This question is for all married couples...What do you do for chores around the house to help each other out throughout the week?
Just share the load. Every morning when we got up we each grab a side of the bed and made it... seconds to do. Whoever got home first planned the dinner. Who ever cooked... the other did the dishes. I always did the yard work. She was better at house work. I helped some... but she did it mostly. We always just helped out. Weekends we experimented with cooking. We'd find some strange recipe that sounded good and do it up together. It was fun. We cooked some good stuff I tell ya. I always took care of the family critters... and over the years... we had a bunch. She did all the decorating and furniture stuff. I'd tag along but usually went with her choices. I did all grilling. Just share the load.
I mostly take care of all the yard work, cooking, and finances. My wife takes care of the house cleaning and laundry. Obviously we help each other if the other is not busy.
the reason why i posted this question is because my wife doesn't believe that i dont help out enough and i find that hard to believe. The things that i do are cook suppers when i'm home clean the house up even vacume do the dishes and put them away however i do have a dishwasher i mow the yard and do yardwork in summer time snowblow and shovel in winter time. I will even declutter a room and I'm also home with both girls by myself on mondays and tuesdays one is four months and the other is 3. The only thing i basically dont do for chores is laudry but i will occasionaly put clothes away and fold them time to time. I was just wondering if anyone else would be satisfied for what i do. any input on this good or bad will be helpful thanks much
Sounds like you do enough to me. The key is to not complain or wait till she asks you to do something to help her though.
I used to be that way, until Jill quit doing mine up in Canada because they were too dirty. Its her busy season right now with work so I do most everything around here. Once she slows down and I get busy this spring roles will be reversed a bit. Really, neither of us have our set "jobs" we just do things as they need to be done. The one exception is I clean up any puke and she takes care of paying all bills.
I take care of the finances, all maintenance and house repairs of course, clean dishes after dinner (including loading and unloading the dishwasher), and I help vacuum. I will also do loads of laundry and help fold when she needs help. I've been known to clean a bathroom or two as well. She does most of the laundry, folding, dusting/vacuuming, and of course, cooking (she's awesome...I suck).
That's another thing I did. I owned a small chain(3) of dry cleaning stores. I took all the laundry to work. My wife just loved it when I pressed the sheets on the big hot head we used for tablecloths. It was what I did so it just seemed natural for me to do all the washing.
I help with Dishes, with the kids, sometimes cooking. I exclusively do - yard word, fix anything, do all the nasty/undesirable stuff that grosses her out, all installations and maintenance, snow removal, go to work and make money. She does exclusively- take care of the youngest during the day, laundry, most cleaning, grocery shopping, most cooking, general house stuff, kick my a$$ when I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
I keep her informed of whats happening on sportscenter, around the horn, PTI, etc... And if she is really lucky I'll keep her updated from the couch of who is on the leaderboard on sunday afternoon golf tourney. Oh ... also when my beer is nearly empty.
I think I have it pretty easy. Cleaning the house- I help sometimes, primarily her. Dishes- Split Dinner- Split, mostly me Finances- 100% her Trash- 100% me Laundry- We do our own
I get my own beer. I am management. Management isn't allowed to do chores. I can only supervise. It is in the rules. The rules suck... but they are the rules. Tim
So who primarily takes care of the children? Keeping track of Dr. appointments, immunizations, getting them there, etc... Gives them their bath Get them up and dressed Take them to the sitter, etc. Does the shopping for their clothes, diapers, birthdays, etc. There are a lot of things that a mother typically does that a lot of us guys tend to forget about or dismiss. Just laundry alone with two children is a daunting chore. It does sound like you are willing to do your part though. Just dont assume anything when it comes to how much a mother of two children has to do. A lot of it gets overlooked sometimes. Just remember that every hour you spend hunting, she deserves equal time and all will be good.
