Rolls

Robert, I would rather talk about "rolls" than "roles" because I am so hungry. I noticed that I have another message to reply to entitled "food." I was tempted to skip this one and go to that one. However, this one is first. Question 18: What 's the role of the woman and the man in the home? (PS Would you mind going over the mail from me and telling me which bishop questions I HAVEN'T responded to yet. I know that I was in the process of going back into your old mail trying to figure out which ones you haven't gotten, and I don't know which replies you haven't gotten.) I am glad that you can generally fix things around the house. I am not completely ignorant, but there are some things I just cannot do. When I start working inside the home, I will be doing the household chores. (hmmm... maybe I shouldn't have written that. You might use it against me later! It's a joke.) I told you that my "career" is making our house a home for you and our children. Keeping the house in functioning order is part of this. I want everyone to be happy and it helps when the house is running smoothly. When we are both working outside the home we will both look after each other. This means that each of us should realize that the other is tired and has worked equally hard. When I am a housewife, hopefully you will realize that I have spent all day with children and doing the housework, I will understand that you have been at work all day and that that isn't the easiest thing either. I think we will do a fine job in this area. When we were together when you were visiting, I thought that we kept things up pretty well. (correct me if I am wrong.) It will also be much easier if we are in a home of our own (or an apartment). We would have picked it out and spent OUR time furnishing it. I think that our views on the roles of men and women are quite similar. If they weren't I don't think we would have gotten as far as we have. I think this question was brought up because the women were feeling "poor and picked on" and didn't have respect for what their husbands did outside of the home. Often times I get the impression that these questions are brought up from trouble marriages. It is good that we agree on pretty much everything. It is good to find out that we don't have a lot of the problems going into our marriage that a lot of others discover later. I am not sure if I expressed this exactly the way I want to, but I think you will understand. I have to stop mid letter, (I am going to be late to work) but I will write more later. I love you and I can't wait to be with you. Love always, Wanda