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Do We Need To Start Husband And Wife Schools?

Society must deal with declining birth rates, low population, and the shocking lack of baseline domesticity of our species.

Dean Brooks
7 min readOct 26, 2024
Teenagers at a party in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1947. Author unknown.

I have an ex-girlfriend who was borderline incompetent at most things in life.

That’s putting it as nicely as I can.

Her apartment was always a mess. I came over one Thursday night with groceries to make dinner. Her place looked like a bomb went off. I cleaned up the kitchen, then proceeded to make our meal. The following night I came over and her place was a disaster again. I’m talking plates with crumbs left on the floor by the sofa. Food wrappers left on the carpet. I had to clean up the kitchen again before making dinner for us both.

Her car was equally a disgrace, littered with papers, CDs, food wrappers, and other things.

She was a lazy slob who put ZERO effort into the relationship. She never came up with date ideas. Expressed no interest in having kids one day. Had no career ambitions. Couldn’t cook. Couldn’t clean, except when compelled. She constantly complained about part-time jobs she had. I think she got fired from one as a restaurant hostess.

She could, however, dress well. She looked nice. Put together. The only job she…

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Dean Brooks
Dean Brooks

Written by Dean Brooks

Novelist. I write about anything and I'm right about everything.

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