Indian men --- no housework ?

capt_mahajan · Jun 10th, 2008, 13:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristinm

'Call the boy' .. one of my favourite Indian phrases.. Long live outsourcing I say, if I lived in India I'd probably support half the neighbourhood I HATE housework!!!!!

Why is it, that if a female says this, it is liberating- and when I say it, it becomes chauvinistic?

Rhetorical question; like Pontius Pilate, I am not waiting for an answer

kristinm · Jun 11th, 2008, 06:03

I didn't say that

- go ahead and hate housework, liberate yourself.....

Personally I think its only worthwhile if you're being paid for it AND I think its good to provide as much employment as you can afford. My comments regarding the homestay students were more in relation to the difference between the boys and girls - and also its different to say 'I know how to do it or am happy to learn and am prepared to pitch in as part of the family but it doesn't mean I enjoy it' and 'I have no idea and no intention of doing this and as a man should not be asked to do it' (which is sometimes what I get when I say
your turn to do the dishes tonight.

I think, no matter how many servants you have, kids should know how to clean and cook a basic meal, wash stuff etc ...

On the other hand you can't live in filth and sadly, a cleaner here costs about an average Indian weekly wage per hour - well maybe not that much, but $15/hour.. so my (and my partner's) liberation is only in my dreams!

chAos · Jun 11th, 2008, 10:47

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Originally Posted by puchoo

istriwalas tend to run over and screw it up..

Aha, got it. Yeah, have had similar happen. Still, every once in a while, I try to figure out how to get an istriwala here...

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristinm

a cleaner here costs <snip> $15/hour..

Wow, that's pretty good compared to where I am; $25/hour would be among the better deals!

shashank.aggarwal · Jun 11th, 2008, 11:00

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Originally Posted by chAos

Wow, that's pretty good compared to where I am; $25/hour would be among the better deals!

Now that sounds a good amount of money to me..so can you tell how do I move to Seattle...

can definitely work as a cleaner..

kristinm · Jun 11th, 2008, 12:30

Its because all those IT people are so messy!

capt_mahajan · Jun 11th, 2008, 12:33

Have to clarify here that I have cleaned toilet bowls with toothbrushes at sea, long ago, so I am well qualified for all kinds of housework, except cooking.

(Not in use toothbrushes, though once we used the Captains toothbrush to clean his own toilet bowl, and got caught because it was wet the next time he used it... but that's another painful story)

kristinm · Jun 11th, 2008, 12:36

Reminds me of that urban myth about the burglars, the toothbrushes which were seemingly undisturbed by the burglars and the undeveloped film in the camera which when developed had photos of the burglars with the toothbrushes where no toothbrush should be..... eeewwwwww. Motto - if you're ever burgled, throw out your toothbrush and if you're at sea with the Captain keep your toothbrush under lock and key

chAos · Jun 11th, 2008, 13:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by shashank.aggarwal

Now that sounds a good amount of money to me..so can you tell how do I move to Seattle...

can definitely work as a cleaner..

Yeah, really! hey.... waaaaait, weren't you somewhere else in this thread? Some mention of pins as I recall??

Captain, you and your Other Stories!

OK, I feel like throwing out my toothbrush. Right. Now.

shashank.aggarwal · Jun 11th, 2008, 13:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by chAos

Yeah, really! hey.... waaaaait, weren't you somewhere else in this thread? Some mention of pins as I recall??

ah...for $25 a hour I can learn lot of things..

puchoo · Jun 11th, 2008, 13:23

You can count me in as well !!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by shashank.aggarwal

ah...for $25 a hour I can learn lot of things..

brishti · Jun 11th, 2008, 18:12

Quote:

... and if you're at sea with the Captain keep your toothbrush [

] under lock and key

whys wise words

:brishti

dream_traveller · Jun 11th, 2008, 18:37

some people dont have *house even...i was just wondering how they will do housework or debate about it or put a gender perspective on it.
* slums donot qualify as house.

Ali-Monbeam · Jun 11th, 2008, 21:00

FIVE HOURS!!!!??????

I dont spend 30 mins ironing if I can help it. I dont let it build up tho so its always a small job.

Quote:

Originally Posted by puchoo

I barely did any housework myself thanks to the army of servants we had but once i got married i found more work than possible to complete..

Just yesterday i spent close to 5 hours

ironing stuff for our up-coming overseas trip...

How long are you going for?

So I guess you are not travelling light then?

Nick-H · Jun 11th, 2008, 23:32

It's time for that yorkshire accent again...

five hours ironing? When we were young we had to make the clothes we were going to wear on our overseas trip...

Ali-Monbeam · Jun 12th, 2008, 01:57

you didn't need holiday clothes for skeggy....just a knotted hankie

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kristinm Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Beautiful Bondi (not Bundi!) Posts: 1,524	I didn't say that - go ahead and hate housework, liberate yourself..... Personally I think its only worthwhile if you're being paid for it AND I think its good to provide as much employment as you can afford. My comments regarding the homestay students were more in relation to the difference between the boys and girls - and also its different to say 'I know how to do it or am happy to learn and am prepared to pitch in as part of the family but it doesn't mean I enjoy it' and 'I have no idea and no intention of doing this and as a man should not be asked to do it' (which is sometimes what I get when I say your turn to do the dishes tonight. I think, no matter how many servants you have, kids should know how to clean and cook a basic meal, wash stuff etc ... On the other hand you can't live in filth and sadly, a cleaner here costs about an average Indian weekly wage per hour - well maybe not that much, but $15/hour.. so my (and my partner's) liberation is only in my dreams!

Jun 11th, 2008, 12:30	#65
kristinm Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Beautiful Bondi (not Bundi!) Posts: 1,524	Its because all those IT people are so messy!

Jun 11th, 2008, 12:33	#66
capt_mahajan (in charge of navel affairs) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,568	Have to clarify here that I have cleaned toilet bowls with toothbrushes at sea, long ago, so I am well qualified for all kinds of housework, except cooking. (Not in use toothbrushes, though once we used the Captains toothbrush to clean his own toilet bowl, and got caught because it was wet the next time he used it... but that's another painful story)

Jun 11th, 2008, 12:36	#67
kristinm Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Beautiful Bondi (not Bundi!) Posts: 1,524	Reminds me of that urban myth about the burglars, the toothbrushes which were seemingly undisturbed by the burglars and the undeveloped film in the camera which when developed had photos of the burglars with the toothbrushes where no toothbrush should be..... eeewwwwww. Motto - if you're ever burgled, throw out your toothbrush and if you're at sea with the Captain keep your toothbrush under lock and key

Jun 11th, 2008, 18:37	#72
dream_traveller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: newdelhi, india Posts: 113	some people dont have house even...i was just wondering how they will do housework or debate about it or put a gender perspective on it. slums donot qualify as house.

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Ali-Monbeam Less of the 'Senior' member! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bradford Posts: 467	you didn't need holiday clothes for skeggy....just a knotted hankie

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