You haven’t seen an advert for washing powder like this before.
On Wednesday, Sheryl Sandberg – the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook – shared an ad for washing powder with her 1.9 million followers.
Sounds pretty unusual, right? As much as we all like knowing how best to remove red wine stains from shirts and how to get the Nutella mark out of our favourite jeans, most laundry ads are just… kinda boring.
Although the majority of laundry adverts are perky mums holding white baskets on one hip as they juggle a toddler on the other, this one by Ariel India is different.
You can check out Sheryl Sandberg’s comments below.
Narrated by a proud father, the two-minute-long commercial shows his daughter – a busy working mum and wife – buzzing around the house. As her father observes her zipping back and forth between the kitchen sink, her little boy, her husband on the couch, and the washing machine, he pens her a heartfelt apology.
“My little baby girl.
You’re all grown up now. You used to play house, and now you manage your own house. And your office. I am so proud. And I am so sorry.
Sorry that you have to do all of this alone. Sorry that I never stopped you, while you were playing house. I never told you that it’s not your job alone… but your husband’s too. But how could I say it, when I never helped your mum either.
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Brilliant, it made me teary too. I am so lucky to have the Husband I have, who does as much as me in the house, and kitchen. Its not hard, just common sense, start the washing machine, turn on the dishwasher at night. Fold the clothes, do the ironing, we both work together full time, so #SharetheLoad.
I confess that made me a bit teary. Maybe because I see my own life in that ad too?