Work Around The House

Fran M Posted: Oct 10, 2003 10:01 AM

Work Around The House

Considering everything involved in the cleaning, fixing and care of your home how is the workload divided?

nrvbrd Posted: Oct 10, 2003 10:04 AM

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I think I end up doing more because I am impatient and cannot wait for things to be done.

Teri Posted: Oct 10, 2003 10:04 AM

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I definitely do 90% of all housework - we're in an apt so there's no outside work to be done. I'm not looking forward to those arguments once we do have a house

Most of the time I don't care though - he works long hours and travels often, and I work 9-5 closeby, so I have more time to do laundry, etc.

We have worked out a schedule so that he does participate on the weekends with things. After about 4 yrs we're finally making some headway

chmpgnrose Posted: Oct 10, 2003 10:16 AM

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I definitely do more with the cleaning, and ongoing maintenance of organizing. He's good with being handy as most of the time I have to nag him to death to get it done.

ChristineC68 Posted: Oct 10, 2003 10:27 AM

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We sort of balance - I don't mind cleaning the bathroom or kitchen. He doesn't mind dusting (which I despise) or vacumming. He'll start the laundry when he gets home and I'll finish it when I get home. I do most of the grocery shopping, but I like it. I do a little more cooking then he does, we both do dishes. He takes care of the garbage and cleans out the kitty litter pan. I feed the cat.

We are REALLY balanced when it comes to house work.

jenny11.9 Posted: Oct 10, 2003 11:31 AM

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I do all the laundry, ironing, straightening up, dealing with feeding animals, etc. We have somebody that cleans every other week, but I maintain in between of course. I do the dishes, dishwasher - all that stuff.

But he does the outside stuff - garbage, lawn, ligthbulbs - I guess we are pretty even, though it seems like I am picking up a lot more than he is!!!!!

Scoop Posted: Oct 10, 2003 01:33 PM

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I do everything inside and he takes care of the outdoor stuff and fixing things when broke.

Catch22 Posted: Oct 10, 2003 01:42 PM

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I def do more during the week... I cut him some slack now though b/c he works full time and goes to school at night full time. But when it comes time to clean house, we split it (one gets upstairs, one gets the downstairs) which is more 50/50.

And I NEVER let him 'fix' anything, god no, it'll end up even more broken, LOL. I am more handy with that sort of stuff!

070502 Posted: Oct 10, 2003 01:48 PM

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I do alot more but with deployments and everything else there are just times that he can't do things.
He does sometimes cook and mows the yard all the time though.
Him and I clean differently too. I can do it alot faster and his method is just putting it all into one room and having that one room a mess and the rest nice... I don't like that.. so I do it.
I don't mind.

februarybride Posted: Oct 10, 2003 02:02 PM

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I definitely do a lot more than he does. The main reason is that I work from home so I'm home more. Although he doesn't do much when he's home - he doesn't really pick up after himself or clean anything unless he's asked.

charliesgirl Posted: Oct 10, 2003 02:47 PM

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I do about 95% of the houseworka . He takes out the garbage and he cleans the table off after dinner. I am so impatient and a bit of a control freak so I need things to be cleaned and organized quickly

shamma Posted: Oct 10, 2003 03:15 PM

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I think women will always do more. Roger does his share but some things I like a certain way so I prefer to do it myself.

He does laundry, I clean, he irons, we both cook.

MrsTC Posted: Oct 10, 2003 03:42 PM

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I do:

dinner 75% of the time
dishes
laundry
cleaning
ironing
taking care of the pets
etc!!

He does:
some cooking
fixing things
vacuuming
and
killing bugs!!

He is sooooo old fashioned....he does 'help' sometimes, but as a few of you said, we women like things done a certain way and get impatient!

Diane Posted: Oct 10, 2003 08:05 PM

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I do all the cleaning, most of cooking, laundary.
He takes care of home improvement projects, and the outside..lwan maintanence

jlf41 Posted: Oct 10, 2003 08:13 PM

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I have to praise my DH here, he does the majority of things around our house. I cook, but he does laundry, cleans, dishes, trash, etc. It just works out that way because I work longer hours, but the weeks when I am around more, I do more.