The Expectations of a Hispanic Husband
Traditionally a hispanic wife is expected to cook, clean, take care of the kids and make sure their husband is always taken care of. This is still expected today. What my husband and many others don’t realize is times have changed. Now most wives have full time jobs and possibly working the same hours as their husbands. Now when we get off of work we are just as tired as them, so doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry and taking care of the kids just is no longer possible. The question is, why do they still have these expectations? Is it because that is the way their mothers were? Or maybe because their mother never made them do their own laundry and cleaned everything for them. There are a lot of factors that play into this. All I want is to make my husband happy, just as I’m sure all of you do, but I won’t be killing myself to do it. He understands this now but, at first there were many unrealistic expectations. I know many women with hispanic husbands who expect the tradition hispanic wife. Now don’t get me wrong I am sure other races have some of the same issues. This is just a huge part of hispanic culture. Moms used to raise their daughters this way, making sure that they never let their husband want for nothing, and to always keep them taken care of.