Poor hubby, raw

Hubby was washing the dishes when MIL called last night - I was already upstairs, in my home office, in the middle of a meeting with our Manila office. MIL asked what hubby was doing and when she learned that hubby was washing the dishes, na hurt yata siya.

Hubby tells me that MIL commented that she hoped that hubby was not doing all the housework. It was okay when he did that before when he moved here and did not have a job yet but now that he's working too, sana hindi na raw siya lahat. Kawawa naman raw si hubby because he used to do the dishes at home when they don't have helpers and even up to here, he's still doing the dishes. Hubby assured her that we do share the housework, I do the cooking and the laundry, he does the dishes and we share the general cleaning of the house. Hubby tells me that this was good enough for MIL and that this was what she wanted to hear all along.

Hubby sounded amused when he told me this. Well, if not amused, neutral lang. As for me, I have to say that I was a little bit offended when I first heard this and it looks like I am still affected somehow because I wouldn't be writing about this otherwise, would I ?

MIL and I have always gotten along and really, I thought she knew me better than that. Accusing me of taking advantage of my husband ? Was she implying that hubby was henpecked ?

Yes, I do work from home but truth be told, I work longer hours than hubby because my work hours stretches to cover 2 different time zones. His work might be more physical than mine at times but his cannot be more stressful than mine is to me. I suspect that since I am working from home now, she thinks that I'm on vacation or have a lighter load and thus, should not be burdening hubby with more chores.

Looks like MIL's protective instincts are acting up towards her youngest (and favorite, I think) child. Hay!

Clear up ko lang yung issue ah.

(1) Hubby does not do the dishes because he enjoys them. He does not do the dishes because I make him. He does them because he does not want me to wash them. He gets annoyed when I wash the dishes. Hindi ko siya inaapi or ina-atsay. Hmpft.

We are not averse to using the dishwasher when there're a lot of things to be washed, anyway.

(2) Wait, I already do the cooking. I have to do the washing up too ???

I'm probably making a lot more of this than I should or maybe nakiki-uso lang ako kasi marami yatang may issues with their in-laws so it's about time that I have one too. Maski tiny one lang.

Basta, medyo inis pa rin ako.