Housewife Quotes

“Who do you call a civilian in a guerilla war? I mean, it might be a farmer by day or a merchant, a housewife, and by night the housewife may be helping to make landmines and booby traps and who knows.”

“When he first said my diagnosis, I couldn't believe it. There must be another PTSD than post-traumatic stress disorder, I thought. I have only heard of war veterans who have served on the front lines and seen the horrors of battle being diagnosed with PTSD. I am a Beverly Hills housewife, not a soldier. I can't have PTSD. Well, I was wrong. Housewives can get PTSD, too, and yours, truly did.”

“Call it arrogance or male chauvinism, the male ego just doesn’t allow a woman to participate in key issues in family. Men seldom realize that it’s the housewife who has the most difficult job in the world: waking up early, preparing breakfast, getting the children ready for school, preparing lunch, cleaning up the mess at home and so much more. Even before they can some rest, the doorbell would ring and the children are back from school. Then, the routine again, and by the end of the day, they were tired. Women in the family are the last to sleep and the first to wake up. Sometimes, even during a crisis in the family or when there is a dispute, it’s the lady of the house that stands rock solid to calm things down and face challenges head on.”

“I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.”

“There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.”

“The toughest thing about being a housewife is you have no place to stay home from.”

“[My father] said Don't grow up to be a woman and what he meant by that was a housewife ... without any interests.”

“It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.”

“In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.”

“No labourer in the world is expected to work for room board and love -except the housewife.”