Does your partner help with household chores?

United States
August 25, 2007 2:26pm CST
My hubby helps out with the laundry and dishes. He doesn't mind doing the dishes and most often helps with those. He does not like to vaccuum though! I'm usually the only that does that particular chore. What is it like in your household?
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@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
25 Aug 07
In my house, hubby helps when he feels up to it...he is a disabled Veteran and has alot of pain at times... He does not mind to help with anything except the cooking....LOL....too many years in the military and he never learned to cook besides...easy stuff like eggs, oatmeal, mac and cheese...LOL It is nice to have a spouse that is willing to help, my friend, there are others who do not have this luxury...
• United States
25 Aug 07
It's so nice to have someone to help you. My husband is just terrific about cooking, cleaning, feeding animals, driving me to and from work when I don't want to drive. He is a blessing and very good to me. When 2 people work together, so much more is accomplished and he is a much better cook than I will ever be!!
• United States
25 Aug 07
I'm glad to hear he does try to help you!
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
27 Aug 07
I do not work, but stay home and care for my disabled son and my husband will, if we have had a hectic week. He doesn't complain if it gets out of hand, he just starts helping out. If possible, I do it and my sons both have little chores to help out.
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• United States
28 Aug 07
He sounds like a good guy!
• United States
26 Aug 07
My hubby enjoys doing the housework. He gets such pleasure from making it look neat and tidy. This I attribute to the fact that he was the middle child in a family of only boys. His mother was a stickler for a clean house. He will do most of the housework if I let him. I prefer for him not to do the dishes and the laundry. I like it done a certain way.
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• United States
26 Aug 07
What a guy! You are pretty lucky!
• United States
26 Aug 07
Mine just did dishes this morning.
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• United States
26 Aug 07
Glad to hear he helps out!
@joyce959 (1559)
• Philippines
26 Aug 07
I am a working mother/wife and we don't have housemaids, except that every weekend there's a woman who comes to our house to wash our clothes for the week and iron too. My hubby works overseas but whenever he comes home he helps in the housechores. He sometimes cook (especialty is barbecue) and wash the dishes. He sometimes sweep the floor.
• United States
27 Aug 07
That's good he still helps when he's home. Probably gives him a sense of "normalcy" when he's there?
@bluishrose (2289)
• Philippines
26 Aug 07
Im very lucky that my other half helps on cleaning out the house. We do the laundry together, he washes the dishes and do the gardening. He dust the furnitures while i do the sweeping of floors. We divide the chores and he is really good on doing things around the house.
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• United States
26 Aug 07
Sounds like a good way to share chores! That's great it works out so well for both of you!
• United States
25 Aug 07
I am the ONLY one who does anything in my house. In order to get help, I have to practically beg, and even then, it is no guarantee. I told my family I am going on strike one of these days for a week, so that they can see what it would be like without me.
• United States
25 Aug 07
Going on strike might not be a bad idea? Not good to be taken for granted like that. You're the MOM, not their slave and housemaid!
• United States
25 Aug 07
My fiance helps out with the household chores when he can. When we first moved, I got a job right away, while he was at home, so he took care of almost all of the chores for me. Now he is in school and working, while I only work, so we have traded off who does more of the work. He will still take the garbage and recycling out, though, and helps with the dishes and laundry when he has time.
• United States
25 Aug 07
That's good he does try to help out!