5 Tips to make your husband help in Laundry

This post has won the "Ariel's #IsLaundryOnlyAWomansJob activity" Contest

Recently I read an article "Is Laundry only a woman's job?" on BlogAdda and was curious to know about the survey result. So, I modified few questions and opened up the survey to my friends. To my surprise I got completely contradictory results.  Please find below my survey results.

Then I found my mistake. I should have opened up the survey anonymously. People feel safe in an anonymous environment and they open up truthful answers. I opened the survey again requesting them to answer anonymously and to my shock I got most accurate data matching against the Ariel's survey conducted by AC Nielsen. Below are the statics.

From the above survey one thing I understood. Even Men feel proud to say they help their mom and wife in Laundry. In other words, they feel little embarrassed to say they don’t help the women at home.  But do they really help women at home?
My dad helps my mom in everything and washes his clothes himself. But not every women is lucky enough to get a good person like my dad.
There are family where they believe Laundry is a woman's job irrespective of "Working woman", "Not well", "Tired" labels. How to change this inequality?.

Below are the few ideas that struck my mind. Thank you dad, for helping me out in this ideas. Please note, the goal is to provide useful tips for women so as to reduce the laundry burden. Each Experiment is designed for the novice, with comprehensive details of required materials, results and so on...
Experiment 1
Eat-Out Experiment
Purpose
To make your husband help in Laundry.
Additional information
Its little expensive at the beginning, but its worth the result.
Required Items:

1. Husband
2. You 
3. Kids (If Any)
4. Restaurant 
5. Little bit of acting skills 

Step-By-Step Procedure.

1. As soon as he comes from office, tell him dinner is not ready because you did not find enough time.
2. Husband will plan to take you out.
3. Order as much as food you can and eat everything.
4. Make sure bill cross 1000.
5. Repeat for 5 days.
6. Show the Expense report to your husband
7. Husband will shout at you for crossing the "Monthly Budget"
8. Tell him that, you were busy washing his clothes and did not have time to cook the dinner. 

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Note:
You should act in such a way that you are feeling helpless for increasing the monthly bill
Observation:
You husband will be scared to face the Monthly expense and hence he will opt to help you in laundry.

Result:
Your husband will be Washing the clothes and you can prepare the dinner.
Sometimes, you can swap the work as well.

Experiment 2
Rangoli - Dirty Holi Experiment
Purpose:
To make your husband help in Laundry.
Duration:
1 day
Additional information:
If you are angry with your husband, take out your husband’s favorite dress or lucky dress.
Required Items:

1. Husband Shirt 
2. You 
3. Holi water Gun. (Alternative – Water bottles – Put hole in cap)
4. Colors – Pink and Deep Pink (No Alternative, since Guys hate pink and will work out more)
5. PS. Keep children’s away. They may inform your husband. 

Step-By-Step Procedure.

1. Spray the pink color holi powder and leave it for an hour. 
2. As soon as your husband comes, scold him for spoiling his shirt. 
3. Your husband will be wondering, how did the shirt spoiled. 
4. In the meantime, offer him washing powder and lock inside the washroom with the shirt.

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Observation:
Your husband will wash the shirt, since it is his favorite shirt.
Result:
This is just a base. Keep motivating him and transfer the Laundry job completely

Experiment 3

Hide and Seek Experiment:

Purpose:

To make your husband help in Laundry. 

Duration:

1 day

Additional information:

Rowdy Rathore movie to watch the tricks of a Thief

Required Items:

1. Stealing Skills
2. Hiding Skills. 
3. You
4. Your Husband

Step-By-Step Procedure.

1. Steal all the entertainment items from the home and hide it in a place, where your husband cant find. Example - TV Remote, Bike and Car keys, Laptop, His mobile phone... etc
2. Your Husband will come home to watch TV. He will not find the remote.
3. He will search bike/Car keys to go out. He will not find.
4. He will search laptop to work, again he cant find.
5. He will search for his mobile, to chat or play. He will not find. 
6. He may try to sleep. Before he goes to sleep, Offer him Coffee and Red-bull so that he will be so energetic. 
7. Make sure you lock the door. Otherwise, he may go out for a walk. Basically house arrest him. 

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Note:

Don’t hide the washing Machine by curiosity. 

Observation:

Your husband will be damn bored and will beg you to offer some work. Give him Laundry job 

Result:

Your husband will help you in Laundry. 

Experiment 4

One-One Help Experiment:

Purpose:

To make your husband help in Laundry. 

Additional Information:

Dont invite Male friends. It will result in adverse effect. 

Required Items:

1. Your husband's Girl Friend.
2. You
3. Your Husband
4. Dinner Party

Step-By-Step Procedure.

1. Invite your Husband office Colleague or his girl friend for a dinner party. 
2. Please note: The office colleague has to be your best buddy as well. 
3. Praise your husband that he helps in laundry in front of her.
4. Your friend in turn,should praise your husband.

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Note:

In turn, you should go to her home and do the same experiment, so that her husband helps in laundry. After all its Mutual understanding. 

Observation:

To impress his girl friend, your husband will help out in Laundry

Result:

Your husband will help you in Laundry. 

Experiment 5:

This or That Experiment:

Purpose:

To make your husband help in Laundry. 

Additional Information:

It is very risky. 

Required Items:

1. Your husband
2. You
3. Your son
4. Duplicate mark sheet. 

Step-By-Step Procedure.

