Homemaking Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

A Shout Out to the Great Guys Who Share Emotional Labor & Mental Load

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 30, 2020 | Homemaking

It’s the last day of our emotional labor and mental load series! We wrapped up the big teaching points yesterday talking about how important it is that both spouses get down time. And we’ve tackled a ton of things this month, including what mental...

EMOTIONAL LABOR SERIES: Why We All Need Downtime

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 29, 2020 | Homemaking

You can’t be emotionally healthy if you don’t have downtime–time when you can relax, pursue passions, or care for yourself. We’re finally here–at the conclusion of our mental load/emotional labor series for the month of June! We’ve...

5 Ways COVID 19 Increases Mental Load

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 26, 2020 | Homemaking

We’re finishing up our mental load series at To Love, Honor and Vacuum! I’ve got one more important thing to cover on Monday–why we all need time to ourselves–but we’ve covered a lot of ground this month. And I’ve had so many people...

Why I Kissed “Give Me a List” Goodbye

by Keith Gregoire | Jun 24, 2020 | Homemaking, Men's Corner

Is it fair for husbands to just say, “Give me a list of what you want done and I’ll do it?” It’s Keith here today; welcome back to Men’s Corner! It has been interesting to watch people wrestle with the concept of mental load over the...

THE EMOTIONAL LABOR SERIES: Why the Daily Grind Needs to Be Shared

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 22, 2020 | Homemaking

The “daily grind” tasks are the ones that often build the most resentment in a marriage. We’re in the middle of our series about mental load in marriage and sharing the emotional labor. We talked first about what those terms mean, and then showed how...

The “Let’s Go to the Beach!” Saga: Is Your Wife Really No Fun?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 19, 2020 | Homemaking, Parenting Small Children

When a husband has a great idea for a family outing, why does the wife often get defensive, upset, or touchy about it? We’ve been talking about emotional labor and mental load all month in June, and many women have said that their husbands just don’t...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 7 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.