by Melissa Willets posted in Parenting

Okay, I'll admit it: I get kinda turned on when my husband does housework. Not in a "I want to jump his bones" way, but more in a "appreciate him and he might get lucky later" way.
So, I had to laugh when I saw the shamelessly self-promotional photos a husband recently posted to Reddit of himself doing housework, attempting to make chores look sexy for his wife.

"My wife really likes it when I do housework so I sent her these pictures while she was at work hoping it would turn her on," the brazen hubby wrote in a caption to accompany the hilarious pics.
In one shot, the user infuses dusting with some serious sex appeal.

In another shot, he vacuums, but in an oh-so-dirty way. Another photo shows him "doing" the wash.
The final picture is, um, of a wash cycle set to large load. Men. Sigh.
Did this guy's sensual housework images do the trick to turn on his wife" Well, as he shared on Reddit, "The only thing I accomplished was making her and all her coworkers she showed the texts to laugh at how dumb I am....and getting a clean house."
Intentionally or not, he also touched upon a deeply-ingrained double standard: Men want credit for doing housework, through verbal praise or sexual favors, while us women just clean because we feel like we should/have to. I've never expected any sort of trophy for scrubbing toilets or bathtubs.
The irony is that my husband will walk by the bath...