Wife Stayed Home

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day

while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he

went through so he prayed, “Dear Lord, I go to work every

day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home I

want her to know what I go through, so please create a trade

in our bodies.” God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the

man’s wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke

as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate,

awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them

breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came

home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners

and stopped at the bank to draw out money to pay the power

bill and telephone bill, drove to the power company and the

phone company and paid the bills, went grocery shopping,

came home and put away the groceries. He cleaned the cat’s

litter box and bathed the dog. Then it was already 1 p.m and

he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust,

and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to

pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the

way home. Set out cookies and milk and got the kids

organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing

board and watched TV while he did the ironing. At 4:30 he

began peeling potatoes and washing greens for salad, breaded

the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After

supper he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded

laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed At 9 p.m he

was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren’t

finished, he went to bed where he was expected to m**e l**e

— which he managed to get through without complaint. The

next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and

said, “Lord, I don’t know what I was thinking, I was so

wrong to envy my wife’s being able to stay home all day.

Please, oh please, let us trade back.” The Lord, in his

infinite wisdom, replied, “My son, I feel you have learned

your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the

way they were You’ll have to wait 9 months, though You got

pregnant last night!”