A diamond in the rough?

Yes, I've run into a couple of guys that are like this also, and they do it because they truly love their kids! I know it's sad, that the two parents could not make it together, but sometimes things just don't work out, I know, this happened to me also! There is nothing that I wouldn't do for my kids, to me they are the most important thing in this world! So I took it upon myself to do what I had to do!

Not really. Most guys leave it to the woman and kids to do the cleaning. It is very rare to find a guy to do all of those things. I think it's great that you do.

Wow! You'll make a great wife for someone! haha No, seriously, needs must. You do what you have to do and after a while you think nothing of it. If you have a boat and sail for any length of time you end up having to do exactly the same - housework + cooking + laundry/ironing + mending + maintenance on the house/boat + etc. Jack of all trades, master of none as the saying goes.

you are probably 1 in, oh i dont know...couple hundred that do all that lol! but thats what you do to care for your family, so obviously they are of utmost importance to you. but, i wouldnt say you are a diamond "in the rough" rather that you're a diamond already. when you were still married then you were "in the rough" lol! just add it to the top of the list of "pro's" as "do everything that could possibly be needed to take of my family!" and the next time she gushes about you being so extraordinary..just grin at her and say "im awesome" and walk away! LOL! wonder what her expression would be?

Yeah man there is a great number of guys that do that, I just haven't heard this diamond in the rough thing. The man stereotype plays a big role in women mind and at the end of the day we are the sexists. The best we can do is laugh about it.

I would have to agree that finding a man that will do these task are few and far between. It's not that they aren't capable of doing these task it is more that they choose not to do these task. Your teaching your sons how to take care of themselves and that is good!

I agree that finding a man like that,who will do these task are few,but there is somebody who do that, It is not that they are not capable of doing these task it is more that they choose not to do these task. You teach your sons how to take care of themselves and that is good to responsible theirself.

I'm sure there are a lot of men out there that are more than capable like you to take care of their household and their children as well. I only know of a few i.e. 5 men total. I on the other hand have a husband that is not domesticated and was spoilt all his life and everything was done for him. It is just one of these things he is not good at and I don't blame him for it either. I am teaching my son the opposite, to grow up to be independent and to take care of himself properly. He is only five and already knows how to make his own breakfast, get himself ready from head to toe and clean up his room. He doesn't like me fussing over him anymore and prefers to do things himself. I still have to push him along a bit but most of the time he does it himself. In the long run when he gets to our age he will know what to do when it comes to taking care of himself and hopefully his own family in the future. Good on you for taking up that role :)

Thank goodness you are not alone. Imagine if there was only a few of you in this world. What a sorry state this world would be in. I use to think there were none like you when I was about 30 years younger but through the years have met many. One is my husband. He doesn't think anything of sharing in the house hold chores of any kind including cleaning bathrooms. I was raised with men that thought anything inside the house was strictly a womens job and all they had to do was put their feet up on the couch, where they practically lived. Thank God there are men like you around or I for one would of never got married! My father and brothers have changed a lot through the years I have to give them credit for that.

Wow. I'd say you definitely are! My hubby likes a clean house but doesn't pitch in to make it that way. To be fair he's much better at getting the kids to help than I am and with all five of them it's like one of him helping....