I know your life is crazy busy. But odds are your husband is in the same place.

How often do you consider his time constraints? And do you think about that in terms of who he is, rather than expecting him to be like you?

Next question, how much are you adding to his busyness? I’m not suggesting you should never ask him for things, but I do think we would all do well to be better at considering how our requests will impact other’s time.

One thing I see fairly often is a woman asking her husband to do something and saying “It will be easy” or “It won’t take long” when she has never done the job and has no idea what kind of time, physical effort, and mental energy it will take. I live on ten acres with my son, his brother in law, and four women. I’ve heard “It won’t take long” many times. And the three guys look at each other and just roll their eyes. Trying to explain it’s not that easy is a waste of time. Even worse, when we do whatever, the appreciation is for the effort she thinks it took, not the real cost to us.

~ Paul – I’m XY, and yes men do this to women… which doesn’t make it any better for any of us.

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