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Woman Says She Was ‘Raised To Take Care’ Of Her Husband And Gets Roasted Online

Back in the olden days, (and I'm talking old olden days), there was an expectation placed on women that their sole role in life was basically to serve a man. They were nothing without their husband. Being a wife was their entire identity.

So yeah, not such a great time to be a woman. Thankfully, it's 2019 and a woman has every right to be whatever kind of wife they want to be, if even a wife at all.

However, despite the progress we've made as a society, there are still some people who abide to a more...subservient kind of lifestyle.

One Twitter user recently shared her opinion on what a woman's role should be in a marriage.

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According to Bored Panda, Brylea Kay, a college student from Texas, posted the tweet to detail what kind of wife she was "raised" to be. And it definitely raised some eyebrows from other Twitter users.

In the Tweet, Brylea says she was "raised to take care" of her future husband.

She goes on to explain the "wifely" duties she feels falls under her title, including making him dinner, doing his laundry, cleaning the house, and making sure he's up for work on time.

So in addition to being a live-in chef and maid, Brylea also believes being a wife means taking on the role of alarm clock too, I guess.

She challenged people to call her "old fashioned", and they definitely rose to the occasion.

Twitter | @_brylealangley

Her tweet went viral, garnering over 12,000 retweets and almost 5,000 comments. Users definitely took issue to the internalized misogyny and sexism at work here, and they made their opinions known.

People weren't exactly overly supportive of her willingness to take care of her husband like he's a child.

"I was taught that in a relationship you help take care of each other and help out each other," one user wrote in response to the tweet.

Another added, "You won't need children then because it sounds like you'll already be looking after one."

This person felt like Brylea could save herself some time and visit her local animal shelter instead.

One user added that in some cases, resigning yourself to this sort of lifestyle can put an expectation on you, and soon you find yourself not doing these "wifely" things because you want to, but because that's what's now expected of you.

One person pointed out that when women act like this, it doesn't help men gain any self reliance.

Personally, I feel like this is a really good point. Most men in these types of relationship go from having their mom do everything for them to their wife doing everything for them. Then they spend their entire lives relying on someone else to keep them fed, taken care of, and their house clean.

A few even joked that perhaps Brylea is being held against her will and made to say these things.

Of course, there's nothing funny about that if it were true. But that would offer some explanation as to why she randomly tweeted out her willingness to become a dutiful wife. All she has to do is give us a quick double blink and we'll know it's time to intervene.

In the midst of all the negative opinions, there were a few positive ones which seemed to support Brylea.

One woman wrote that taking on the role Brylea describes is the best way "to show your man RESPECT."

"It's worked for me for 23 years so far," she said, adding that women should show that respect by making sure their house is clean and calm when the man gets home.

One man spoke up when someone asked where the stay at home dads are.

Although, the person he was responding to tweeted back that she wasn't actually being sexist, just pointing out the blatant sexism at work in society.

I suppose it is fair to say there are lots of different kinds of wives out there, and not not every one will share the same values.

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Plus, every marriage is its own thing, so who are we to say what works for one or another?

I will, however, say that it isn't fair to think that Brylea was actually raised with the expectation that this is the kind of wife she should be. If she came to this admittedly misogynistic conclusion on her own, that'd be another story entirely.

Brylea returned to Twitter one day after her tweet went viral and revealed she's received some pretty terrible comments.

No matter what your opinion on the matter, I think we can all agree that wishing death on this girl is going way too far. While I definitely don't agree what what she's preaching a wife should be, it's still her opinion and I don't think any amount of Twitter comments will change her mind.

She confirmed this with another tweet in which she said, "Heaven forbid anybody have an opinion of their own."