Monday, September 19, 2011

"Real"

After all of the recent attention to the "Real Housewives" of several different county's across the US, I have a bone to pick.
I feel as though these "real housewives" don't have a clue what being a housewife is all about. A few differences I have noticed are:
I'm not on TV, but I do make payments on one.
I don't have a housekeeper, but I have a good vacuum cleaner from Target and get my cleaning supplies from the dollar store. I have time to clean at the beginning and end of every day.
I don't have a nanny to raise my children, but I do pay for quality child care and manage to keep them fed, bathed, clothed, entertained, played with, loved on and alive for a couple hours every morning, in the evening and all weekend long.
I don't have a chef, but my coupons often buy me some really fancy things to cook after I pick up the kids from school, and also things to put in our lunch boxes.
I don't have a personal trainer, but my kids motivate me to be healthy so that I can be around for them. Not financially around, but in their lives around.
When my husband is "away on business" (at football practice/games) I don't go out on the town for drinks after my long hard week of managing all of my assistants. I stay at home and let the boys fall asleep in my bed after we eat pizza and popcorn for dinner!
I work 40 hours per week at a job outside of the home in addition to my "real job" and also manage to have several friends that I stay in contact with. I plan my own vacation, and fold my own laundry-after I wash it myself. All of this on about 7 inconsistent hours of sleep.

Seriously, I don't know how these poor women manage all that they do. Whatever it is that they do? Reality schmality.

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