I know there is a standard male/female dynamic in relationships. Typically the woman has social pressures on her (often self-imposed) to keep the house clean and the male just doesn’t notice the grime piling up. This is, of course, a gross generalization and all of us could come up with other examples of different dynamics in specific couples.

Vince’s exclamation of “why would I want to do dishes?” in response to Jennifer’s comment, “I want you to want to do the dishes,” makes me roll my eyes. It’s not really Vince’s comment that does it. None of us actually want to do dishes, but, y’know, they have to get done. I tend to roll my eyes at Jennifer. No, no, sweetie, you don’t say, “I want you to want to do the dishes,” you say, “I want you to actually notice the dishes need to be done and actually do them instead of waiting for me to either do them or tell you to do them!”

Of course, I say this as a woman whose husband actually does notice when the dishes need to be done and actually does do them. While I wouldn’t say he wants to do the dishes, he does do them ’cause, well, they need to be done and we’re both adults and fully capable of noticing when the dishes need to be done (or the bathroom needs to be scrubbed or the cat boxes need to be cleaned or whatever else needs to be done around the house).

I know the stereotypes the advertised movie is supposed to be lampooning? reinforcing? I just roll my eyes a bit every time I see the ad.