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Men and women shouldn’t share a home

They will be much happier if they don’t

Shefali O'Hara
4 min readSep 10, 2019

“What do women want?” Men ask the question like it’s some great mystery.

Gee, how complex can it be, I wonder? Let’s listen in on a conversation between three women complaining about their husbands…

“After 10 hours at the office,” gripes woman A. “I buy groceries, cook dinner and wash dishes… while he plays video games!”

Woman B has her own complaint. “Why can’t he find the laundry hamper? It’s right there!”

“I could live with all of that,” says woman C. “It’s the mess he leaves in the bathroom that makes my blood boil.”

“Then he acts like it’s a big deal if he carries his dish to the sink,” continues woman A. “Forget about asking him to load the dishwasher.”

“The worst thing,” says woman B. “He never notices the mess. Piles of dirty laundry everywhere, he won’t see it. I know men are more likely to be color-blind, can they be laundry-blind?”

“Who wants to take a shower after he’s done?” Woman C is obviously asking a rhetorical question.

Back when I was in graduated school, I had two men propose to me. At the same time. They were room-mates. It was a joke. At least, I think it was.

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Shefali O'Hara
Shefali O'Hara

Written by Shefali O'Hara

Cancer survivor, Christian, writer, engineer. BSEE from MIT, MSEE, and MA in history. Love nature, animals, books, art, and interesting discussions.

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