Comments on: how to be a good partner to a stay-at-home spouse

By: PearlandMom

PearlandMom — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:02:35 +0000

This post is excellent! I am emailing it to my husband after typing this. The points about he cell oops now its the Iphone rings true. Actually I never thought of the drinks out with the co-workers in that way, but that's a great point as well.

By: PearlandMom

PearlandMom — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:02:35 +0000

By: Ways for Stay at Home Moms to irritate their husbands upon their arrival home | Retro Heather

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:26:12 +0000

[...] was reading and appreciating a really good post on brip blap today called How to be a good partner to a stay at home spouse, and it got me to thinking. Not only was I thinking about what a great blog brip blap is, and [...]

By: sai

sai — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:20:04 +0000

I've come across this article by chance, when browsing aimlessly.

What a wonderful article, especially since it reonates so aptly with my present situation. I am in India. I work while my wife is a stay-at-home mom. Every single word that is written here is relevant to us. The tips here are excellent and they point to all the mistakes I have been making in my life vitiating our family relationship. The mistakes like :-

1. I'm too exhausted. Because I work, I'm entitled to relax once I reach home. Dead wrong.
2. I grudgingly do chores. And ofcourse keep score. See how good I am that I help whenever I can, inspite of my workload!
3. Never even thought of me-time for my wife.

By: Ways for Stay at Home Moms to irritate their husbands upon their arrival home | How to be a woman

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:19:06 +0000

By: bripblap

bripblap — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:13:09 +0000

Thanks Heather!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:44:01 +0000

GREAT post! You really got me thinking. I'm going to make sure my husband reads this. Great blog as well.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:09:42 +0000

As a stay-at-home spouse, all I have to say is, THANK YOU! For once I feel normal for getting mad at my husband for doing the things you mentioned.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:34:08 +0000

All very good tips, my husband’s pretty good about a lot of these, but some… Although the number one tip I would have added is “No Honey-Do Lists.” The worst thing he can do is hand me a list of the stuff he wants done in the morning, as if I have nothing else to do all day. Of course, it works the other way, too. When he gets home from work I don’t drop a baby in his lap and tell him to take out the trash. Acknowledge that your spouse is a grown-up, and you’ve both worked hard all day. A little patience and communication goes a long way. And to MOTHEROFBUN: My husband used to think I had no job. One Saturday he took over and handled our (then) one child by himself. He was passed out on the couch by 8 p.m. I haven’t heard another remark about my “easy” days.

By: Steve (Brip Blap)

Steve (Brip Blap) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:31:02 +0000

@wanda: it’s not a dumb question, but I can’t answer it – it’s just an image I grabbed from Flickr, so it might be fake. I would not be surprised if it was real, though – in the later stages of pregnancy (my wife is due tomorrow) the belly skin is stretched very thin!