Should a husband have to do house chores?

United States
May 12, 2009 2:39pm CST
should a huband if both parties are working have to do house chores
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
12 May 09
why shouldnt a husband help around the house. gone are the days when the wife stayed home all day and did everything around the house. most wives have a job and it is unfair for them to have to do everything at home too. my hubby does about 95% of the cooking at our house!
@ruworth (147)
12 May 09
Yea of course. Equal Opertunities
• Philippines
12 May 09
If he wanted to help why not? nobody is going to force him what to do. If it is okey for him to initiate on something rather than being told to, then much better. Both should be equal and helping each other. If for example your wife does the cooking and you see scattered newspapers, magazine on the table, isn't it good if the husband should gather those items in one place and organize it. In that way, he is already helping the wife to clean the place. Being a man doesn't give you the right to sit and be bossy around and not help your better half. Be a man and show how much you care to your spouse by being of great help to her. Sometimes, we women don't ask our husband to help us as long as we can manage. But if the duty of a man is also to please wife, then by no means, helping her do the chores is a good move.
• Canada
12 May 09
Of course he should. There is no difference between a man and a woman. Especially if both parties are working, they are equally tired and they should divide the chores between them to help each other. At least this is how we do it in my household. The days of the woman picking up all the work at home are long over as far as I am concerned, and everyone should be held responsible for what goes around in the house, not just the woman because of some old stereotype.
@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
12 May 09
yes, i think so... since he wife is also working. sharing household work would be right. but if the wife is not working and only the husband is the one who's earning for the family, then the wife should do all the household chores.
• United States
12 May 09
Yes he should! when my husband and i first got married we both did chores than it began only myself doing chores but i didn't mind because i didn't work. the second i got a job he was doing more around the house than i could get a chance to. he realize the fairness to this and i love how we work together.
@tabsnlos (587)
• United States
12 May 09
Yes, I believe the responsibilities should be shared. It wouldn't be right for the wife to work, clean and raise kids, while the husband just sits back. You are suppose to be a team. Its different if the Hubbs is the only money maker in the house, then the wife should have the household responsibilities in that case.