Is This the Real Reason the Patriarchy Exists? Men May Have to Grow Up

Repopulating America may be in trouble if we can’t locate the adults

Anyone else lining up to marry a man who can’t hold a broom?

Dear Reader: cursing ahead. I was annoyed at this.

Honestly, I’m not sure what the breaking point was. It hadn’t been that long that the beloved of my life had moved into my basement. The burden on me had tripled.

The general condition of my once-pristine house had deteriorated. As a military vet, everything in my house has its place, and I keep a clean home.

I had a fully grown man and an aging dog in the house. That, and working eighty hours a week AND keeping up a heavy workout schedule.

Suddenly I was picking up dog shit full time. Not my dog. Not my job. Suddenly it WAS my job, as the neighbors periodically complained, rightfully, about the smell. The entire basement was a blast zone.

This was a man in his fifties who had been living alone for many years. He knew how to do laundry, cook for himself, clean house and walk the damned dog. And pick up after the damned dog.