[Marilyn]

Okay, girl, you ask for opinions, and we all have one....

Like everything else in life, this is all about attitude. There is nothing wrong with girls and boys learning how to do just about anything, from scrubbing the bathroom, cooking, folding clothes, sewing, changing the oil in the car, fixing a flat. These are basic life skills.

Here's where the attitude part comes in. My husband and I wait on each other. I don't resent waiting on him, and he does not resent waiting on me. Sometimes I get him a glass of coke and sometimes he brings me a snack. It's give and take.

When a husband has the attitude that his wife must wait on him, and she's otherwise pulling her weight in the family, then he has the wrong attitude. If a husband asks his wife to get him a glass or something to drink, because he's had a hard day, she should not have the attitude that he should darn well get it for himself.

If you truly love each other, and have care and compassion for one another, there is no resentment. That does not mean that we don't get aggravated from time to time, we are all human, but we need to be respectful of each other.

My girls aren't perfect, but they have been taught basic life skills, they've folded clothes and cleaned for years, and sometimes they wait on their dad. I don't have a problem with that, because he does a lot of things for them like buy them nice cars and fixes them when they have fender benders, buys them clothes, cell phones, Ipods, etc, etc.

It's just not that big a deal in our family.