Your wife asks you to get the box down from the shelf as a performance of femininity to stroke your ego. It makes you feel like a hero. It's got nothing to do with natural order.

You'll notice, looking at division of labor around the house, that all your tasks are finite, relatively easy, outside and all of hers are the ones that never end and tend toward drudgery.

So you get to change the light bulb but she gets to keep the dishes up.

That's not by design of any natural order.

You get tasked with getting the box down for the very simple fact that it keeps you involved and makes you feel like you're needed. Not because you haven't "allowed" your wife to use the ladder unless you're not there.

Disagree? Okay. Then how'd the box get up on that shelf in the first place? Who put it there? I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was her. You'd have us all believe that your wife can easily put the box up on the shelf but she can't get it down? ::Chuckle::

You know most cabinets have a bottom set too, don't you? It's very easy to step up on the bottom set and grab something off the top shelf. There's also a lip to the cabinets making it very easy to grab hold of to stabilize yourself while leveraging the counter.

Is your wife mentally deficient or something? You're telling us she's not smart enough to use or fashion a grab stick of some sort? Or even a broom? Do you have one of those wand dusters? Have you noticed that it's inconveniently located in the kitchen and doesn't get used for dusting?

What's that box doing up on that shelf in the first place? Why would anyone put something they know they're gonna need out of reach? That's where the rest of us keep the fine china and special servingware that only gets used once or twice a year. Not a box of cereal or vanilla wafers or what have you.

I have to ask. Does the box that you're getting down seem out of place with the other items on that shelf? If so, why do you suppose that is? Do you do the stretchy thing really well? All sexy and shit? Do you know how many men are all up on the internet bemoaning the fact that they never get objectified, unironically. And here you are getting all objectified and you don't even notice.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I'll let you be the one to tell them. Do enjoy the jealousy you provoke, okay?

I am going to have an absolute blast with the rest of your comment today, bless your heart.

But for now, I gotta go walk the dog, who's giving me the side eye, and get to work.

So more later.