At this tender age, it is better for a wedding taskmaster to provide the whole bundle. Too many decisions for you to make.

Mother: I’m grateful I attended cotillion, a class where a woman learns a bundle of feminine social skills from a taskmaster at a tender age. / Daughter: I’m afraid I appeared tender when my taskmaster bundled on new assignments, and I winced.

Marriage joins a woman to another clan at dusk.

Mother: I side with Darcy; there are few truly wonderful, accomplished women. / Daughter: Women are wonderful. Few would dispute that.

Mother: Of course I dislike a woman who leads a double life, cheating on her husband. / Daughter: I dislike women being treated with a double standard compared to men!

A matchmaker sets up a blind date and sends them with a picnic basket.

A matchmaking service offers a free picnic basket on the first date.

Mother: I joined a committee promoting the long-term storage of whole grains for a future time of need. / Daughter: I joined a committee that co-ops to bulk buy whole grains.

Carrying a newborn can feel to a woman like carrying around bricks.

Picture a woman using her hands to slave away.

Picture a woman chained by her right hand on her way to slavery.

A nanny is a woman who helps the mother.

Mother: Judy Garland was bewitched by a life in the spotlight and died young. / Daughter: If you are bewitched by the myth that a woman can do it all and all at once, you will die young.

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The might of a cannon blows one woman away.

It takes one woman to show her might by standing up to the cannon.

Mother: I’m a martyr who fires the iron every day to keep Dad looking good. / Daughter: There are so many options for a career woman to avoid being the martyr at home ironing: wrinkle-free fabrics, dry cleaners, housekeepers.

‘Cause of marriage a woman becomes part of in-law relationships.

Women are the cause of marriage. They want the stability of one man to help care for them and their children during child-rearing (and if the in-laws help, too, great!)

Mother: For the banquet tonight, it took me all day to prepare the house. / Daughter: For the banquet, I want to make sure we get plenty of sunlight in the house for the lifestyle photo shoot.

Hopefully when a man takes a woman to wife, he also takes her somewhere nice.

Picture housewives comparing their whites washed with All.

as a component: “女字旁”

A Chinese woman keeps her surname, but her seed takes her husband's.

Mother: My fear is looking absurd in my coffin. / Daughter: A lot of ideas about women are absurd and should "decease".

Mother: Thinking about a woman can hinder a man's sense of direction. I'm going to steer him my way. / Daughter: Some women like me are hindered in their compass skills. Thank goodness for GPS.

Picture a woman putting on makeup from a small turtle shell.

Some women take forever to put on makeup, as slow as a turtle.

Mother: I was taught that when a woman comes in the room, to welcome her, men should reach out their hand and stand up. / Daughter: I love standing at the school gate to welcome my kid with a hug.

This woman doesn’t mess around with beards; she wants a man with a clean-shaven face.

Santa baby, hurry down the chimney tonight.

A woman commits adultery after flirting with the neighbor over the fence every time she is out hanging up her laundry.

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干 can be a vulgar word for sex.

Mother: As a married woman, I think of my broom as my scepter (or the way to escape the house at night). / Daughter: Everyone was so nervous to give anything practical (like a broom) to me as a married woman in fear that I would take it as sexist, but to be fair, we also both came into the marriage with our own brooms.

Two 宝贝 bǎobèi babies is all a woman’s body can handle.

Many women are having babies with IVF. It’s expensive.

Mother: I’m so jealous of her front door. It’s the house’s 1920’s original. / Daughter: I’m so jealous of her front door. It’s the house’s 1960’s original.

Mother: He says the first time we met, I kept making eyebrows at him. I say, “Don’t flatter yourself.” / Daughter: You noticed my eyebrows? Wow, I’m flattered.

Mother: To achieve the perfect look, it would be totally appropriate to spend all afternoon underneath what appears to be a large claw coming down on my head. / Daughter: A claw clip is versatile enough for appropriate hairstyles for various occasions.

Traditional qualifications for a good housewife: sewing and gardening.

A "ten-rake wife" brings so many skills and tools into the marriage.

Mother: How do I tactfully remind my husband to not spend all day at Cabela’s? / Daughter: I tactfully avoided the stop at Cabela’s.

Mother: My mother always said men will move on to the next woman if you don’t keep up your looks. / Daughter: We’re moving on to the next era of female looks, where there is a celebration of many different looks.

Picture a man saying “Next!” as he passes over women who don’t meet his idea of good looks.

The groom says "Hey, woman, you are coming home to my house tonight." (Wedding Planner)

Mother: I learned in Chinese tradition, a woman is married to another house. / Daughter: We got married, then bought a house.

Mother: It seems men find women more attractive when they pretend to not be as smart as they are. / Daughter: There is no need for a woman to pretend; she’s already attractive as she is.

You use your hand to sweep with a broom.

Mother: A woman coveting her neighbor’s husband rapidly leads to problems. / Daughter: I found myself coveting my co-worker’s rapid rise to management.

One thing that brings a woman joy is to sport with her children.

A woman with her child is good.

Mother: Today I gave birth to a child. Now my life is good. / Daughter: This is good—having a child is a new growth opportunity for me.

Picture a poster in the Wild West “Wanted: Women”.

Western women want it all: family, career, etc.

I need a group of women where we can talk about what it would be like if…

There is an ancient ritual where people walk out of a cave to symbolically represent rebirth, like coming out of a woman’s birth canal.

A woman squeezes her fist and gets milk.

This is also a name for your paternal grandmother. Maybe she is the one who taught her granddaughters how to milk?

Sew by the window to make it easier to tie knots with the sunlight.

It is easy to waste your day getting tied in knots over things out of your control.

Mother: Feeding the baby (with a spoon) gives purpose to my days. Daughter: Even if you sit at a desk all day, find your purpose.

Picture a woman on a stage commencing a women's march.

Mother: I sweat as I hang the clothes out to dry. / Daughter: I dry the wet sweat from my workout clothes on the clothesline before I wash them.

Every morning you stretch your hands up (or use your hand to turn off the alarm) at daybreak and assume your responsibilities.

Mother: A house is peaceful when a woman is present. / Daughter: I am at peace when I am the only one in the house.

The reality is they keep his real head in the house as a memorial.

Mother: The reality is that he may be head of the household, but I am head of the house. / Daughter: I want realistic busts of my foremothers on the mantle of my house.