Line #4 PlayingWith/ADayInHerApron


1	'''Basic Trope''': A wife leaves her domestic duties to her husband as a challenge.
2	* '''Straight''': [[LazyHusband Bob]] makes an insensitive remark about how Alice's job as a [[{{Housewife}} homemaker]] isn't "real" work. She leaves him in charge for the day, and Bob proves the trope MenCantKeepHouse true.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': The house is practically destroyed when Alice comes back.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Bob does okay for the most part, but he just doesn't do housework as well as Alice, or doing the housework leaves him more stressed/exhausted than his regular job.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** This is a challenge to prove that homemaking ''is'' real work, and not nearly as easy as it sounds.
7	** Alice goes away for the weekend, and Bob agrees to take care of the house while she's gone, all the while thinking [[TemptingFate "How bad could it be?]] WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong"
8	* '''Inverted''':
9	** Alice is challenged (perhaps in addition to Bob looking after the house) to go to [[INeedAnIndexByMonday his work]] for the day.
10	** Bob does Alice's housework for the day and finds out it's as easy as (or [[InstantExpert even easier]] than) he thought.
11	* '''Gender Inverted''': Bob the HouseHusband challenges Alice the Career Woman to take care of the house; Alice learns that homemaking is every bit as much real work as her job is.
12	* '''Subverted''':
13	** Bob seems to be managing the house alright while Alice is gone.
14	** Bob falls in '''love''' with homemaking and resigns from his job.
15	* '''Double Subverted''':
16	** But then the baby starts crying, and the roast burns in the oven, and chaos generally breaks loose.
17	** But unforeseen circumstances arise and he doesn't deal with it as well as Alice does because of lack of experience.
18	* '''Parodied''': The house is in shambles as soon as Alice walks out the door.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob seems to be managing the house alright while Alice is gone. But then the baby starts crying... and he quiets her down pretty quickly. Then the roast burns in the oven... but it's alright, he burned it on purpose for a family recipe. But wait, the family recipe tastes nasty.
20	* '''Averted''':
21	** Bob manages to hold down the house while Alice is gone.
22	** AliceAndBob do not switch duties.
23	** AliceAndBob outsource the housework to other people who are paid to do it, because they're rich and they can. They have a maid to take care of cleaning, a personal chef to take care of cooking, a gardener or landscaper to take care of the yard and garden, and a nanny to look after the kids.
24	** In this setting, in order to keep the household humming along smoothly, AliceAndBob ''both'' have to have paying jobs. (Maybe even more than one, if they're ''really'' unlucky.)
25	* '''Enforced''': "Let's give 'em AnAesop about respecting the work done by an average {{Housewife}}!"
26	* '''Lampshaded''': "[[JustFineWithoutYou Oh, everything's fine dear...]][[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial no, no that wasn't the fire extinguisher...]]"
27	* '''Invoked''': AliceAndBob get into a CavemenVsAstronautsDebate about whose work is harder, who contributes more to the household, etc.
28	* '''Exploited''':
29	** Alice deliberately issues this challenge in the hopes of stopping Bob's complaints about her housework.
30	** Or, because she simply wants to take a break for a day.
31	* '''Defied''': AliceAndBob agree that they both work equally hard (if in different ways) and contribute equally to the running of the household.
32	* '''Discussed''': "Haha, Bob's gonna fail!"
33	* '''Conversed''': "Why can't AliceAndBob see that they both contribute a lot to the household?"
34	* '''Deconstructed''':
35	** Because Bob is so inept at housekeeping, he ends up burning the house down and leaving them homeless.
36	** Bob's job is very hard or dangerous manual labor, and Alice has just as much or more trouble in Bob's role as Bob does in Alice's. Bob is grateful for the chance to work indoors for a change.
37	** HouseWife Alice and businessman Bob try to switch roles, however, Bob's boss demands that Alice go home and Bob come into work anyway, as he hired Bob, not Alice.
38	* '''Reconstructed''':
39	** AliceAndBob find another home, which Bob promises to take better care of.
40	** ...But then Alice and Bob's child becomes ill, and Bob gets sick caring for the child, which leads him to agree that Alice's role is also hard.
41	** Bob clears the idea with his boss before switching roles with Alice. The boss agrees, thinking that it would be funny to do so.
42	* '''Played For Drama''': The argument becomes SeriousBusiness that threatens their marriage.
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44	I hate to admit it, honey, but you were right. Going back to ADayInHerApron looks a lot easier than it actually is.
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46	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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48	%%* '''Implied:''': ???
49	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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