Inspired by my own "Why??" thread..

[C.Ann]

Okay ladies - and especially those of you who also work outside of the home full-time..

How much has your DH or significant other helped in terms of the upcoming holiday?

How many have helped with the cleaning?
Decorating?
Deciding what to purchase as gifts for extended family members?
Shopped for other than the immediate family?
Wrapped gifts?
Written out and mailed cards?
Planned the menus for the festivities?
Cooked?
Baked cookies?
Carted the kids around to all of the pre-holiday parties?
Done the laundry and normal routine house cleaning that doesn't magically disappear just because there's a zillion other things to do?

 

[Rajah]

Originally posted by C.Ann
How many have helped with the cleaning?

Actually, he's done more of it than I have.

Decorating?

Pretty much just setting up the lights outside.

Deciding what to purchase as gifts for extended family members?

Only his own family members, but that's cool. We don't exchange with any "extended" family unless grandparents or one aunt count as extended.

Shopped for other than the immediate family?

Helped with a coworker.

Wrapped gifts?

I see that he's wrapped one or two today. He's not that good at wrapping, though, so I usually do that.

Written out and mailed cards?

I haven't even done that this year But if I had, he wouldn't have helped.

Planned the menus for the festivities?

Nope. Though, really, my parents get most of that burden this year

Cooked?

Yup!

Baked cookies?

Nope.

Carted the kids around to all of the pre-holiday parties?

N/A

Done the laundry and normal routine house cleaning that doesn't magically disappear just because there's a zillion other things to do?

Actually, he does more of that than I do.

And if anyone has a husband or significant other that has done all of this, could you please express mail him to MY house?????

LOL! Nope, mines a keeper!

 

[Lucky4me]

CAnn, DH has been home for over week. He hurt his back and the doctor took him out of work for two weeks. He's feeling much better and DRIVING ME CRAZY!!

I've been sending him on errands as much as possible. Yesterday I sent him to the grocery store with a somewhat vague list. What would have taken me 30 minutes took him 2 hours. He was so proud to have bought everything on the list!

He is bored and will do anything I ask him to do.

Maybe I'll ask him to go help you.

 

[shep]

I watched the kids while DW did al this...

 

[Krisu]

Do you mean before or after I slammed the dishwasher door shut in disgust because no one emptied it!! I did get some help soon after

 

[bambii]

wrap a couple of gifts, helped put one strain of lights on the tree. I put it together. put a few orniments on the tree. and hung the garlen around the tree, and he went shopping with me and took gifts the the post office.

 

[jipsy]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=303907

 

[ByTheSea]

How many have helped with the cleaning? -
He does the cleaning.

Decorating?
He did 80%, I was out of town alot.

Deciding what to purchase as gifts for extended family members?
Him 0%, me 100%

Shopped for other than the immediate family? 0%

Wrapped gifts?
He wraps those to me only.

Written out and mailed cards?
I did the envelopes this year, he did the cards and mailed them.

Planned the menus for the festivities?
This was 100% me.

Cooked?
He does most of the cooking but I do it on the holidays.

Baked cookies?
He helped about 50/50

Carted the kids around to all of the pre-holiday parties?
He did

Done the laundry and normal routine house cleaning that doesn't magically disappear just because there's a zillion other things to do?
That's his job.

And if anyone has a husband or significant other that has done all of this, could you please express mail him to MY house?????

Sorry, I need to hang on to him. He's the at-home parent and I travel a lot, don't know what I would do without him!

 

[wvjules]

I did it all.

 

[Jenzebelle]

My husband did about 75% of the decorating.

He didn't do much as far as getting ready for Christmas, because there really wasn't much to be done. But if I asked him to help me do something, he did it willingly and right away.

He's been working 60hrs a week and has spent his precious sleep time chopping wood and doing a million other things that needs to be taken care of besides holiday stuff.

And most importantly, He was there to help me remember that Christmas is only 1 day and not worth getting stressed out about to the point where I don't enjoy it.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

A Christmas Miracle occurred at our house last week. I come home and DH has sorted, washed and dried the laundry. I didn't know he knew how to use the washer. It snowballed from there and I am the proud owner of a very CLEAN house (the downstairs anyway lol). The best thing, I didn't even have to ask. LOL I keep saying he must have been afraid he was going to get some coal this year.

AS for the rest of the stuff, that would be all me.

 

[browneyes]

How many have helped with the cleaning? 0
Decorating?0, but I haven't done much myself
Deciding what to purchase as gifts for extended family members?0, but he did tell the kids exactly what they were getting-atleast those presents I told him about. He's in the doghouse on that-BIG TIME!
Shopped for other than the immediate family?0
Wrapped gifts?0
Written out and mailed cards?0
Planned the menus for the festivities?0
Cooked?0
Baked cookies?0
Carted the kids around to all of the pre-holiday parties?0
Done the laundry and normal routine house cleaning that doesn't magically disappear just because there's a zillion other things to do?0, but he did clean my truck for me the other day-that's an all day thing sometimes