The dreaded "C" word

SpookieCat

In this case "Chores"

I'm enjoying a rare day off from work thanks to a client cancellation.  I have spent pretty much the entire day cleaning the house - again.  For some reason FI seems to think it's all even-stevens when it comes to housework.  Unfortunately I beg to differ. 

I've tried to add a poll to this to see howeveryone else fares.  Let me know how you split up the work!

laurenclaire1386

There are things I loathe doing, so FI does them. There are things FI loathes doing, so I do them. We don't really keep score and we're both good about helping eachother keep things tidy. Like if he does the dishes without my asking, I fold the clothes without his asking.

salt78

It varies from mostly me to half and half. On occasion FI will suddenly decide to clean the whole apartment by himself, but mostly I have to ask him to do things.

Nebb

I do most of the bigger jobs - vaccuming, bathroom, laundry, etc. He does most of the small jobs - recycling/garbage, dishes every night, poo patrol, folding the laundry, cleaning the fridge, etc. I think it works out well because I hate doing all of that stuff and he hates all the chores I do.

jennylove810

I definitely do more of the putting-objects-away, disinfecting, laundry-type chores, but FI is really good about dishes and yucky chores, like taking out the trash.  I also have this really weird phobia about clogged drains and he's great about taking care of that, when necessary, so I totally don't mind doing more.

SarahSmile23

he does most of the chores, but i do almost all of the cooking. we each do our own laundry.

FutureMrsTR

Ditto pp that we split up the chores depending on who doesn't like to do what.  He's been doing more than me lately since he's been laid off and if I didn't hate my job so much it would be a pretty sweet set-up, haha.

ac_in_dc

We try not to keep score. I get irritated at some of DH's habits, but I'm sure he gets irritated at some of mine too.

He doesn't ever wipe down the kitchen counters, clean the bathroom, or vacuum unless I specifically ask him to. But he'll do more than his share of other stuff like laundry, so I lthink it all probably evens out.

smokeybailey

i do most everything and have to ask him to help.  eh, that's life.  I keep him around for killing spiders and opening pickle jars.

HDutko

Most of it is split up, but its probably around 60/40(me/him) in our house. I do all the laundry, he washed MOST of the dishes. He vacuums ( a whopping 10 feetsquare) and mops. But, I sweep and do the bathroom and all the in depth cleaning like dusting ect. He does take the trash out which i appreciate.

laurenclaire1386

BTW, I totally thought this post was going to be about the other, anatomical euphemism C word.

MeaghanandMichael

Oh, there are always so many factors to these kinds of things. For example, I do way more cleaning, but I never touch the laundry. I probably spend WAY more time cleaning, but I hate laundry so I don't really care. I think these types of questions really aren't asking who does what, but rather speak volumes about perceptions in the relationship.