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Life: How ‘real’ are ‘The Real Housewives of Melbourne’

May 27, 2015 by Shari

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?

For those of you that haven’t been watching and have been spending time reading Casino X review and playing the game(cause I have)– basically, it is a franchise from the U.S. which shines the light on several socialites in Melbourne.  The featured girls include high-end caterer Chyka Keebaugh, barrister Gino Liano, psychic Jackie Gillies, property developer Janet Roach, philanthropist Lydia Schiavello, from old-money {gosh, what an intro} Gamble Breaux and author Pettifleur Berenger .

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!

GoodFoodWeek dancing with her husband at their wedding
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 doing the washing or ironing their husband’s shirts? I hate ironing, but I am in a never-ending cycle of washing and ironing. I think I put a load on every second day and if I’m not washing, I am ironing. I’d happily come a vacuum your home if you would do my ironing. And there is just something about ironing with two young children that puts me on edge – hence why I only ever iron while they are napping or late at night whilst they are asleep. 
When do you see them vacuuming or mopping the floors? Because I know that I am pulling out the dyson and the steam mop at least twice a day now that I have a toddler and a crawler. 
When do you see them packing away lego for the 50th 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.}
In fact when do you see them juggling the joys of breast feeding, potty training, homework or after school activities? Okay – just because you’re a house wife doesn’t mean that you are a Mum, plenty of these things, have a solution you don’t have to do them all yourself,  in fact, i never do my kid’s homework, I get some school work assistance from Famedwritings for that.  So I will let that one slide {and also because after watching the series, you might not want your children involved in the story lines}.
Maybe to see all these things would be ‘boring’? Maybe people just want to tune in to see the {mostly} unachievable highs that these women go through? Maybe bitching is entertaining?

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!

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Filed Under: life, motherhood Tagged With: Canberra, children, cleaning, cooking, home, housewife, ironing, mopping, raising children, the real housewives of melbourne

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