WHO SHOULD DO THE LAUNDRY?

This morning while washing my clothes, a friend of mine walked up to me and jokingly asked "make I bring my own?". I jokingly replied "you no get hand?". Next he wanted to know if I wouldn't wash my husband's clothes when I get married. I simply told him that I will only assist my husband in doing so if there is a special need for it and not because it is my duty. He shrugged his shoulders in a manner that seemed to say "you are joking".

My thoughts:
Doing the laundry should be everybody's business. It shouldn't be a 'wifely' duty. (Full-time housewives maybe excluded).Why should it be added to the numerous duties a career wife already has to do?
 Today in most homes, the woman is the breadwinner and when she's not, she supports her family to a large extent. Some women work five - six days every week and come back to a home full of hungry children (some crying), a pile of dirty clothes, a stack of dirty dishes and what more? a sleeping husband.
 Someone here will argue with me that he must have been tired. And she?

Primary Social studies lied!
The woman was not created to slave while her husband watches on, complains or appraises, if he is so touched. I attended a wedding where the bride, when asked to make her promises to the groom, promised to love her husband, cook, wash his clothes, take care of him, clean the house and work to support her family .
When the husband was asked to make his',  he simply said he'll love her and provide for her.
I know the couple well.
The wife works for longer hours and earns more (she basically does the providing), yet when she returns home, her loving husband's pile of dirty clothes are on the side waiting for her attention. The husband owns a business. He closes for the day before 3pm, eats his already prepared meal (courtesy of the wife) and sleeps until he is tired. I have a feeling this will continue when their kids start coming.
 There are many lazy men out there, people.

While I might grudgingly agree with you that a wife should own the kitchen probably because I enjoy cooking,I vehemently refute the idea that it is the duty of a career wife to do the laundry of the family.

Certain men allow their heavily pregnant wives to do the laundry (comprised of jean clothing, thickly starched shirts, e.t.c) while they sit in the parlour and watch soccer. What's that? Plain wickedness.

Now, I am not saying I will not wash my husband's and kid's dirty clothes.  I will when I can. My husband should be able to do the same too. After all, he got his own clothes dirty. I didn't. And If both of us are unable to, there are available laundrymen and women we could pay to do it.

Peace!!!