Can Men do household chores?

I think men and women should share the same kinds of jobs. I actually enjoy some house hold chores. There are chores that are suited for guys though, it should always be a 50/50 percentage.

Well, andresimp, that is called laziness. i don't think it's impossible for a man to learn house hold chores, if they wanted too. when i was young i used to be lazy, as in watching tv,playing computer an sleeping. but in time i learned how to clean,cook rice, take out the garbage and organize things and so on. but sometimes i still get lazy.

Hi andresimp, a man shoud share the household chores but for some reason they seem to need to be reminded constantly to do them. When I was married I took the view that as he appeared to be incapable of working a washing machine or iron then I in turn could not work out how a mop or vacuum cleaner worked, so he did the cleaning. I am bringing my son up to know how to look after himself and to understand that if he marries he will need to help. On Sunday I showed him how to iron and every day since he has been asking me if I have anymore ironing for him as it was fun. Not a word I'd use to describe ironing.

I believe that all husbands should help in household chores.My husband doesn't know how to cook but then helps me in other things like cutting vegetables sometimes and helps me indirectly in many things like dropping children to school so i can do my kitchen work. Sometimes when our maid doesn,t come he washes his utensils if also i refuse. He helps in cleaning the house also. I beleive taht working together make u even more closer.

Hi there, I think men should do his part of houshold chores, one of my friend, she and her husband both work outside, and when they get home, both of them are taken care of their family chores, they wash their own clothes, my friend cooks, her husband wash the dishes. I'm not married yet, but when I got married, I think I would let my husband do part of my family chores, too.

A definite YES for me. What women can do, men can do too except giving birth :) I know of my uncles who would just leave their plates in the sink after eating. What the ****!!! What's so difficult about washing plates? Even kids could do it. I've refused to let others wash my plates; I've hands, I could do it. Ironing clothes, sewing, cooking, changing diapers and other activities that used to be in the women's domain now belong to men, too. So, start helping around the house. Pity your wife who has to work hard at home (and at work). There is no place for egoism.

That is pathetic! I really hate the fact that so many men look to the woman in the relationship to take care of the house and chores. Now I don't want to say all men are like that. I know men who do just as many household chores as their wives. One couple that comes to mind are my friends. They both work full time jobs. They are childless, I should point out. Since they both work full time, they split the chores 50/50. He cooks three nights a week, and she cooks three nights a week. One day of the week they eat out, so they both cook an even amount. Now when both my parents worked when I was a child, my sister and I did the chores. My mom did the cooking, but my sister and I did the dishes, laundry...So my dad didn't do any chores, but he did do the grocery shopping. And then my mom did the cooking. And like I said, my sister and I did everything else. But we got an allowance for it. I know these days kids get an allowance, and they don't even do anything to work for it!

my father was unemployed recently so he is the one in charge of the house including all the household chores. we consider him as the authority of our family as long as he lives inconsidering his occupation. i admire him because he is a big help to us not in the sense that he is earning something for our living but he attends to our personal needs and he protects us in everyway he can.

My parents are from the generation where the man works outside, and the woman takes care of the kids and all household things. That worked very well for them; even when my dad retires, most of the household chores are handled by mum, though my dad tries to help out with the heavier work, like gardening and cleaning. Nowadays, some of the men still feel that housework is not their responsibility, even when they are not contributing to the household, that is, work and bring money home. Just as you mentioned, the poor wife works at the office the whole day, and comes home to cook, clean and take care of the kids. Sometimes I wonder why the wife puts up with this!

Well... when my husband was still a bachelor... his place was disgusting. His mom even had a cleaning lady come once a week and it was STILL disgusting (although I think part of that is the cleaning lady's fault). After my daughter and I moved in, he did a WONDERFUL job of helping out with dishes and laundry, sweeping and vacuuming... but mind you, this was in a little single wide trailer. Now we're in a 1900sf house and he doesn't really do that much. EVERY Thursday I have to nag him to get the trash out... and then when he does take it out, he only takes the kitchen trash out... doesn't worry about the bathrooms or the computer room or all the boxes of whatever he leaves laying around the house. I really think that the men should help us ladies out more! Now, if I didn't work... my house would be spotless, I'd never be behind on laundry, and dinner would be waiting for him every night... that would be ideal! But we're in the real world... and in that world, I WORK TOO! We work the same hours, although we do different things... we both get up at the same time, go to bed at the same time.. why should it be all on my shoulders to make sure we have clean forks and underwear? I really wish my husband would step back up to the plate in helping me keep the house clean. I have a friend who's renting an apartment off of me... she needed to save some money so asked if I'd lower her rent, and she'd clean my house once a week... so I said HELLS YEAH! So, that starts tomorrow. At least this way, if he doesn't help me out, I know if I get behind, she'll be able to help me....

