Clearly, I am the only person qualified for this job.....

In my house I do most of the chores. I do the dishes, vaccumming, plant watering, dusting, etc. My dad takes out the garbage and mows the lawn and mom does the shopping. Other than that I do most of it since I am working on finding a teaching position.

Wow! You got a heavy load. My household consists of me, my 9 yr old son and my dog. He has small chores like keeping his room and bathroom sstraighten on the days that we don't have cleaning srvices. He does take out the trash if it needs it on the days that we don't have cleaning services. I am self employed and just found it difficult to manage his schedule and mine plus all of the other stuff. So I had to be sure to generate enough income to allow me to hire for the help that I needed. Keeping the house spotless was one of the area's that I figured out I could source out for not a whole lot, but meant a whole lot of time spared on my end. Obviously because our household is so small and usually we only eat dinner at home, I don't have to make the grocery run except maybe once a month. I do laundry once a week for underclothes and casual wear, his uniforms and my work clothes go to the cleaners. Yard work the landscapers handle. If you work from home and have a home office a lot of these expenses can be written off of your taxes. It makes a huge difference and I don't feel like I am enslaved to my house.

Well it sounds like you are a woman because only a woman can multitask to such an extent, which infact means we are superior...I think it really means we really run this world...

I do the dishes, vacuuming, dusting, taking out some of the trash, mopping, feeding the cats, and organizing.

Why do I always have to do everything around here? Oh, wait, I am the only one around here. It's like pulling eye teeth to get someone else to help with the chores around the house. When my grown girls were growing up, I wasn't the greatest at doing much of anything around the house. So what they are capable of doing now, they pretty much learned it on their own.

Sounds pretty much like my house. I do make the kids do the chores they are capable of doing. The 5 year olds have to take out the recyclables and feed the cats, and tidy up. The oldest has to clean the table and sweep, take out the trash, and take care of the cat litter. He also has to help the younger ones tidy up. Of course I always have to get on them about doing these things.

Well, it depends on the situation at hand. I have some severe Health issues that makes it hard to do some of the housework at times. So for the most part, my husband has to do a lot of the housework and I help do what I can. Mine is due to being Diabetic and having RA that limits me, but I can relate from when I was growing up with no one wanting to do anything, and then the looks of the house reflecting it all as well.

I have been a homemaker for 39 years and love it. But I don't and have never done all the household chores. Everyone who lives with us kids, grandkids, hubby all pitch in and I help outside with wood and livestock and yard work. It is equal around here.

wow sounds like you've got it tough. everyone else gets to do what they want when they want it. but you've got to ensure everything gets done and do it when no one does them. thankfully we've got it quite evenly distributed in my household. i'm in charge of anything cat-related. grocery shopping, putting things away and the vacuum is mine too. as for bathrooms, the person using it will be in charge of cleaning it. great job there, way to go girl. cheers ;p

I'm a single mom. I always just told the kids that it is OUR home and up to all of us to keep it clean and neat. I did expect them to pick up at least after themselves. When one or the other went over and beyond that, I made sure to praise them and express that I noticed it. For the most part, that tactic worked. I did have one daughter that I could not get to do anything and worse than that, she was and is one to completley clutter a room in no time. She is back living with me and it is one of my biggest peeves with her. If I were not here and she came in and left...I would no instantly upon entering my place that she'd been there for there would be signs of her in every room of the house. it's just how she is and it can be quite irritating.

What is Help? I dont even know what that means anymore!I have tried everything in the world to get these 3 teens to help me and it is impossible!My husband does...after the 5th time I ask him to,but then I am told i am b*tching! my teens are still younger teens so you would think that I coyuld still take things away from them and they would change,but nope!My one daughter has all the excuses in the world.Once she even told me that she couldnt do the dishes because her skin falls off of her hands in the water!I asked her how she showered then and she said she puts bags over her hands!good luck getting help...to all the women of the world!

Just like our house. My mum takes care of almost all the stuff, but we also help her to get around some other chores which she can't do. It's fun helping each other. We talk when we are working and make fun of each other and time just passes by when you are doing things together. bourne

The men in my life (hubby and son) will say, "Just tell me what to do and I'll do it." Right. I have to tell them that someone has to do the dishes, wash clothes, sweep the floors? I guess they think some magical elf appears each day to do these things. But I'm to blame as well. If my hubby does do the dishes (we don't have a dishwasher), he'll forget to put on his glasses and leave food gunk all over them. It's easier to do them myself than to hurt his feelings by doing them over again or arguing with him.

Hehe, more or less similar to your chores, except that paying bills, cleaning bathrooms and taking out trash is his. We both drive, though I would usually plead laziness, sudden short-sightedness to get him to drive instead. I once got him to wash the dishes; he ended up getting the sink and the floor wet, and I had to clean up after him; so I now willingly do the dishes .

Wow, too bad I'm already happily married. You sound like almost the perfect wife. Which reminds me of an old joke you won't like. One man speaking to another. Question: How would you describe the perfect wife? Answer: She'd be a highly paid successful business woman whose hobbie was housework! Just joking ! As I duck... and run away.

I have to say I know that feeling. Hubby does work outside when he gets home but the whole inside cleaning and anything to do with bills, errands groceries, doctors is all mine. With 5 kids still at home and 2 that are still needing me it seems for doctors and such or just everyday advice it is overwhelming at times to say the least! I tell everyone that an 8-5 job is nothing, mine starts at 6 am and doesnt end normally until midnight. Yeah so there isnt any splitting up chores here either. On the other hand, hubby works from 5:30 am to 3 pm weekdays and then another 5 hours Sat. so I cant complain to much about him, he works hard for us. Now the kids that is another subject! Sad when the 19 month old does more then the teens!

I am qualified for that job too. I believe that most of us are whether we use the ability or not. I like what I do around the house and I like working outside of the home part time, but if my husband didn't do anything I would have to tell him to get out! I would never put up with being the only one to do all the work. Do you have kids that are old enough to do chores, if so make them do them.It teaches them a lot of responsibility!

laglen noway should you do everything what about your husband and any children, put hubby too work too, make a list of chores, divide themup between you and your husband and any older kids. Dont let your man just sit and watch you work, get him off the lounge chair and helping, let him put the kids to bed, let him fed them, let him wash the dishes. dont do it all. if this goes on and on and on threaten to leave the lazy bum some times this works wonders. dont be a slave,if nothing wo rks maybe you married the wrong guy. consider divorce a nd finding a mate who loves and will help you. there are guys who do help their wives

[i]House chores is always been a source of trouble between siblings in the house. I'm just lucky that i was born in a family that love house chores. We have each others assigned task. As long that those task is carried away with out complain then everything is okay.[/i]

At home, we have to divide the task because we are all stress in the office and school. My husband drives us every morning.He shares the task with my son in feeding our four dogs and bathing it every weekend. The two of them also shares in taking out the garbage. While I do the laundry and stay in the kitchen most of the time, cooking, washing dishes. Groceries have to be done after office.