I prize my seamstress, I value my copyist; but my cook, who knows well how to prepare the food to sustain life, and nourish brain, bone, and muscle, fills the most important place among the helpers in my family.
In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.
Some of us don't want to be a housewife. When you live alone, you can do anything you want to do anytime you want. I really like it.
My husband is the chef of the family; he's a brilliant cook. Actually, it makes you quite lazy when you have somebody that's so good at cooking under the same roof. It's all beans or spaghetti when I'm left to run it.
I love being a wife and homemaker - because it's my choice. My husband doesn't expect me to do it. I don't mind doing things for him because he does so much for me; we both feel that way so there is no power struggle.
'Desperate Housewives' - there's no man on the planet that takes that personally, but if it were 'Desperate Househusbands,' they would shut ABC down.
As men do walk a mile, women should talk an hour, After supper. 'Tis their exercise.
Most married couples spend the whole day apart, the woman in the house, the man in the office or study or workshop.
My husband is the cook at our house. I can make dessert and salad, but I stay away from meals. He makes amazing omelets, fish, and grilled vegetables like Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.
Daughter am I in my mother's house, but mistress in my own.
I do not refer to myself as a 'housewife' for the reason that I did not marry a house.
