The advice about expectations for male vs. female roles is very good. Not all men are capable of playing Mr. Mom (and not all women are suitable for being stay-at-home moms). I love my 4-year-old daughter with all my heart but I would dread having to care for her as a stay-at-home parent. I just don’t have the type of personality to handle it full time. In another example of expectations, my wife and I married late in life. We both lived satisfying productive lives as singles, but there were differences in the way we took care of our households. I certainly did not vacuum and clean as much as my wife and I never owned an ironing board. On the other hand I enjoy cooking. If a women expects a guy to do housework according to her standards then she is going to be disappointed, not just because he is a guy but because he is a different person.
