How do you....

Merin · November 2010

Split household duties?

Are you each responsible for certain things? Do you take turns with everything? Do you have a schedule?

houndbaby · November 2010

I usually just ask dh to do stuff when I need something done like dishes or vacuuming and don't have time to do it myself

Raspberry807 · November 2010

I do it all... rawr

the kids set the table, and clean up after themselves... and um Haleigh can let the dog out and Hayden feeds all the pets when I ask him to.

can't wait until one can poop-scoop and the other can cut the grass.

and do dishes.

and clean the bathroom?

I'll keep doing the laundry.

Merin · November 2010

houndbaby:
I usually just ask dh to do stuff when I need something done like dishes or vacuuming and don't have time to do it myself

So normally you'd take care of everything? Is that just inside or do you do the outside work too?

Merin · November 2010

Raspberry8/07:

I do it all... rawr

the kids set the table, and clean up after themselves... and um Haleigh can let the dog out and Hayden feeds all the pets when I ask him to.

can't wait until one can poop-scoop and the other can cut the grass.

and do dishes.

and clean the bathroom?

I'll keep doing the laundry.

You crack me up.

~Jen · November 2010

We split it.

Me: Cut grass (I enjoy it), garden (including tilling new spots ~ this part sucks), bathroom, dusting, vaccum & over-all inside cleaning

Dh: Trim, blower, wood, dishes & over-all outside & car stuff

We both do laundry and dishwasher duty. We just go with the flow. DH is also a huge help with A. We trade off with feeding her. I have to give him props on being a great DH and totally pulling his half of the work. Then again, why shouldn't he? We both work full-time, so we should both take care of the house stuff. Big Smile

houndbaby · November 2010

Merin:
houndbaby:
I usually just ask dh to do stuff when I need something done like dishes or vacuuming and don't have time to do it myself

So normally you'd take care of everything? Is that just inside or do you do the outside work too?

I don't do anything outside, dh is responsible for dog poop pick up and mowing the lawn/weed whacking and shoveling/putting salt down in the winter, we both usually share weeding/watering the garden/flowers

Ron*N*Kel · November 2010

I SAH so I do most of it. I would never ask dh to do laundry or dishes.

) He works all day so it's the least I can do. He does the "boy" jobs like cut the grass. I probably would still do it all if I did work.

I do have the big kids help w/ dishes, laundry etc. and that is a HUGE help!

marriedchick06 · November 2010

We are even I would say. We don't have a schedule or what not. He does them sometimes and I do it other times.

kellyandtim1 · November 2010

I'm a lucky girl, my FI pretty much does it all. If I'm home, I def will do something - empty dishwasher, laundry, clean up a little. But, he does 90% of it ALL.

jenniann87 · November 2010

I do laundry and vacuum and dust on Mondays.

We usually split doing the dishes. I try and do them daily so they dont stck up but sometimes that just isnt possible.

BF does the cats box.

allobosc · November 2010

DH helps out a TON and usually will initiate stuff before I do. He does the dishes about every morning and does all of his own ironing (swoon).

We split cooking responsibilities, but I go to the store and do the shopping about 90% of the time and make sure we're stocked up on stuff.

I'd also say that I do most of the big cleaning...dusting, vacuuming, bathrooms.

DH does the yard work, but he loves his riding lawn mower so that is his thing.

I will also say that any "trouble-shooting" I am in charge of. This means, if we need something installed, repaired, etc. I am in charge of handling the set up and estimates. It'd never get done if DH was left to those things.

sparker298 · November 2010

We do 50/50 i'd say, my DH works OOT alot, so I do alot more when he's gone, but when he's home he makes up for it. He loves to cook to, so he does all of the cooking when he is home. I guess we each have our set thing that we do, I usually do the bathrooms, we share everything else I'd say. He usually gets a kick every few months and will deep clean a few rooms, like from top to bottom, literally! He cuts the grass I do most everything else in the yard though. Pool this year is new for us, but he's already told me that is all me, which I don't mind, because I enjoy vacuuming a pool.

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RockThisB!tch · November 2010

We've been on a pretty wonky schedule ever since H got laid off a year and a half ago...

When he wasn't working, he basically did all of the cleaning... I literally only did the floors a few times over that year and a half - no other basic cleaning. Stick out tongue

Now that I'm the one who's only part-time and he's working 50+ hours a week, I'm doing all of the cleaning.

Now, we have one exception... He's ALWAYS been the one to clean the bathroom - even now. He agrees that he makes more of a mess of the bathroom than I do, so he's the only one who cleans it. I've cleaned the sink/mirror a few times, but that's it.

However, I literally do all of the cooking. We take turns doing the dishes, though.

We take turns with mowing the lawn (he does it more, though) and usually do the rest of the yard work together at the same time.

Before all of the job craziness... I did the wood/tile floors, kitchen, dusting and windexing and he did all of the vacuuming and the bathroom.

MrsHoltwick2Be · November 2010

We're a team on just about everything. The laundry is pretty much exclusively mine. Matt's little 2 month stretch of unemployment did wonders for his home-keeping responsibilities and seemed to be a real eye-opener for him, which was great. He started saying things I'd been saying for years. "Let's get this, this, and this done before we leave to go home for the weekend so we don't come back to chores on Sunday night." He'd always thought I was silly. Then he got it.

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