Do these pants make my ego look big?

Of A Household Fray Friendly Ended.

A man and wife strove earst who should be masters and having chang’d between them household speeches The man in wrath brought forth a paire of wasters, & swore those 2 should prove who ware the breeches.”

-- John Harrington, 1600s

So, who wears the pants in the family?

One of the first written recordings of this household dilemma was in a 1600s John Harrington…