we are made for the long haul ... we can't die sooner, we still have things to do!!!!

:guffaw: And so true...
I end up doing everything because I do it better, quicker and more efficiently. To watch my man doing the washing up is pure torture.
So I just do it all and moan about it and get chocolate in return :D
 
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Well, hubby and I have a pretty good division of labor, but since I work from my home office, I end up doing most of the house chores because I'm actually HERE, and he isn't.

ME: cook dinner Mon-Fri, do laundry, pay bills, go to bank,take care of birthdays & get togethers, schedule appointments, clean bathrooms, clean floors, water yard, pull weeds, make sure my car is serviced and up to date.

HIM: take out trash and recycling, mow lawn, take care of insurance (since it's through his job), do dishes, change lightbulbs (since he doesn't need a ladder), make sure his car is serviced and up to date, home repair and kill bugs.
 
The "blue jobs" have emerged in a list of household tasks that women say are the responsibility of men... As far as women are concerned, they tend to do "pink jobs"
Every day I wake up thinking it's the 21st Century... and every day I'm reminded it's still the 1950s.
 
I cook, wash up, wash clothes, change lightbulbs, take out the rubbish, manage bills, set up the DVD, TV, Xbox and Playstation. Am I 'pink' or am I 'blue'? What a load of rubbish. There is no job I can't do. I sometimes choose not to do them if my other half is round, but that's because I can't be arsed. Did the survey factor that into the results? :vulcan:
 
The OH has two part time and one volunteer job plus part time school; I have a single full time job.

Mostly the OH mows the lawn, pays the bills, washes the vehicles, washes most of the clothes. He does minor plumbing & electrical stuff (usually with my assistance).

Mostly I clean the bathrooms, pick up, dust, fold/put away the clothes, mop the floors, weed the flower beds, fill the bird feeders. I set up the electronics.

We both do dishes, cook, vacuum, take out the trash. He has a much more hectic schedule, so I think he does too much...but he is a really good guy.
 
Since I'm a SAHM, I do just about everything that needs to be done around the house, whether it is a "blue" job or a "pink" job. The only job I refuse to do is the lawn care. I don't mow lawns; I don't whack weeds: I don't trim shrubs. He has tried several times to guilt me into mowing the lawn, but I honestly don't care what the lawn looks like, at least not enough to do the work. Actually, when I was working, I did almost everything except the lawn and the bill-paying. :vulcan: Yeah, I'm not in such a hurry to return to the work force.
 
I loathe this concept of pink and blue jobs. In fact, I don't like organized division of labor. I've found that my husband and I just each fell into doing certain tasks, with most of them up for grabs. If someone's got a busy week, the other person generally does more around the house.

I grew up in a household where both parents worked long and often erratic hours. My dad did most of the cooking and my mom did the grilling. My dad's better with an iron than my mom. My in-laws seemed to have taken on more sterotypical roles, but I love the fact that my mother-in-law is just as handy with home improvement projects as my father-in-law.

It seems like dividing things into set tasks and trying to make it all fair just would lead to more problems. But maybe it actually works better. I figure we should each just play to our own strengths and when it comes to something neither of us want to do, someone just needs to step up and do it.
 
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