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“Why don’t you get your husband to wash the dishes?”

A female co-worker thinks my Chinese husband is lazy.

22/09/2014

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“Why Don’t You Get Your Husband to Wash the Dishes?”

One day during my second trimester of pregnancy, I’m at work washing the dishes from my lunch. A female co-worker sees me and says: “Why don’t you get your husband to wash the dishes?”

I answer her: “Because I’m the only one who ate lunch, and he’s napping.”

She says: “Go wake him up!”

Have you ever had a similar experience?

This is part of the series ‘Conversations with Locals in China,’ where I share conversations with Chinese people on my blog.

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