Personally speaking, since gender equality is so prevalent today, I think that there is no excuses for men to leave all the house chores to their wives any more. In my family, my parents share the housework all the time as far as I can remember. However, in my aunt's family, things are different. She takes care of most of the housework. I guess that't because she doesnt go to work and that's what a housewife should do.

Talking about my family, my dad is not doing any house chores.All are even done by my maid,and for cooking and washing plates are done by my mum. After I married to my husband, My husband is a good helper. Whenever he has a free time, he will help me taking care our little boy while I am doing my own house chores or sometimes I am even rilexing(surfing and chatting). Sometimes my husband will help me wash plates or tidy up the kitchen. House is belong to 2 persons (husband and wife). I believe in sharing house chores with our spouses unless our spouse is outstation for work.

Thanks for this discussion. It makes me think of my father, he has gone to another world three years before because of an accident. When he was alive, he did many housework such as cooking, repairing things etc. But he never washed cloths or cleaned floors. When he was at home, my mother need only wash cloths and clean floors. And my father always went out to buy things, all kind of things, my mother only planed what we should buy and asked my father to excute. He not only did many things, but also paid much energy on us even when he came into 50 years old. He is a very kind and laborious father. When my father was out for work, my mother took on all housework. I like my family. What a pity, my father was away from us forever. I missed him so much.

My husband is my big helper. I think I might be hiring a maid if without his help. He is working from home, therefore whenever he sees me busy attending with my kid, he will definitely lends his helping hands. Other than the major work in taking care of my girl and also cooking, he is willingly take over most of the house chores. He always share that he loves to wash dishes.

My hubby watches the kids when I go to work @ my part time job. My husband knows how to cook as he took a cooking class in highschool cause he thought he'd be alone for a long time w/o a spouse. My hubby is a beter cleaner than I!! I'm easily distracted and he can get the house whipped up to shape in no time. So when things start going down hill as far as the house goes I ask him to do one of his whirlwind cleaning jobs for me and he'll do it for "favors" of course. Afterall my mom may of been a SAHM most of my life but she didn't teach me didly squat about takeing care of a home cause she didn't do it but when it absolutly had to be done and not knowing as a child her mental states that caused her to ignore daily tasks. My hubby had to teach me to do laundry for goodness sakes!

My wife and I have shared chores in various ways over the years and now whe has a back problem which means I do most of them but she does what she can. However I have been professionally trained as a housemaid (hence my name) and I was a laundry manager for over 30 years so I can do all the tasks needed

IN our family everyone does it own job. Like washing a clothes even if you are a male then you should wash your own clothes. If the female members of the family are not available to prepare for a dinner or even breakfast it was me and my father does the job but mostly every morning I prepare the food, I cook and after that I also wash the plates. Because it was only me who is having a free time in the morning. When I arrive also in the evening I have no problem at all because the dinner is already prepared and I have to rest early because I have my task in the morning.

I had a guy live with me and we were seeing each other and the agreement for him to stay there was for him to help me with the chores and he wouldn't do it. only when I griped and argued with him to the point of ending our relationship would he do something. That along wit a few other things was why we didn't work out. My mom wasn't asking for rent or food allowance. He just needed to help me with the chores and even when he started back to work he was only working 6 hours a day so it wasn't like he was working enough not to have to do chores.

Yes, when men are bachelor they do all his work. But I think this too happen when they are married but the thing is they feel that all his work been done by his partner then why to involve but it is very rare case. Most of men do not do anything after marrriage. But there are exceptions too, there are men who still work and do household chores like my husband. He always help me managing thing and never say anything. Rather he enjoys a lot.

Hello andresimp this is checkmail and yes men can also do the houshold chores if required by time.Even myself i do some of the househld chores when i am alone at home, means when my parents are outdoors, also when they are in the home just o help in to make it in less time.Doing household chores is also a kind of fun when done together with our loved ones.