I remember, back in my school days
when teacher asked me to brief about my family. I started off briskly with my
dad, then about my siblings and finally ended up with my mom as housewife
(homemaker) in dull tone. I thought being a housewife is easy & cool and
that’s the reason behind dip in my decibel level. They can stay at home, watch
TV all times, no home work, no exams and no pressure. But now I realized that
being a homemaker is the toughest job in world. [I am writing this post by
having my mom (South indian) in my mind].
So what is homemaker means? When I
searched in google, I got this.
“a wife who manages a household
while her husband earns the family income”
So simple, isn’t it? But it is not.
Let me brief about the nature of job.
- Wake up at early morning. Clean
the entrance and put KOLAM (rangoli)
- Prepare hot tea/coffee for all
your family members and wake them up from their bed
- Run behind your kids and help
them in bathing and get them dressed for school
- Prepare breakfast and help the
partner and children to get ready for work and school (if you have 2/3
kids then prioritizes which one to feed first. Fights may come and be
prepared to tackle).
- If you have small kids, take
them to school and wave your hands till they disappear from your vision
- Back from school, quickly have
breakfast and start thinking for lunch.
- Wash all the vessels and
utensils which you used while preparing last day’s meal
- While washing, simultaneously
have chat with neighbors and give them free advice to sort out their
family problems
- Come back to kitchen and start
preparing lunch
- If you have small kids, take
the lunch box to school and feed them
- Watch noon serials and yell at
the lady villain who tortures heroine and sob with her
- While watching serial have your
lunch
- Take a nap
- Get ready to wash all your
family member’s clothes (my mom didn’t use washing machine). Get one for
sure.
- Again if you have small kid,
bring them from school
- Prepare snacks for them and
undress their uniform
- Take them to coaching classes,
if any (Bring them back later)
- Play with them, have a little
chat about their day and help them in finishing home work
- Start preparing dinner for all
(if one don’t like particular dish then prepare different dish for them)
- Again watch serials and cry
with them and have dinner
- Prepare milk and serve it to
all before they go to bed
- Put rice in grinder, if at all
you planned to prepare idly/ dosa for next day’s breakfast
- Clean the grinder and go to bed
- Don’t forget to switch on
mosquito repellent before going to bed
Till now, I told about the daily
routine of a homemaker. Apart from this,
- You need to take care of
finance of your family. You should be smart and frugal. You will be
getting your partner’s full salary or part of it (depends on situation).
In that, you need to get groceries, pay school fees, rent and other
expenses.
- Plan for savings (Very
important)
- Take care of anyone who is
falling sick and take them to hospital
- Do first aid, if anyone get
hurt
- Console crying baby and comfort
demoralized partner
- Remember all the things that
others mentioned you and remind them of that event
- Decorate home, take good care
of garden and pets
- Attend all school functions and
help your kid to prepare for all competition and encourage them
- The most difficult and
important task is to try and stop fighting. You should not lose your
temper and carefully take wise decision while stopping fight
If you fail in any above mentioned points then it will
directly or indirectly affect the growth and moral of your family. Being a homemaker is like ruling a
nation. Single handedly they should take care of all the departments and wisely
should take the decision. My mom did this job without any complaints and still
continuing to do so.
