who does the cleaning, you or your partner?

@GemmaR (8517)
October 30, 2009 8:53am CST
In my house, we share the cleaning, but I know a lot of my female friends do a very unfair share of the work in their house, because their partners refuse to do any of the work. What's it like in your household? and also, do your children do any of the work?
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8 responses
• United States
31 Oct 09
pft..me. nobody in my house cleans except for me.they act like a magic elf comes through at night.
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
31 Oct 09
Hello GemmaR, I am the only person who do the cleaning at home. My husband always in his computer room, doing his job after he comes back from his office. My son is just three. But sometime when I ask for help, my husband will help me too.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
31 Oct 09
Hey Gemma! My boyfriend helps me with the cleaning! He happens to love to clean and makes me clean things that I don't even want to clean! He is a bit obsessive compulsive! Like yesterday, I finally polished all the livingroom furniture so he would stop driving me crazy! And then we had a fight and he didn't he notice! And that really made me mad because I don't care if the damn furniture is polished or not! But, he does work hard and does alot of errands for me so I try to do some of the stuff he asks me to since I'm not working. He just likes to clean more than I do!
@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
30 Oct 09
I do all the house work in our home.. My husband brings in all the households income, and he does the yard work. My children are all grown. Their is no way i would expect my husband to do any house cleaning, and if he tried i would not let him. He works all day their is no way he would come home to work too.
@jugsjugs (12967)
31 Oct 09
In my house i do all the cleaning as well as keeping the front and the back garden clean and tidy as well at the same time look after six children.My husband works a full time job,so i am expected to do the rest myself.
• United States
31 Oct 09
My husband and I both do the housework together. He does not feel comfortable in the kitchen and therefore he does not like cooking. If I am sick he will heat me some soup. When I make cookies he is there to help me use the mixer and I let him lick the bowl clean. He does the laundry and the dishes. Our mariage has always been an equal partnership. We just bought a new home over a year ago and we have been doing some improvements. We both have painted the bathrooms and are in the process of reorganizing the kitchen.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
30 Oct 09
I do the majority of it since I'm a SAHM but my hubby helps out when he can and the kids help out on occasion on their own (usually when I'm not well) OR when i tell them to LOL
@getbrowser (1708)
• China
30 Oct 09
From where I stand, sharing the cleaning is the best equal to both you and your partner. In one family, it is common that husband works hard all day outside the home and so wife often do the houseworks. You see, when boys are very young, they have been pampered by their mothers and don't know when it is their time to do the cleaning. Then, when they get married, they have no habit of undertaking the cleaning. Happy myLotting!