Does your husband help around the house?? - Page 6

Honored Contributor

Yes, my husband does quite a lot around the house--and he takes care of the yard. I am very, very grateful. He's in his 50s. The only downside is that according to him somehow I never load the dishwasher "correctly." If I try to do it in front of him, he goes "No no no. Not there." I can't crack that code no matter what I do. It's like Tetris or something! lol Still wouldn't trade him for all the tea in China.

I think upbringing may have something to do with attitudes towards chores and division of labor.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only LOVE can do that. ―Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Super Contributor

I am proud to say all the time...He vacuums for me..and cleans up after dinner.

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Respected Contributor

DH is in his early 60's. The only household tasks that are defined is that when he is home. He cooks and I do the food shopping. Otherwise we have always just done what we see needs to be done. We both live here and are responsible for whTever needs to be done. No gender roles here. We are partners in life.

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Everyone once in a blue moon, or let me say a very blue moon.

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Respected Contributor

He helps out a lot because he had a mom who worked. The kids were responsible for a lot of chores, so I can thank my MIL. Smile

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Honored Contributor

My husband would do any thing I asked him to do around the house.

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My 62 year old husband does most of the yard work, I tend the vegetable and flower gardens. He does his own laundry, loads and unloads the dishwasher if I am not there, will vacuum on occasion, take out the trash, will make the bed if he is the last to wake up, he'll dust once in a while, he does all the painting (quite well, I might add) and maintains all of our cars, boats, RV's and the house. Oh, he LIKES to wash windows and steam the bedroom carpets. He is an excellent handyman. We seldom pay for any repairs. He will also do any chore I ask him, except cleaning the bathrooms and cooking. Okay, he'll do it, but he doesn't like to. His mother did everything for him before we got married, so he didn't learn to be helpful at home.

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We have a weekly housekeeper for the major cleaning and vacuuming. My husband does his shsre of straightening up. We both work and we don't put any thought into who does what. In the middle of the week. He does a quick mop of the kitchen and bathroom floor. I vacuum the living and dining area. I feed the cat and change litter box. Hubby takes the trash out. We don't do much cooking, he cooks much more than I do. All the restaurants deliver and have takeout, that's how I "fix dinner". However, If one of us was home all day and the other working, then it would only be fair that the one who was home took care of the housework.

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I guess I can't complain. He vacuums, does his own laundry, remodeled the kitchen, has little household projects, fixes plumbing, fixes stuff including the electronics, maintains the cars and does brake jobs, etc. Does woodworking and some of the yard work, snow removal, trash hauling. Loads up the firewood and stokes the woodstove. Grills when the weather is nice and drives me on my errands

I dust, clean bathroom, make beds, straighten up, buy and pay for most of the food and do all of the meal prep, cooking and clean-up and because he needs a low-salt diet. So everything is fresh and I do most everything from scratch. We rarely eat out, there are few restaurants that are good and the sodium is an issue.