Ryshell Lynch’s Facebook Post Has Been Shared 400,000 Times, Here’s Why

It’s a known fact that there are several misconceptions surrounding the life of stay-at-home mothers. They are often underestimated, perceived differently, not appreciated and taken for granted for many individuals are of the false notion that they do not work. It’s believed that housewives have plenty of spare time and life is a roller-coaster ride for most of them, if not all. Ryshell Lynch, who is a mother as well as a tattoo artist in Florida, wrote a powerful post with the aim to break this wrong notion. The post is a hypothetical conversation between a psychologist and a complaining husband. The conversation is hilarious however it clears a lot of misconceptions surrounding housewives. The conversation also reveals the several hats a homemaker dawns.

What is surprising is that in the course of the conversation, the husband is not even appreciative for the amount of work his wife does. The smart psychologist, however, puts all the right questions across and the ‘complaining husband’ may have got some of his questions answered concerning his wife, if he is intelligent enough that is.

Have a quick glance at the conversation:

P: what do you do for a living Mr. Rogers?

H: I work as an accountant in a bank.

P: Your wife?

H: She doesn’t work. She’s a housewife.

P: Who makes breakfast for your family?

H: My wife, because she doesn’t work

P: What time does your wife wake?

H: She wakes up early because it has to be organized. She organizes the lunch for the children, ensures that they are well-dressed and combed, if they had breakfast, if they brush their teeth and take all their school supplies. She wakes with the baby and changes diapers and clothes. Breastfeeds and makes snacks as well.

P: How do your children get to school?

H: My wife takes them to school, because she doesn’t work.

P: After taking their children to school, what does she do?

H: Usually takes a while to figure something out that she can do while she is out, so she doesn't have to pack and unpack the car seat too many times, like drop off bills or to make a stop at the supermarket. Sometimes she forgets something and has to make the trip all over again, baby in tow. Once back home, she has to feed the baby lunch and breastfeed again, get the baby's diaper changed and ready for a nap, sort the kitchen and then will take care of laundry and cleaning of the house. You know, because she doesn’t work.

P: In the evening, after returning home from the office, what are you doing?

H: Rest, of course. Well, I’m tired after working all day in the bank.

P: What does your wife do at night?

H: She makes dinner, serves my children and I, washes the dishes, orders once more the house, makes sure the dog is put away as well as any left over dinner. After helping children with HW she gets them prepared to sleep in pyjamas and the baby is in fresh diapers, gives warm milk, verifies they brush their teeth.

When Somebody asked her…

You are a woman who works or is it just “housewife”??

She replied:

I work as a wife of the home, 24 hours a day..

I am a mother,

I am a woman,

I am a daughter,

I’m the alarm clock,

I’m the cook,

I’m the maid,

I am the master,

I’m the bartender,

I’m the babysitter,

I’m a nurse,

I am a manual worker,

I’m a security officer,

I’m the adviser,

I am the comforter,

I don’t have a vacation,

I don’t have a licence for disease.

I don’t have a day off

I work day and night,

I’m on duty all the time,

I do not receive salary and...

Even so, I often hear the phrase:

“but what do you do all day?”

This Facebook post has a satirical touch to it however it sends us a thought-provoking message. It highlights the amount of work a home-maker does even though she doesn’t get paid for her efforts, unlike other jobs. It reveals that a homemaker’s job doesn’t end at a specific time. Are husbands and other family members appreciative of this?  Is she rewarded fairly for her work?  If not, it’s high time we start doing this and break the false norm that just because a woman doesn’t go out to work, doesn’t mean “she doesn’t work.” Lynch concludes the post by saying “The woman is like salt: Her presence is not remembered, but its absence makes everything left without flavor.”