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Kronos

Kronos

Kronos

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Who does what in your home?

In my house there are only the two us and we both have medical issues, comes with age,

1: I put the clothes in the washing machine and hang them up to dry when the machine has done it's thing.
2: I do all the ironing.
3: I do all the cooking even though I never eat what I have prepared.
4: I do all the cleaning be it dishes housework ETC.
5: I do not shop. period.
6:I do all the recycling sorting out for my block of 6 flats.
7:I look after the cat.
8:I do the gadget stuff I pay others to decorate.
9: She handles the bills, well most of them.
 
Me:
- Kids' breakfast
- Clean up after morning and evening meals
- Vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms (mostly), clean cooker
- Cook meals for freezer (stocking up on Chilli, lasagna, spagbol, etc)
- Bills/banking
- Tidying the office/study room (it's in an absolute state :) )
- basic DIY

Her:
- Prepare evening meals
- All the washing machine and ironing stuff
- dusting, clean bathrooms (sometimes)
- Organise/plan everything
- Tidying (except our office room, see above)

Shared;
- Clean kitchen
- kids' bedtimes
 
Kronos said:
Who does what in your home?

In my house there are only the two us and we both have medical issues, comes with age,

1: I put the clothes in the washing machine and hang them up to dry when the machine has done it's thing.
2: I do all the ironing.
3: I do all the cooking even though I never eat what I have prepared.
4: I do all the cleaning be it dishes housework ETC.
5: I do not shop. period.
6:I do all the recycling sorting out for my block of 6 flats.
7:I look after the cat.
8:I do the gadget stuff I pay others to decorate.
9: She handles the bills, well most of them.
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I do all the stuff in green, plus DIY, working from home as a writer, stay-at-home dad with a toddler, cleaning, vacuuming (I'm a very tidy, organised person), tidying, and looking fabulous.

It's a massive work-load, and not one that I feel is very rewarding. But it's only what people have had to do for years - my mumsy included.
 
I do the shopping (Ocado so not difficult), cooking (I enjoy it, and I'm home first) and anything tech (obviously).

She does the washing and ironing and we generally do housework together.
 
I live with my girlfriend and we both contribute to the household.

I handle the bills, but we split them 50/50.
I do the cooking and she does the dishes.
She cleans the kitchen and bathroom more than I do, but I still do little bits here and there.
She also does more laundry than I do.
We generally end up sharing the vacuuming. I tidy up.
We both do shopping.
We both do the bins and recycling.

It works, we're both happy, neither of us feels underappreciated and we shall continue like this.
 
I do most of the cooking but we have a cleaner who cleans our house and does our ironing. We both do the laundry whenever it needs done (daily most of the time - two kids) but our older one's nanny sometimes puts the washing machine on if it's full and we're at work. She also picks up our dry cleaning which is one less thing to worry about and sometimes makes me look like a better cook than I actually am by prepping the meal in advance of me getting home and then I take all the glory (there is no glory).

I like mowing our lawns so I do that and do some bad DIY when allowed. I pay the bills, in that I make the bill payment happen rather than I pay it from my ówn' money. We don't do that separation thing so what we both earn is ours, not mine and hers.

It works pretty well, thinking about it :)
 
My wife always does the food shopping (i sometimes go with her)
Housework is pretty much shared, however she's OCD about certain things so i stay the **** away when she's on one and let her get on with it! :)
She cooks, cos she's great at it. I eat the stuff.
Vacuuming is often done by my lad when he comes over at the weekends :)
I do pretty much do all DIY (built en-suite from scratch, conservatory etc), so not small stuff.
She tends the garden.
We share sorting the 3 cats and 2 dogs out.
Basically for us its whoever gets to the chore first. Lol, or in my case, who can avoid putting it off the least.
Kids are a waste of space, they hardly help, 20 x 20 years olds, 1 x 16 year old. They just mess the place up. :rolleyes:
 
I pay for everything. I do a bit of cleaning (not much) do some washing on sundays and do a sunday roast

She does cooking/food related stuff weekdays
 
Kronos said:
1: I put the clothes in the washing machine and hang them up to dry when the machine has done it's thing. Sometimes
2: I do all the ironing. Very rarely
3: I do all the cooking even though I never eat what I have prepared. Rarely. You'd die from my cooking
4: I do all the cleaning be it dishes housework ETC. We both do it
5: I do not shop. period. Often, both online and supermarkets
6:I do all the recycling sorting out for my block of 6 flats. Weekly, put it all out
7:I look after the cat. Shared when we had them
8:I do the gadget stuff I pay others to decorate. Same here. I'm not a DIY person.
9: She handles the bills, well most of them. I do most of them and any accounting that needs doing
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Banzai_Joe said:
My wife always does the food shopping (i sometimes go with her)
Housework is pretty much shared, however she's OCD about certain things so i stay the **** away when she's on one and let her get on with it! :)
She cooks, cos she's great at it. I eat the stuff.
Vacuuming is often done by my lad when he comes over at the weekends :)
I do pretty much do all DIY (built en-suite from scratch, conservatory etc), so not small stuff.
She tends the garden.
We share sorting the 3 cats and 2 dogs out.
Basically for us its whoever gets to the chore first. Lol, or in my case, who can avoid putting it off the least.
Kids are a waste of space, they hardly help, 20 x 20 years olds, 1 x 16 year old. They just mess the place up. :rolleyes:
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You have 20, 20 year olds? Someone was busy!
 
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