I assume the point is the machine is taking time away from your more important wifely duties like managing the estates and you should leave the husband to handle clothes washing, no matter how fun the washing machine is to play with.

I sympathise though. Ever since most washing machines run Arch, who wouldn't want to play around washing their husband's clothes with it? But for the traditional woman, a lawnmower running Gentoo is more of a demonstration of your unfailing love expressed through hard work.