My mother-in-law thinks housework is a woman's. What should I do?

You can communicate with your mother-in-law and tell her that both men and women can do housework now. After all, women also have jobs and can support themselves. There is no question of who must belong to the housework. We should stick to our principles and tell her that men and women are equal. You can also talk about your friend's life in her husband's house, so that her mother-in-law can put herself in the other's shoes. What do you think if your daughter marries someone else's house and gives her all the housework?

Let me elaborate:

1. Have a frank dialogue with your mother-in-law.

I explained to her my views on equal division of labor in families, and I hope we can share housework together. I respect her point of view, but I also hope she can understand and accept my values. Through frank dialogue, we gradually established better communication and understanding.

Try to change her mother-in-law's mind through demonstration.

I will take the initiative to participate in housework and show that I can do these jobs. I can take the initiative to cook, clean, wash clothes and other housework, encourage my mother-in-law to participate in it, and let her mother-in-law realize the benefits of sharing housework with herself. Gradually, she may realize that gender does not determine whether a person can do housework.

Step 3 Seek the support of your husband

Many mothers-in-law will be more willing to listen to their sons' opinions and opinions, so I will communicate with my husband and let him understand my idea of sharing housework equally, hoping that he can support me on this issue. My husband's support can help me stick to my point of view in the family, and it also has a certain influence on my mother-in-law.

4. Stick to your own position, respect and understand each other.

It takes time to change ideas, especially for the elderly. I will respect my mother-in-law's opinions and habits, but at the same time I will stick to my own values. By expressing my views persistently, I believe that we can finally reach a relatively balanced understanding.

5. Personal experience

My mother-in-law is also a more traditional person, thinking that housework should be the daughter-in-law's. So every time she comes to live at home, as long as she sees her son doing housework, she will feel dissatisfied, so she will find something with me and express her dissatisfaction through something.

And I know this is not the way, so every time I do housework, I will take my mother-in-law with me to let her know the benefits of doing housework together, and at the same time tell her that I also have my own job and I have to support my family like her son. Her son is not the only breadwinner, nor is he the only one who does housework.

Through communication and understanding, my mother-in-law seems to gradually realize that sometimes I will take her for a walk in the community and let the aunts and grandmothers in the community talk about their views on their daughter-in-law's housework. After a long period of communication, my mother-in-law is not persistent in this matter. On the contrary, sometimes she turns a blind eye to her son's housework and goes straight back to her room. At this time, I knew that my mother-in-law would let go.