who does what in your house?

[KathyFP]

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Have a great time in Pittsburgh. I have be shop infrequently at IKEA - spend way too much!

 

[believe]

DH and I work full time, opposite shifts. So anything that is done is typically done with kids under foot.

DH-laundry, getting the girls to and from school, car oil changes and gas, lawn and yard work, taking out garbarge, feeding the girls breakfast and lunch, girls baths on the weekend and help will cleaning of the house.

Me-shopping (grocery, necessities, gifts), try to do the majority of the cleaning, trimming of the lawn, get girls to gymnastics and visiting of grandparents, dinner for DDs and girls baths during the week.

Shoveling snow is who gets there first. We both enjoy this so it isn't usually an issue. We both help our neighbors once our's is taken care of.

Nothing is 100% one or the other. If one individual can't get to something the other person will pick up the slack. DH and I have our own accounts so we take car of which bills we need to pay. The thing I love about DH is he never complains when I can't get to something. Never once has he asked me what's for dinner, when he is home. His reasoning is that if he wants it done or wants to eat he can do it himself.....Gotta love that!!!!!!!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

DH and I both work full time. DH works four 10-hour shifts per week. I word a normal 8-5 job.

DH cleans the bathrooms, and kitchen. He scrubs the tile floors. He cleans my cat's litter box (THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!). He also cooks dinner every night except Friday, Saturday and Sunday (take out on Friday!). He does all the bugging and plants any new plants I drag home. Big projects include all painting and he's putting a small pond in our back yard.

I dust the house, change the sheets, do laundry, cook on Saturday and Sunday, clean dishes after dinner (or any meal we have together), clean the refrigerator, weed our gardens and I do our finances. I am also responsible for most of our errands.

We both vacuum, sweep, clean the widows (team project), and just general pick up after yourself stuff. Our house is never messy. We also wash our own cars, but he takes care of the interiors of both cars (I hate the shop vac, don't ask me why, I just do). We both cover the garbage and recycling duties.

We have a lawn service.

 

[Lewski709]

DH does laundry....we share folding and putting away, (Yikes, adding another child makes our laundry never ending. It wasn't so bad with 3 of us); snow shoveling; grass mowing; poop pick up; christmas lights; taking care of dog; getting kids to and from daycare; starting dishwasher; cleaning toilets; trash.

Me.........the rest, including the bills.

 

[myjulybabes]

Dh works full time, and technically, so do I, but I don't make a paycheck! I'm a SAHM, but our youngest is developmentally disabled, so that adds a whole new dimension to my daily duties. I still do most of the inside work, because I feel like that's part of my job as a SAHM (for ME, not for everyone!), but don't expect it to be done on any kind of schedule! Some days the house will be sparkling clean, some days it looks like a tornado hit!

Inside, dh does dishes (he swears I can't load the dishwasher right!), takes out the trash, and cleans the cat box. He also does all the bills and the bookkeeping because I suck at anything involving math. Outside, he does the seasonal stuff (except the lawn mowing, we ended up hiring a service for that), like doing any trimming needed on the trees or rosebushes, snow shoveling, hanging the Christmas lights, etc. He also takes dd to school and picks her up, because his work schedule is more flexible than mine, believe it or not. He can adjust his start time so he can finnish his day in time to pick her up, but at pickup time, I'm supervising one of ds's daily therapy sessions.

It's ok that he doesn't trust me to load the dishwasher or do the bills though, because I don't trust HIM to do the laundry or clean the bathrooms! LOL I do almost all the shopping too. I'm one fo the few people on this planet that actually ENJOYS going to the grocery. Vacuuming, dusting, mopping-- mostly me, but dh will do it without grumbling if I ask him. He'll never notice it needs doing on his own. I deal with ds's therapy schedule, hire and fire people for them, supervise when necessary.

I know there is something I must be forgetting, because this list doesn't look like much, and yet, I'm busy all freakin' day long!

Ahhhhh, yes, the cold wet nose in my lap just reminded me. Dh does the cat box cleaning and the daily feeding of the cats and dogs, but I do all the big stuff. Bathing, grooming, nail trimming, vet visits and obidience training. I'll tell you, I wouldn't trade my pretty little furry baby for anything, but if you want a low maintenance dog, a German Shepard ain't it!

 

[tkd lisa]

We both work full time.

Me: Laundry (80%, he sometimes washes, but never folds or puts away), inside cleaning, pay bills, gets kids to their things, scout leader for Cubs, helper for girls, mow grass (20%), cooking (50%), dishes (65%) if he cooks, I clean. If I cook, he sometimes cleans!!

DH: Laundry (20%), yard work (80%) cooking/cleanup as above.

And my house is definitely not as clean as he'd like it. My answer is that I'll clean as long as he does. Until he cleans, don't complain about the condition!