At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any read more

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.

People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal read more

People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing. There's no use doing it now, it doesn't fit anybody I know.

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing. There's no use doing it now, it doesn't fit anybody I know.

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor.

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor.

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the read more

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day.

My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither one of us does it

My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither one of us does it

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it

I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.