What exactly are wifely duties?

Question

I keep hearing about how women should stay home to raise her kids and satisfy her "wifely duties"..now please, tell me...what exactly are they?

Answer 1

If you want to know the biblical answer read, Proverbs 31, it states what Gods plan was for a wife and her duties as one.

But for the abridged version she is to:

Worship God

Take care of her husband

Take care of her Children

Take care of her home

She is suppose to be compassionate and loving

She is suppose to be thrifty and wise with money

She is suppose to guide her husband in the right direction

She is suppose to instill good morales into her children

This is just to name a few.  Being a wife is a hard task, but we are good at it, so good the man doesn't realize we are making it all work.

Answer 2

s*x  

Answer 3

To love and respect her husband,(without being a doormat).

Answer 4

They are whatever you decide they are.  I think that traditional gender roles are becoming a thing of the past.  Most men don't want the typical Stepford wife anymore.  I think equality is key, and individual couples tend to find the balance that works for them when it comes to "duties" or tasks or whatever you want to call them.

Answer 5

s*x, and keeping the place happy

Answer 6

Treat your husband in a way you'd expect to be treated. His duty is exactly the same.  

Answer 7

"outdated"

Answer 8

The ones you should be doing right now instead of clucking with your fem friends lol. Sorry man I just can't resist.

Answer 9

Well my husband used to say those are taking care of the kids, doing all the housework and making food.

Answer 10

I've been a stay-at-home Mom for 4 years and I must be honest here.....I absolutely love it. My duties include:

cooking (although my husband helps out on occasion, he's a wonderful cook)

cleaning (dishes, laundry, basic straightening up, blah blah blah)

running errands

normal childcare duties

making/keeping/attending appointments

the bookkeeping (most of the time)

most of the yardwork, my husband handles the bigger jobs

I volunteer at my children's schools (PTO)

....and a hundred other little things throughout the day that I can't think of right now.

Just FYI - I don't think women should be forced to stay home. It's a personal choice. I have a lot of respect for women that work AND take care of the house. I don't think I could do it :)

Answer 11

Wifely duties are the same as the husbands duties. To honor, love and cherish your spouse.

    To work with each other for the betterment of the family.

To be an equal partner in all the trial's of life.

       The description of "wifely" duty you gave might be fine for some but I find it abhorrent.  

Answer 12

Yeah, I want to know, too.  

Answer 13

I don't know many men nowadays who want women to stay at home, most of them are quite keen to have their wives slaving away earning money.

However, as a stay at home wife I regard looking after the children as my primary role. Taking them too and from school, making their lunches, helping them with their homework, playing with them, answering their hundreds of questions about life, the universe, and everything.  I also do cleaning (not too much of it though) cooking, shopping, washing, ironing.  This being Thursday morning I will shortly be putting the rubbish out.

I have noticed that 'paying bills' often features largely on women's lists of what they do at home, but we pay all our bills by direct debit, so the bank does it.  That's what banks are for.

Do you really need to have these things explained to you?  Surely common sense could tell you what things women at home do?

Answer 14

It's usually a euphemism for sexually gratifying one's husband.

Answer 15

Your duty as a wife is to be a partner (not sidekick) to your husband.  Other than that, anything else depends on who's available to do what, or who can do what better than the other person.  For instance, what if my husband is a better cook than I am?  Should I still be the only one cooking because I have ovaries?  Give me a break.

Answer 16

i have known. its definielt not my wifely duty to have s*x as i constantly want it. its my husbands duty to have more s*x with me i say!!