Have you been watching the series ‘The Real Housewives of Melbourne’?  What do you think about the series and how ‘real’ do you think it really is? I wondered what it would be like if I was on a ‘The Real Housewives of Canberra’ series {it’s actually not a real series yet, but come at me Foxtel and make an offer} – and I wondered if people would watch the program if I was on it?

But are these ladies really ‘housewives’? It seems to me that a more apt name for the show would be ‘The real socialites of Melbourne’. And do they really depict today’s housewife? With ‘wife’ making up the title of the show it is funny that most of them aren’t even married!

Me and my husband dancing our first dance when we got married {life now with two children seems a lot less glamorous}

Google helped me out with the exact meaning of a housewife… It said ‘a married woman whose main occupation is caring for her family, managing household affairs, and doing housework.‘

So I wonder why we don’t see the real housewives of melbourne managing their household affairs or doing any housework?

When do you see them cooking a meal or doing the washing up? Call me old fashion, but most wives I know are cooking their husband a meal each night. An average housewife will cook her husband almost 18,000 dinners in 50 years – and that’s allowing for the odd fish and chips or phoning up for Thai from the local takeaway. 

Back in the 1950s, young girls were informed that a good housewife would plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal – on time. ‘This is a way to let your husband know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned with his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home, and having a good meal ready is part of the warm welcome that is needed.’

When do you see them packing away lego for the 50^th time that day?

In the 1950’s handbook for housewives it states ‘Make one last trip though the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up children’s books and toys, papers, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you lift too.‘ {Will it? Will it really 1950’s Handbook – because I think that it just might make a Mama explode.}

Maybe this show should actually be called ‘The Real Socialites of Melbourne’.

What’s life like for you, as a housewife? Do you go out to lunch with your girlfriends? Are you hanging out at the gym? Do you think that the modern housewife would be drinking more coffee then they show on the show – like come on, they are in Melbourne!