Here's another take on that theme:
THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES:
>
> Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 4
> kids each for six weeks.
>
> Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes.
>
> There is no fast food.
>
> Each man must take care of his 4 kids; keep his assigned house
> clean, correct all homework, complete science projects, cook, do
> laundry, and pay a list of "pretend" bills with not enough money.
>
> In addition...each man will have to budget in money for groceries
> each week.
>
> Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a
> dentist appointment, and an appointment for a haircut. He must also
> make cookies or cupcakes for a social function.
>
> Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house,
> planting flowers outside and keep it presentable at all times.
>
> The men will only have access to television when the kids are
> asleep and all chores are done.
>
> There is only one TV between them and there is NO REMOTE!
>
> Each father will be required to know all of the words to every
> stupid song that comes on TV and the name of each and every repulsive
> character
> on cartoons.
>
> The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, which they will
> apply themselves either while driving or making four lunches.
>
> They must adorn themselves with jewelry, wear uncomfortable yet
> stylish shoes, keep their nails polished and eyebrows groomed.
>
> During one of the six weeks, they will have to endure severe
> stomach ,cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood
> swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.
>
> They must attend weekly PTA meetings, church, and find time at
> least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.
>
> He will need to pray with the children each night, bathe them,
> dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair each morning by 7:00.
>
> A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father
> will be required to know all of the following information: *each
> child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's
name.
> Also
> the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor.
>
> *each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite
> song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want
> to be when they grow up.
>
> They must clean up after their sick children at 3:00 a.m. and then
> spend the remainder of the day tending to that child and waiting on
> them hand and foot until they are better.
>
> Each man will have to make an Indian hut model with six toothpicks,
> a tortilla and one marker; and get a 4 year old to eat a serving of
> peas.
>
> The kids vote them off the island based on performance.
>
> The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be
> intimate with his spouse at a moments notice.
>
> If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and
> over again for the next 18-25 years...eventually earning the right to be
> called Mother!
>
>___________________________________________
I think women tend to be confused by conflicting messages
on their proper role and expectations, both their own and
those of their family and "society."
Since I'm not a mom, I find it hard to even imagine
a sense of being overwhelmed by the purchase of colored paper
and assisting in school related activities. I would suspect that those feelings are more likely attributable to having
to handle such matters IN ADDITION to everything else that
must be accomplished.
I agree with the author that "society" is not responsible
for raising one's own children. What a notion. |
