Earlier this week we posted our poem, “13 Ways of Looking at a Wife Bonus,” in response to the news that some Upper East Side stay-at-home moms, married to hedge fund managers and bankers and otherwise rich men, allegedly get end of year “wife bonuses” for good housekeeping (amongst other things). We’re not the only ones a little bit obsessed by the news. It turns out the wife bonus even has its own Twitter handle, @WifeBonus. Here are some of our favorite tweets on the topic so far:
If I were gonna get a #wifebonus, I’d have to set the bar really low. “Kids get enrolled in public school.” “We adopt a dog.”
— Ms. Rosenberg (@Miz_Rosenberg) May 19, 2015
Do #dadbods pay better #wifebonus ?
— Charlie (@34bps) May 18, 2015
Not going to lie I make the best pasta everrrrrr #wifebonus
— Madel Moore (@MaddieMoore8) May 19, 2015
When I told her the #wifebonus was 100% $SRPT shares, there was a sonic boom as she packed her bags and went to MiL. http://t.co/edE2OpdqOa
— Zeb (@zebamy) May 18, 2015
The first rule of wife bonus is you don’t talk about wife bonus. #wifebonus
— Joseph Reed (@josephsreed) May 17, 2015
I’m trying to figure out the basis for my #wifebonus this year. I’ve increased my laundry numbers, but I’m way down on sexy lingerie time.
— kelley currie (@mackiesmama) May 17, 2015
A #wifebonus and #MadMen have more in common than you think. http://t.co/uc1UphPsaH @The_Broad_Side pic.twitter.com/rucwUviT0c
— Joanne Bamberger (@JLCBamberger) May 19, 2015
A dinner party where the men and women sit at different tables, now that’s weird. #wifebonus? not so much.
— Heidi Garcia (@heidicgarcia) May 18, 2015
Don’t make me use my #wifebonus to destroy you.
— American Housewife (@WhatIDoAllDay) May 20, 2015
I didn’t lose any of my kids today and fed them three meals. Do I get a #wifebonus now? Poor Little Rich Women http://t.co/GLRFm9Ck86
— Elyssa Friedland (@ElyssaFriedland) May 17, 2015
Haven’t brushed my kid’s hair for a week. No #wifebonus for me.
— Deborah Chasman (@DebChasman) May 18, 2015
#WifeBonus? Straight people be be cray. @karsonwithak
— Matthew Simko (@SoTacky33) May 20, 2015
Come on, the #wifeBonus has to be an urban legend. Where’s the journalist who’s going to take Wednesday Martin’s #PrimatesofParkAve to task?
— Florence Williams (@flowill) May 19, 2015
