A Housewife UNDERRATED

Well, I wouldn’t be ranting about being a housewife until I became one which I dreaded to be. I dreaded to be because I had a different outlook on housewives before and I didn’t wanna be “just a housewife” when I was a kid. Why? I don’t know.. Maybe because of this stereo type way of thinking that housewives are more often than not “underrated” because they don’t do anything except than taking care of household chores, taking care of children and their respective husbands. All this kind of thinking that I had, had changed now. It is the MOST DIFFICULT job in the world, as Oprah Winfrey always says it in her talk shows and I do agree, it is indeed the most difficult job in the world. In fact I find it way much easier to be in the office 8 hours a day than to be a housewife. Salute to all the women who stays home, keep things in order, take care of their kids and husbands.

Yes, I miss to be on-the-go always. I miss the making up and tidying my hair and making up my pretty face, painting eyebrows and eyeshades to look respectable and corporate career woman. I miss myself wearing my suites and high heels with my little shoulder bag with tiny survival kits which is more on lipstick and makeup. I miss the tight pressure in the office, exchanging smiles with colleagues you bump into and exchanging corporate jokes, little tales in the elevator, short hello-and-goodbye gestures if you see friends while rushing to the hallway, the lunch time with fellow office gals and finally home late afternoon and have no choice but to call-it-a-day. I was in this stage when you are home, alone with the TV or maybe on the phone with a friend. And before you call it a night, I silently wished that I had a family of my own. A kid welcomes you home with a hug and full of stories, a child of my own and calls me mom. Yeah, I was talking about being single career-oriented woman that was me.

Now, I have moved on, I got a family of my own, but I had given up my career because hubby’s work have to transfer from one country to another, which left me following wherever he goes, and a HOUSEWIFE.

Back to the subject, being a housewife is the most difficult job in the world! Yes indeed. It is a multi task job. First of all, as a MOTHER to your child, a WIFE to your husband, a Housekeeper, a TEACHER to your child, a BABYSITTER, a COOK, and a MANAGER to all of these tasks. That is a job of every woman on earth! Each duty entails loads of responsibilities. Motherhood is such a very complex subject, and on top of that, you are a

WOMAN to yourself, you have to look at your very best at all times. That’s what its like to be a housewife. CHALLENGED?

Before, I hate to fill up forms, you know everywhere you go when you have to fill up forms, the bit that says, OCCUPATION: ________ this really brings me to frown and write housewife, now that I came to the realization what its like to be one, I write it with a smile in my head. Having said that, I’m happy to be a housewife now. I manage my time and I run the house the way I like it. Provided that the needs are met, then I’m a happy woman. The time I spend with my daughter is so precious… I’m enjoying to see her growing day by day. She drives me crazy with new developments and tricks. A sweet smile throws my back pain away.