Husband Doesn’t Appreciate His Wife’s Work until He Has to Walk in Her Shoes — Story of the Day
A devoted wife and mother finally collapses under the strain and her husband learned the truth about her stressful double life.
Suzie Werther was the perfect wife and mother, and a successful lawyer, and because the family was saving to buy a little cabin up by the lake for the summers, she didn’t have any help, as so many of her friends did.
Nevertheless, Suzie’s house was dust-free and sparkling, not a piece of lint darkened her floors, her husband’s shirts were always impeccably pressed, and the family’s meals were delicious, homemade, and always on time.
She asked for help but no one listened, until one day she just collapsed | Source: Shutterstock.com
The sad thing, of course, was that nobody noticed the miraculous efforts Suzzie was pulling off to juggle all her duties and make sure all the household trains were working on time.
Then one day, Suzie was promoted, and the very little time she had for everything she had to do had to stretch even further. She talked to her husband Justin about turning down the job. “Honey,” she said. “Being head of the department is going to add a lot to my plate…”
“Baby,” said Justin, throwing his arm around her shoulder. “I know you can do it, and we can sure use the extra money you’ll be bringing in.” Suzie sighed, and Justin added, “So what time’s dinner”?
While Suzie was popping the lemongrass, bacon, and water chestnut stuffed chicken into the oven, their son Mark came to the kitchen door. “MOM!” he screamed. “You didn’t take care of my baseball equipment!”
“But hun, it wasn’t in the washing basket!” cried Suzie.
Suzie was feeling overwhelmed by her life | Source: Unsplash
“You KNOW I need it on Wednesdays, Mom!” cried Mark. “You should have got it from my room!”
Suzie leaned back against the counter and closed her eyes. She was desperately tired, and now she had to go do some extra washing…
Just then her phone rang. “Hey, Suze!” cried her sister Kim’s cheerful voice on the other end of the line. “How’s superwoman?”
“Not so super right now,” Suzie admitted with a sigh. “I just feel it’s all become too much for me to handle on my own.”
“Then don’t!” said Kim. “Ask for help! I’m sure that Justin and Mark could do a lot more around the house, leave you a little spare time…” Suzie...