I'd forgotten that my brother has been quietly keeping the home fires burning, forgotten my family life.

我忘记了，弟弟正在不声不响地维持着这个家，还有一家的生活。

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The fact that she would even define the responsibilities of a stay home wife and mother as "Stay home, whine and eat chocolate" show the contempt she has for the responsibilities that keeping the home fires burning and the details under control by the stay home partner.

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