Anyone who thinks that not going to a job and being a stay-at-home parent is a cake job, has obviously never done it for any length of time. Here’s an e-mail that made me laugh.
A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife
stayed
home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed: ‘Dear
Lord:
I go to work every day and put in hours while my wife merely stays at
home.
I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to
switch with
mine for a day Amen.’
God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man’s wish.
The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. -
He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate,
Awakened the kids,
Set out their school clothes,
Fed them breakfast,
Packed their lunches,
Drove them to school,
Came home and
Picked up the dry cleaning,
Took it to the cleaners and
Stopped at the bank to make a deposit,
Went grocery shopping,
Then drove home to put away the groceries,
Paid the bills and
Balanced the check book.
He cleaned the cat’s litter box and bathed the dog.
Then it was already 1P.M. And he hurried to make the beds,
Do the laundry,
Vacuum,
Dust, and
Sweep and
Mop the kitchen floor.
Ran to the school to pick up the kids and
Got into an argument with them on the way home.
Set out milk and cookies and
Got the kids organized to do their homework,
Then set up the ironing board and
Watched TV while he did the ironing.
A t 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and
Washing vegetables for salad,
Breaded the pork chops and
Snapped fresh beans for supper.
After supper, he cleaned the kitchen,
Ran the dishwasher,
Folded laundry,
Bathed the kids, and put them to bed.
At 9 P.M. He was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren’t
finished,
he went to bed where he was expected to make love, which he managed to
get
through without complaint.
The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said:
-’Lord, I don’t know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my
wife’s
being able to stay home all day. Please, oh! Oh! Please, let us trade
back.’
The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied:
’My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy
to change things back to the way they were. You’ll just have to wait
nine
months though. ‘You got pregnant last night’
