housekeeping

person

collective noun

technological progress

euphemism

freezer

ice cream

guest

hosting

spring cleaning

cleaning your room

housework

bravery

faithfulness

chivalry

domesticity

princess

Disney

chore

cleaning up

cleanliness

cleaning

parenting

dominatrix

cooking

kitchen

messiness

willpower

lack of motivation

is a form of unpleasant work to which a husband patiently gives the best years of his wife.

Housekeeping is a form of unpleasant work to which a husband patiently gives the best years of his wife.

is like threading beads on a string with no knot at the end.

Keeping house is like threading beads on a string with no knot at the end.

is something you do that nobody notices until you don’t do it.

Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don’t do it.

is often imagined to be boring, frustrating, repetitive, unintelligent drudgery. Having kept house and practiced lawy, it is clear that it is actually lawyers who are most familiar with the experience of unintelligent drudgery.

So many people imagine housekeeping to be boring, frustrating, repetitive, unintelligent drudgery. I cannot agree. In fact, having kept house, practiced law, taught, and done many other sorts of work, low and high-paid, I can assure you that it is actually lawyers who are most familiar with the experience of unintelligent drudgery.

housekeeping, n.All

housekeeping