1. Prepare a Duplicate mark sheet of your son/daughter with Zero marks in all subjects.
2. Your husband will shout at you for not teaching the child.
3. Tell him that you don't find time to teach your child, since you are busy with laundry job.
4. Now, give him an option, Teach kid or Lanundry job.
5. If he choose Laundry job, then fine the experiment ended smoothly.
6. If he choose to teach kid, then offer him the toughest subject like Maths or General knowledge. He must be weak in at-least one subject. 
7. Find that and offer him the subject. Your hubby will feel, laundry job is easy and will jump to laundry job. 

Figures & Illustrations:

Note:

Make sure he does not take the Progress report and go to school to meet Head master. 

You can see your hubby washing all the time, just to escape from kids question and teaching. 

Result:

Your husband will help you in Laundry. 

“I am writing for #IsLaundryOnlyAWomansJob activity at BlogAdda.com in association with Ariel.”

I am a Pizza Face! An ADULT with ACNE! - A guest post by Vijayeswari Muruganandam

This is a guest post by Vijayeswari Muruganandam

I am a Pizza Face! An ADULT with ACNE!

ACNE VULGARIS - the name sounds UGLY! Isn't it?? So does the effects of acne on adolescents and sometimes on adults, both physically and psychologically!

Acne Vulgaris, commonly called as acne/pimples is not just Skin Deep, its much beyond that! I am a victim of it in my late 20s, thought of sharing my personal experiences on this blog.

The very fact of Acne in most cases starts with the puberty, that's when the adolescents try to build/shape up their personalities. It adds to the feelings of body image, self-esteem and other emotional issues. The raging hormones cause lot of anxiety about the physical appearances, attractions, etc. and the peer acceptance/status is important at that crucial stage.

Everyone wants to look perfect! Most of us have complained about every feature in our body, a crooked nose, an uneven smile, or dull eyes, a drooping shoulder or anything. We don't have tolerance for any imperfections in our body!

The victims, so like me, spend most of the time in front of the mirror or in the bathroom, trying to cover it up and it becomes so obvious in our day to day activities, the so-called affective display. The affective display in psychological terms, is the subject's externally displayed affect.

Acne just don't cause a dent in your face or body, but on your self-esteem, if not treated properly. By treatment, I just don't mean to say, clinical treatment, but a way out to build up self-esteem. It's not just cosmetic!

Here are the little things, that I have come across, while I was a victim of acne. This is more of a Mind-Skin connection.

1. Body Dysmorphic Disorder: 

A disfiguring acne could lead to the dissatisfaction with appearance, i.e. having a poor body image. You start believing in unreal imperfections and the preoccupation or even obsessed with the imperfections. The victim becomes self-consciousness, and lacks self-confidence and spends hours thinking about a real or perceived flaw causing embarrassment. It causes social dysfunction, including concerns about interactions with the opposite gender, appearances in public, interacting with strangers. It infuses negative thinking patterns, may even have thoughts of suicide or make a suicide attempt. My case was never that worse!!

2. Embarrassment:
Every other social meet/party/family function makes you feel low, with the acne all over your face and mind! Irritating myths about acne like poor hygiene or sex hormones causing acne embarrasses you to the core and you really feel like avoiding conversations or interactions with relatives or friends. I have experienced social anxiety and general avoidance of activities that bring attention to my condition. For God sake, acne has no concrete reason and a multifactorial issue.

3.Feelings of Unworthiness:
Resisting social pressure is difficult for teenagers, for anyone! How much ever the victims try to pose a strong image, a feeling of unworthiness prevails within them. Mood disturbances, breakout, lack of peer status, cause depression.  These behavioral problems take a toll on the career, relationships etc.

4. Emotional Stress:
Having your face scrutinized by others is the most stressful thing in the world. You just feel that you are on a display. Unlike other dermatologic diseases that can be covered by clothing, acne is mostly visible and causing enough trauma and stress. Emotional Stress and Acne is a causality dilemma, like a chicken and egg problem. Emotional Stress is an effect of Acne, wherein its also a cause for acne!

5. Advice:


You probably heard all sorts of advice about why you developed acne and how to deal with it.

“You eat too much of a junk!” 

“You don’t wash your face enough!”

 “Drink lots of water!”

"Get a tan"... 

Huh..

Enough is said.. You get to see, everyone on the road coming up with a diet plan for you, a beauty product for you...You would not believe that my cupboard was filled with turmeric powder to astringents, which were forcibly bought under compulsion or influence of friends.

And friends, now its my advice time. I have been through all the drama and trauma and now nothing could break me! Here is what I followed,

• Get More Sleep
• Drink More Water
• Hang out with friends, Get some air
• Go with light or no makeup at home
• Watch your diet
• Get on the dance floor or hit the gym to fight out stress
• Fall in Love

Above all the most effective method for Pimple Free skin:

• Use Garnier Neem Face Wash twice a day for a long term solution to all the skin problem and to get clear and Pure Skin. 

My Grandma always say Neem contains anti bacterial properties. Garnier Neem Face contains Neem Leaf Extract and Tea-Tree Oil which helps in oil control and remove the the Pimples marks as well. Its contains soap-free formula and hence it is gentle on skin. Once you use Garnier Neem Face Wash, acne say bye to your skin and you get addicted to it!!!

More than all, say out loud "Yes, I am an adult with acne and I know to deal with it". It really works! And go SELFIE!!

This post is written as a part of Garnier Pure Active Neem contest organized by Indiblogger.

Thank you Vijayeswari Muruganandam for the Guest post.