What does your husband do around the house?

[Danauk]

My DH does a lot around the house. He cooks all the meals and does all the washing up as well as all the shopping (we do internet food shopping which he orderes then he goes to the stores mid week to get fresh veg.) In turn I do all the cleaning and wash all the clothes. However, DH does all his own ironing. He also does a lot of DIY around the house and he handles all the finances. I think I am quite lucky!!

 

[Momvic5]

OK...today I am going to sing praises in honor of my husband. We are remodeling our master bathroom, and he has been working so hard for the last two days. He has torn out wallpaper, hammered out tile, taken up a tiolet, and repaired walls. Now he is texturing the walls, and over the next week after work, he will begin painting and setting in the new tile. I am so excited. He works hard all of the time. He is an engineer by day and a handyman by night. Our retired neighbors bake us goodies all of the time because he often helps them with their yards and odd jobs.

On a normal day, he will do just about anything that I ask him to do. He loves to be outdoors so he keeps our yard looking beautiful year round. He also enjoys cooking! Generally I do all the indoor work, but he is always willing to help when I need it just as I am always willing to help him when he needs it.

 

[scrapquitler]

Mostly my husband walks around tells me all the things that HE thinks I should do. He is kind of good about starting home improvement projects, but he never finishes them (I have sheetrock that had spackle put on it 3 years ago still waiting to be sanded).

The ONLY thing he does is yardwork, and only if I nag him relentlessly.
The leaves from the fall are still not raked, and he mows only about 4-5 times during the summer. I'm sure the neighbors are very impressed.

 

[DawnM]

Let me start by saying that he rarely cleans the main part of the house or cooks.

But:

He has painted almost the entire interior of the house
He is finishing an unfinished basement
He is putting in new tile and fixtures in our bathroom
He mows our 2.5 acres and landscapes
He put hardwood flooring in our master bedroom and living room this summer
He can fix almost anything
He just built an entire walk in closet organizer from very nice wood, from scratch

And the list goes on.....

So, I have little room to complain.

He also works 70-80 hours a week during busy season.

 

[mumto3girls]

DH travels a lot for work and can be gone for several weeks at a time. When he is away, I do everything, but when he is around he handles:

finances--investments, bill paying etc
vehicles--oil changes, inspections etc
snow shoveling and grass mowing, weeding
most of the leaf raking/blowing/bagging
some cooking--he will grill in the months that we are able to grill around here and he usually fixes most of the breakfast for dinner meals that we do a few times per month
he occasionally will load/unload the dishwasher but he is not very good at it--leaves about 1/2 on the counter because he doesn't know where to put it or it isn't easily accessible
he bathes the youngest 2 children pretty often

I do:
all laundry
all cleaning--if company is due to arrive he can be talked into windexing a table or sweeping a floor, but it has to be prompted by me and usually I am sounding desperate
most cooking and cleanup
gardening--other than weeding the flower beds
our leaves are overwhelming in the fall so we both tend to participate in that as long as he is around
all grocery shopping
all clothing/shoe shopping for the kids
most other things to do with the kids--doctor/dentist appts, preschool issues, homework, drivng to activities
gift shopping for our family, his family and my family for birthdays and holidays--he shops for just me, occasionally he will get something for his dad and nephews but usually he decides what he wants to get and I purchase it
decorating for the holidays
packing for vacations

He works full time and can have weeks where he is slow and then he helps out much more. He can also be away and come home 1 or 2 weekends a month for months on end and during those times I am very busy. I am a SAHM and we have 3 children ages 2 through 8. It does get easier as the kids grow.

Most of the time I feel like our distribution of the work is pretty good. My biggest complaint is that he needs to be prompted to help out and although he will eventually clean up after himself, I get tired of looking at the tools laying around from a project he finished a week ago or can't find the cordless phone because he doesn't ever put it back in the cradle. I do get frustrated with him around the holidays when I feel like he just doesn't do any more than usual and I am frantically busy for weeks on end. This also occurs just before we leave for vacation when I am trying to get laundry, cleaning, packing and all the misc last minute things done and he is oblivious. He throws a few pairs of shorts/underwear/t-shirts in a bag and calls himself packed and then fusses at me from the couch about his swimsuit, water shoes etc.

He is great about getting up with the kids on the weekends though and let me sleep in--I am a night owl and he is early morning and for that I will put up with a lot.

 

[CobraBubbles]

My husband is amazing. He does whatever needs to be done. He cleans, occasionally cooks (if I'm working) or helps me cook (if I'm home). He runs the home business and does a lot of the outside work.

 

[JennaTX]

I am a SAHM who helps out with DH's business.

I do most of the work around the house, but he does help out.

Mainly though, I will spend the time picking up, doing dishes etc, so that he can spend time with the kids, IMO that is more important.