what do you expect ur man to do around the house?

bulchy

My oh is great around the house. He works condensed hours, so does 3 nightshifts a week, I do 5 twilight shifts. On the nights hes off, I know when I come home from work, the house will be tidy, hoovered, washing brought in and folded/sorted, dishes washed and any other jobs that need done. The only jobs he doesnt like doing are ironing and cleaning the bathroom, I dont mind, as I really dont like housework anyway and if I could get away with it I wouldnt do much :rotfl: I do most of the cooking, I enjoy cooking, but the oh does make maybe 2-3 meals a month. He also likes shopping as well, and if I cant be bothered to go, he doesnt mind going alone, this is good when he has his MSE head on but costs me a fortune when he hasnt :rotfl:
I know I'm lucky to have my man, and hes hopefully passing on a good example to the kids, there good at doing there fair share around the house too, long may it last.
Sue

debtfreein4years

i do everything just about. oh works away for months at a time and has someone cleaning, cooking and washing and ironing for him when away. i do everything whilst he is away anyway so its easier to continue doing it when he is back.

he does cook and if i ask him to do something he will, although he doesnt see the point in ironing or dusting or even cleaning regulary. so i stick with my rota and to be honest the only thing that takes me longer when he is back is the washing and ironing.

we dont have kids at the moment but he knows when we do that he will need to help more round the house as im a bit ocd ish about things being done according to my rota as thats the only way i can make sure the house is cleaned properly once a week without me spending all weekend cleaning and cutting into our time.

gxx

ChrisCobra

butler_helen wrote: »

lynzpower - wow! my boyfriend would just wait until I get back, as he likes company before he does the housework- bless him. Although I think if I went away, he would leave the housework until the night before I got home... I wouldnt like to test the theory.

Sounds about right , last 12 hour tidy up the beer tins job.

scottishchick27

OH leaves for work at 6.15am and returns at 7pm. I leave at 8.30am and get home at 5.30pm. I do all household chores - washing, ironing, cleaning, gardening and cooking. He does the dishes after supper and irons his own work clothes. To be fair he does a lot of work at home on his laptop so doesn't get a lot of free time but it wouldn't kill him to be a bit more appreciative for what I do. We have a DD age 7 and I do everything for her too. To be honest the only thing I wish he would do which he doesn't is put out the bins. It's a bit sexist but I see it as a mans job.

Newly_retired

When I married DH I thought he would do loads as he had been on his own for a while and was used to doing everything, but as I wasn't working many hours at that time I took on all the chores - fatal error! Later I had a cleaner when I was working full time. He was always great with the kids but now there's just the two of us, guess who does all the housework and most of the cooking. He tells me I'm too quick, I get there first, so sometimes I leave things for ages, like dusting and he doesn't notice - or at least if he does, it doesn't bother him. I iron my clothes and any household things like pillow cases. I leave his shirts to him and he's got so many it can be 3 weeks before he gets round to it. He will clear up the kitchen, after a fashion. He'll put the dishwaher on but not do anything that needs handwashing, and forget to wipe the work surfaces.
I think Mums have a duty to make sure that kids all help around the home, especially boys. They might turn out to be better husbands.

LouBlue

My OH is a great help. He can cook, clean and wash clothes etc, and will help out whenever needed.

McKneff

think Mums have a duty to make sure that kids all help around the home, especially boys. They might turn out to be better husbands.

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gymfiend

Everything

He cooks, washes up, cleans, does the washing...all I do is make the mess!! He lived alone for a few years before I arrived in his life and is very good at all these things, whereas I am rubbish. I have tried & do occasionally do one big blitz, but the day to day stuff is all done by my better half. I do however make the majority of the household income & I pay for everything outside of bills [which we split 50/50 ish] i.e. cars, mortgage overpayments, holidays thus work a lot of hours, hence he has taken on house duties.

Noctu

He works: 8.30-16.30
I work: Uni Tues & Thurs, self study outside of that, volunteer one morning a week (adds up to around 30 hours and I have the luxury of choosing when I work outside of uni).

He does: Dishes, puts bins out, half of the hoovering/cleaning.
I do: All the cooking, clothes washing, half of hoovering/cleaning.

I feel as if I should do more as he works Mon-Fri and I don't, plus he pays the mortgage even though I'm on it too (I'm studying for my MSc, I'm 22).

[Deleted User]

Typical women nag nag nag:D

We men do as little as possible :beer: an chill !

I am a bit better than some, as living on my own my choice is do it myself or it never gets done

Honestly I think most blokes don`t realise/appreciate how much women actually do around the house.

But believe me when they are`nt there to do it you learn fast:eek: :eek:

So ladies if your man is not doing his share by all means remind him(but be gentle as we men are sensitive creatures:rotfl: :rotfl: )!