Melbourne Woman Shamed For Making Pack Lunch

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  1. Kate Ellery

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    I had to share this …about a Melbourne woman who’s been shamed cause she makes her husbands lunch for him to take to work ..


    Copied from apple news

    Food is my love language, and nothing makes me happier than looking after my man” the Melbourne wife said.

    “I make my husband three meals a day, and will pack him a lunch box to take to work.
    “I’ve always enjoyed cooking, so sharing this passion online just made sense.

    “But instantly, I was hit with so much hate about making my husband’s meals. [​IMG]

    People were saying I was a 1950s housewife, and that I was destroying feminism and women’s lib.

    “I ws shocked. I am a successful and educated young woman, I love my career and I’m very independent.
    “But I also love cooking for my husband, and some people seem to think that these two parts of me cannot coexist.”
     
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    That's so sad! :( What is wrong with caring for your family. I would fix my husband and I breakfast, pack both of our lunches for work, and then fix supper when I got home each day too. I liked to cook, bake, keep a clean house, and so fourth. And even in the 70's, I was teased and called "susie homemaker" by some young women my age. I didn't care. There was so much more to me than that. :)
     
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    Just an example of how much freedom women have lost due to "Women's Rights". Women cannot be themselves or do what they want without being criticized for not meeting someone else's standards of behavior. So sad....
     
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    I was teased for being cheap. I had a friend whose husband ate lunch out every day. He was on the road, often They ate out a lot. Hubby worked at a factory and had half an hour or so for lunch. so a sandwich and a cupcake or fruit was fine . driving somewhere was not.
    Friend was always strapped for cash. Never understood how they could afford how they ate.
    We had no debt and I didn't have to work until my kids were in school.
    But, not being in debt, we were bad for the economy.
     
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    Why would anyone care or be upset by criticism from a bunch of faceless idiots on the internet?? If you're going to put yourself out there, you'd better have a tough skin because keyboard warriors are hateful. They obviously have no lives of their own so yours is fair game. Besides the fact that the pathetic cry for attention and acceptance on social media is beyond pitiful. (Selfies, "invented" lives, photoshopped pictures, filters... good grief it's beyond sad.)

    I don't give two effs what anyone thinks about my life; I'm damn sure not living it for them. And if I want to make my husband a sandwich and serve him in harem pants, I'll do so. Ugh.

    Must... have... beer... :p

    p.s. Oh, and "food is my love language????" OMG, my eyes have rolled so hard I can't focus.
     
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    I still can't get over grown women wearing 'vaginas' on their heads to protest Hillary not winning against Trump.
     
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    Makes you proud to be a woman, doesn't it. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
     
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    I’ve always taken pride in making my husband good quality food that included his packed lunch for work including a thermos of hot water for him to make himself a hot coffee.

    My friend and I often comment to each other “ do people eat at home anymore” because of the number of people you see eating in outdoor cafes ……including where we both live
     
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    If'n I had a good, dependable, rich man, I'd stand by him and make him lunch every day, and take it to him every day. Smiley whistle.gif In our chauffeur driven limousine.
     
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    We have always taken our lunch to work. I made them because I had the most time, and I did not mind doing so. Hubby's co workers often were jealous of his lunches and wish someone had made them one. LOLO sometimes I even made a friend of his lunch. Extra touches in a my marriage at least, is what kept him wanting to come home :)
     
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    I think those toons had 'rights' all wrong.
    They just put the rest of us to work and took away the 'right' to be housewives and mothers ,if thats what we wanted to be of course. I always cooked for my husband and even fixed his plate. First meal I cooked for hubby and fixed his plate ,he said "nobody's ever fixed me plate before". It was the second time around for both of us but I did it for the first one too.
    I don't care what people think unless it hurts somebody.
     
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