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　　Today, roles have been reversed. We are not a gender-driven society, or at least moving towards one that is not defined by gender. It’s okay if you are not interested in a corporate life anymore and are much happier when you stay at home, taking care of the household chores. There’s no shame in being a househusband. It’s actually quite awesome. Here’s why:

　　現如今，性別角色已被顛覆了。我們所處的社會并不受性別主宰，或者至少正朝著這一目標邁進吧。如果你厭倦了上班族生活，寧愿呆在家里料理家務，做個家庭煮夫也沒啥問題。其實，宅在家里料理家務還很不賴呢!原因如下：

　　No Monday blues

　　告別憂郁星期一

　　No more rushing to work, struggling to finish a presentation, getting loaded with more work. No more cribbing on Sundays about the impending Monday. No more whining about how you hate your job.

　　再也不用急匆匆趕著上班、苦巴巴地做報告或不堪負重忙工作。再也不用翹首期盼周末繼而又為新的一周發愁。再也不必發牢騷說自己有多討厭工作。

　　No horrible boss

　　告別可怕上司

　　No more dealing with rude bosses, or unreasonable colleagues. No more dreading facing him or her. No more pressure to finish business reports or reach business targets. No more dealing with office politics.

　　再也不會遇上邪惡的老板或不講理的同事。再也不害怕面對他/她。免除了趕寫公司報告或完成業務指標的壓力。遠離辦公室的勾心斗角。

　　Drinking hot afternoon over a fancy lunch

　　可享受美味午餐和暖暖下午茶

　　Once in a while you can pop over to a nice Italian or Spanish restaurant and have a nice lunch with some beer. You can treat yourself once a week. And an afternoon beer is that much more delicious than an evening one.

　　偶爾你還能去不錯的意大利或西班牙餐館打打牙祭喝點啤酒。每周你都可以犒勞一下自己，下午來瓶啤酒絕對比晚上更爽哦。

　　More relaxing

　　更輕松自在

　　As a househusband you get to be more relaxed. Your only worry possibly will be the maidnot coming on time, or curbs on the water supply. You get to leave all the stress related to an office job. No more driving to work on increasingly busy roads. No more getting your BP high because of idiotic, rash drivers. You will breathe easy and be much calmer.

　　家庭廚男自然輕松自在啦。你唯一的糾結無非是保姆沒準時打掃或水管出了問題。你不會遇到上班族那些煩心事。你也不必夾在日益擁擠的路上開車去上班，不必因為某些傻瓜司機高按喇叭。你可以輕松呼吸、鎮靜安寧。

　　Bonding with kids

　　跟孩子更密切

　　If you’ve just had a kid, you couldn’t have asked for more. You get to spend all the lovely time with your son or daughter. You get to play with them, feed them, bathe them, dress them up, read them stories. There can’t be a more rewarding job. You will be able to see them grow.

　　如果你碰巧有小孩，那再幸福不過了。你可以一直喜滋滋地陪著兒子或女兒。你和他們游戲，給他們做飯、洗澡、穿衣、講故事。世上再也沒有比這更美的差事啦。你可以見證孩子的成長呢。

　　Work from the luxury of your home

　　可居家辦公

　　You can pick up odd jobs to increase your income. You can take up things like resume writing or essay writing for MBA students etc. If you’re an IT person, you can do some freelancework in your domain. There are tons of things you can do. You can blog, even. Working from home is great.

　　你可以做些兼職來增加收入。比如給工商管理學學生代寫簡歷或論文。如果你是IT達人，你還可以在家做個自由職業者。可做的事情真是太多啦，你甚至還能開博客呢。居家辦公真的很不錯。