Ordinary Wife. Ordinary Life.

[notemily]

I think wrapping up the most intimate, exhausting aspects of human labour in a saccharine slip of hearts and flowers, calling it love and expecting women to do it thanklessly and for free is a profoundly unromantic idea.

Laurie Penny: Is marriage worth it? (via notemily)

[ordinarywife]

You are annoying.

[ordinarywife]

[ordinarywife]

Years later, still the same.

[typedbookquotes]

[ordinarywife]

Who do you talk to about a problem when your person is the problem?

[betterthanyoubitch1]

[ordinarywife]

Serene and aloof are the mask for the anger, disappointment, and frustration that swirls within. The mask is cracking.

[atx-nerd-mom]

For women, “life” is assumed to be more work. Women in heterosexual couples still do the majority of the unpaid labor in the household—caring for children or other family members, as well as housework. A study of working-class women recently found that even women who were the primary breadwinner in their family did most of the housework.

Opting for Free Time - In These Times (via atx-mom)

[magicaldistractions]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Who is your favorite Mother from a Disney movie, animated film, or television show? We would love to hear from you.

[butlercat]

cuteness overload

[ordinarywife]

Happy Mother's Day

[thegreatgracie]

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Lost in Words

It is an oddity that getting lost in a book could make me feel more like myself.

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Check out @LDSchurch's Tweet:

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Love one another

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Marriage

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[ordinarywife]

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

Martin Luther King Jr.