O’Reilly hinted that, in her English household, stereotypical gender roles are flipped.
“Just last week he went out with a friend for a long-planned pint and I was in a foul mood before he went because I had to put the washing away and make the kids packed lunches,” she said, suggesting her husband usually handles such domestic tasks.
Jon’s “ridiculous moral compass has come to be a bone of contention,” O’Reilly also said.
“Don’t get me wrong, I love him and this year we celebrated 17 years together – 13 of them married – but I wish he’d lie, cheat, defame or slander just once, so that I could feel better about my own less-than-perfect character,” she said. “Simply put, I’m bored of being married to a paragon of virtue.”
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'IT'S EXHAUSTING' I’m bored of being married to Mr Perfect — I wish he’d cheat so I could feel better about myself
However, when I turned up with thoughts of a long, lazy, romantic lunch, he refused to ditch his responsibilities even though we were supposed to be in the first throes of love.
I married Mr Perfect anyway, but his ridiculous moral compass has come to be a bone of contention. Simply put, I’m bored of being married to a paragon of virtue.
He is so unlike me it’s disarming but it turns out I’m not alone. New research from the University of Amsterdam has found, while it is beneficial in Mother Nature for species to be similar, it is not as straightforward when it comes to humans.
“Just last week he went out with a friend for a long-planned pint and I was in a foul mood before he went because I had to put the washing away and make the kids packed lunches,” she said, suggesting her husband usually handles such domestic tasks.
Jon’s “ridiculous moral compass has come to be a bone of contention,” O’Reilly also said.
“Don’t get me wrong, I love him and this year we celebrated 17 years together – 13 of them married – but I wish he’d lie, cheat, defame or slander just once, so that I could feel better about my own less-than-perfect character,” she said. “Simply put, I’m bored of being married to a paragon of virtue.”
https://pluralist.com/clare-oreilly-perfect-husband/
'IT'S EXHAUSTING' I’m bored of being married to Mr Perfect — I wish he’d cheat so I could feel better about myself
However, when I turned up with thoughts of a long, lazy, romantic lunch, he refused to ditch his responsibilities even though we were supposed to be in the first throes of love.
I married Mr Perfect anyway, but his ridiculous moral compass has come to be a bone of contention. Simply put, I’m bored of being married to a paragon of virtue.
He is so unlike me it’s disarming but it turns out I’m not alone. New research from the University of Amsterdam has found, while it is beneficial in Mother Nature for species to be similar, it is not as straightforward when it comes to humans.
