Household tasks and who does them. Male/Female divide .

Hedge

Hedge

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Living with my lovely Girlfriend I notice certain things are my job, and other things are hers.

Things we are both equally capable of seem to naturally fall towards one or the other.

Examples would be..

Evening Meals - Me
Packed Lunches - Her
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Her
Mowing the Lawn - Me
Vacuuming - Her
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Her
Driving Places - Me
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her

Either one of us could do this stuff but we have both chosen our paths :D

How do things work in your house?

Anyone have Girlfriends/Wives who hang shelves or chop wood? :)
 
Evening Meals - Me
Packed Lunches - Me
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Me
Mowing the Lawn - N/A
Vacuuming - Me
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Driving Places - Me
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her


That's about it for me.
 
You are all sexist pigs!!!! Women earn 10% more than men now aged 21-35 that is sexist because women should be being paid 200% what men earn to make up for all the extra earning they got... No I don't have a car made by a man. I hope you men are going to pay the portion of £145bn worth of work your treated like servants women do when you are busy "mowing the lawn" you don't deserve to be paid for that

Yes I do have a tash but its because of HRT which the patriarchy force me to have :roll eyes:

*Feminazi walks away

^ what a crazy

Cooking mostly me, gardening DIY mostly me, hoovering 70/20/10 split (mrs/me/kids)

All other stuff as and when
 
Princey said:
Evening Meals - Me
Packed Lunches - Me
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Me
Mowing the Lawn - N/A
Vacuuming - Me
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Driving Places - Me
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her


That's about it for me.
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You need to put ya foot down pal! haha. (my GF browses these forums so I should probably watch what I say tbh :))
 
Hedge said:
Living with my lovely Girlfriend I notice certain things are my job, and other things are hers.

Things we are both equally capable of seem to naturally fall towards one or the other.

Examples would be..

Evening Meals - Me
Packed Lunches - Her
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Her
Mowing the Lawn - Me
Vacuuming - Her
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Her
Driving Places - Me
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her

Either one of us could do this stuff but we have both chosen our paths :D

How do things work in your house?

Anyone have Girlfriends/Wives who hang shelves or chop wood? :)
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Yes! My wife loves woodwork (there's a joke in there somewhere...) and always does jobs around the house. I do the odd thing here and there, but she's always been the practical one. She even seriously considered doing an apprenticeship and taking up furniture making as a living. Then we had kids.

We have a pretty good system. She's a full-time mom, so she has to deal with the kids all day and make dinner. Then I'll do dishes, laundry and tidy in the evening. I also make breakfast every morning, mow the lawns, clean cat litters and scoop dog poop. She does any DIY around the house.

It's taken over 10 years, but I think we've finally settled into a routine that avoids any fighting :)
 
Cooking is shared. She makes better roasts though so she tends to do them.

She washes dishes, I dry. I dust, we share vacuuming, I clean the bathrooms, she cleans the kitchen.

Windows are me or that man we pay.

Cars are me.

Washing is shared.

DIY is me.

Lawns are me. Weeding is her.
 
Evening Meals - Me
Packed Lunches - Me
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Me
Mowing the Lawn - Me
Vacuuming - Me
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Her :eek:
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Both
Driving Places - Both
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
Nursery stuff - Her
 
Evening Meals - Me
Packed Lunches - Me
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Me
Mowing the Lawn - Me
Vacuuming - Me
Cleaning the kicthen - Me
Cleaning the bathroom - Me
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Driving Places - Me
Banking - Me
Food shopping - Me
Ironing - Her
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
Remembering birthdays - Her

I'm fine with the balance - she works full time, I'm retired/doing a degree so I have more time to do those things.
 
Unless it's a specifically "Manly Job" (putting up shelves - wiring plugs etc) the the Missus takes care of "Housey" stuff which also includes the finances.

This is what I do ....
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Seriously.... She's been a Housewife ever since we were married 28 years ago (by her choice) and I earn the stuff.

At the end of the week she gives me my two pounds pocket money !!
 
So here is OPs list with a few extras added on.

Evening Meals - Both of us depending on what time we get home.
Packed Lunches - Both of us.
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Both of us.
Mowing the Lawn - Me
General gardening - Her
Jet washing jobs - Me
Vacuuming - Both of us but mostly me.
Dusting - Her
Cleaning bathrooms/kitchen - both of us but mostly me.
Mopping floors - both of us but mostly her.
Feeding the cats - both of us but mostly her.
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax & mortgage- Me
Driving Places - Both of us.
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
Ironing - her
DIY - Mostly me but with help from her with stuff like painting
Day to day financial management - Her
Car washing/hoovering - we each do our own car.
Food shopping - Her
Weekly booze run on a Friday - Me!!
 
Dis86 said:
Cooking is shared. She makes better roasts though so she tends to do them.

She washes dishes, I dry. I dust, we share vacuuming, I clean the bathrooms, she cleans the kitchen.

Windows are me or that man we pay.

Cars are me.

Washing is shared.

DIY is me.

Lawns are me. Weeding is her.
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Sounds well balanced.
 
Evening Meals - Me
Packed Lunches - Me
Dealing with Tradesmen - Both
Laundry - Me
Vacuuming - Me
Dealing with finances / bank - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Both
Driving Places - Me (because I enjoy driving)
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
Washing up - Her
Cleaning bathroom - Her
Cleaning kitchen - her
Dusting - me
Taking bins out - me
Ironing - me (but that's because she doesn't need any)
Organising social life - her
Food shopping - me

Looks like I do a lot more, but she does things that I don't like doing like the washing up, getting the bins ready and all the social affairs (remembering birthdays etc...), cooking also takes me half the time and I enjoy it.
 
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