My husband is old school. Very old school.
His father did nothing in the house, he didn't even change a light bulb but would sit and watch his wife stand on a chair and even though at 5ft tall she could hardly reach.
She did everything for the boys - picked up clothes from the bedroom floor, even polished their shoes. They came in from work and the meal was ready and put in front of them as soon as they sat down. They didn't even clear their plates onto the sink let alone wash up.
After 60 years of marriage my husband's attitude hasn't really changed and its still a fight to get him to do the smallest thing indoors. I've at least managed to get him to pour his own cereal into a bowl and polish his own shoes!
He honestly cannot see how antiquated his attitude is.
He's in his 80s and although he does help with the usual things like picking up his own clothes, and waits for his meals to be ready when I decide. He even puts his own food onto his own plate, its with a sense of the demeaning himself and he can't see why he should do it.
We don't row about it any more - having discussed it up, down and sideways - but I still cannot stop feeling amazed that someone can feel so 'entitled'.
I'm curious to know if he's a 'one-off' throwback to a bygone generation or if there are any more like him out there.
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