“Everybody needs a wife”

January 20, 2011

This blog is a short one and you’ll see why.

Today’s Bit of Advice….

“Everybody needs a wife”

By “everybody needs a wife” I don’t really mean you need a married female partner.  (Well, I sort of do but that’s a different blog).  What I mean is that everybody needs somebody to serve as a wife to them.  That’s pretty much what I spent all day doing.  I was a “wife” to lots of people. 

I spent four hours at my daughters’ school under the auspices of giving tours for enrollment purposes.  But since we only had four visitors to the school, I really spent the day at the beck and call of the enrollment chair, the principal, the school secretary, the development office, the lunch coordinator, and a bunch of other folks.  I executed, I designed, I decided, I enabled, I abled.  Mostly I made everyone else’s lives a bit easier without breaking a sweat.

Before I went to the school, of course, I played wife to everyone at home.  I polished shoes, made lunches, prepared dinner, packed backpacks with snow clothes, took calls, and did some dusting.

Also, before going to school, I took care of some important emails for a group in which I am the Chair of the Board of Directors.  That title sounds fancy.  Just means I am someone else’s “wife” and do their bidding.

After finishing up at the school today I took a child to a piano lesson (I’m his “wife the chauffeur”), helped with homework and an online math test, made dinner, cleaned up from dinner, and put piano lesson boy into a concert outfit for his band concert. Again, no sweat.

From there I attended a meeting back at the school where I am a member of the school board (haha – another board, another wife position).  I take the minutes for the board and take care of anything needing taking care of.  I think people like all my wifely duties.

Get yourself a wife.  She can really help you out and make your life easier.  In fact, get two – the Mormons used to think that was a good idea as well.

As for me, if I don’t finish up this blog quick and get to bed, my husband is going to have a fit.  You see, he can’t fall asleep without his wife by his side.  My wife job is just never done!

Hope you enjoyed the read.