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

Evening Meals - Her
Packed Lunches - Her
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Her
Vacuuming - Her
Dealing with finances / bank - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Me
Washing up - Her
Cleaning bathroom - Her
Cleaning kitchen - Her
Dusting - Her
Taking bins out - Me
Ironing - Her
Organising social life - Her
Food shopping - Me
 
I basically do everything, except for dealing bills, tax, council and actually going to work!

I am a stay at home dad at the moment so I think it is fair for me to take on most of the house stuff.
 
I do everything, but then I live on my own and as much as I try and teach the cats to help me, they're having none of it :D
 
To use the template above...

Evening Meals - Neither
Packed Lunches - Neither
Dealing with Tradesmen - Her
Laundry - Me
Vacuuming - Her
Dealing with finances / bank - Her
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Her
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
Washing up - me
Cleaning bathroom - Me
Cleaning kitchen - Me
Dusting - Her
Taking bins out - Me
Ironing - Neither
Organising social life - Both
Food shopping - Neither

Slightly different set up to most as all the dealing with other people stuff has to be done in Chinese, and she works longer hours than me, so I have more time around the house. We never eat at home, so food stuff doesn't enter in to it - washing up involves me washing glasses, plates and chopsticks.
 
We have a cleaner who cleans our house and does our ironing and a gardener who mows the lawns and looks after the garden.

Cooking - me
Laundry - mostly me
Bills etc - me
Food shopping - mostly her
Upkeep of cars - me
Bins out - me
Buying presents - her
 
Evening Meals - Her (when i cook i like to spend a day preparing a 3 course meal)
Packed Lunches - Her
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Her
Mowing the Lawn - Her (she only recently started doing it and i cant stop her now)
Vacuuming - Her
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Me (nothing do deal with its set up!)
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me (direct debit and the annual tarrif check)
Driving Places - Me (shes just waiting to pass her test)
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her


esentially my jobs are the ones i can do sat on my arse :D

unfortunatly this is about to change as on Monday she starts work and i know im going to have to start doing more housework then i currently do, the problem is i am very good at organising and sorting things out... not so good at the tidying up of the odd bits left over once all the things i want to sort out are put away neatly and in order.
 
Outcast said:
This is what I do ....
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Awesome photo! The only thing wrong with it is you were drinking Fosters. I pigeon-hole Fosters, Carling and Carlsberg as the 3 worst beers. Should have gone with a Tuborg, 1664 or Grolsch.
 
Hedge said:
Evening Meals - Me and her
Packed Lunches - Me and her
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Me
Mowing the Lawn - Me
Vacuuming - Me and her
Dealing with Sky/Virgin - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Driving Places - Me
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
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Always makes me laugh when I see things like this where males in relationships like to tell everyone that the female is the boss. 'She lets me do this...' etc. I guess it gives them a sense of belonging, that's why they use words like 'missus' when they are not even married. lets everyone know they have a 'bird'.

Instead of being the 'lesser half' be a man, be your own boss.
 
Evening Meals - Her
Packed Lunches - Her
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Her
Vacuuming - Both
Mowing lawn - Me
Gardening - Both
Dealing with all things electronic/electrical - Me
Dealing with finances - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Driving Places - Me (she can but does not enjoy)
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
Washing up - Both
Cleaning bathroom - Her
Cleaning kitchen - Her
Dusting - Both
Taking bins out - Me
Ironing - Her
Organising social life - Both
Food shopping - Both
 
Clearcut said:
Always makes me laugh when I see things like this where males in relationships like to tell everyone that the female is the boss. 'She lets me do this...' etc. I guess it gives them a sense of belonging, that's why they use words like 'missus' when they are not even married. lets everyone know they have a 'bird'.

Instead of being the 'lesser half' be a man, be your own boss.
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This is hilariously terrible.
 
I think he must be trolling.

Evening Meals - Both
Packed Lunches - Her
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Her
Vacuuming - Her
Mowing lawn - N/a - Gardner
Gardening - N/a - Gardner
Dealing with all things electronic/electrical - Me
Dealing with finances - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Driving Places - Me (because I want to, she doesn't mind driving)
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
Washing up - 90% Her
Cleaning bathroom - Her
Cleaning kitchen - Her
Dusting - Her
Taking bins out - Both
Ironing - Both
Organising social life - Both
Food shopping - Both
 
Ah, the old Pink Job/Blue Job divide.

Ours are:

Evening Meals - 50/50
Packed Lunches - Her
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - 50/50
Vacuuming - 50/50
Mowing lawn - Me
Gardening - Me
DIY - Me
Dealing with all things electronic/electrical - Me
Dealing with finances - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Driving Places - 50/50
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Her
Washing up - Both
Cleaning bathroom - Her
Cleaning kitchen - Her
Dusting - Her
Taking bins out - Me
Ironing - 70/30 - Me
Food shopping - Both
Feeding Newborn - Mostly her (I don't produce milk)
Feeding eldest one - 50/50
 
Hmm. I think I'm getting a raw deal.

Evening Meals - Me
Dealing with Tradesmen - Me
Laundry - Her
Vacuuming - Me
Mowing lawn - Me
Gardening - Me
Dealing with all things electronic/electrical - Me
Dealing with finances - Me
Dealing with Water/Gas/Council Tax - Me
Driving Places - Me
Buying Presents for Family/Friends - Me
Washing up - Me
Cleaning bathroom - Me
Cleaning kitchen - Me
Dusting - Me
Taking bins out - Me
Ironing - Me
Organising social life - Me
Food shopping - Me
Sorting out vehicle stuff (Insurance, MoT etc) - Me
Putting kid to bed - Me
Getting kid up in the morning - Her
Collect kid from nursery - Her
Entertain kid - Me
 
She cooks the Sunday Dinner while I go to the clurrb for a few pints then I sit with my feet up and read the paper while she does the washing up. It's how it should be. :eek::D
 
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