Who does what (in the house)?

Equally we both:
-do the laundry
-scrub the toilets
-water the garden plantings
-clean the shower/tub
-repair things plumbing, electrical-etc

Husband does more:
-He does the vacuuming (as it’s his fav chore and who am I to stand in his way?)
-Empties the dishwasher
-Errands

My jobs:
-Animal cages, baths, clippings-etc
-Child rearing
-Food prep, storage, cooking
-Organizing of everything
-Setting up household routines
-Gardening/yardwork he does mow, weed, and trim often, maybe he does 25% while I do 75%
-Planning of most everything

We try to be understanding of differences. If he doesn’t like to do something, I’ll do it…If I hate a chore, he’ll do it or step in to help.

Both of us always felt we did more. She does the laundry and the dishes and manages the affairs of the kids. She does the clothes shopping and is responsible for cleaning the house. She takes out the garbage.

I cook. I food shop. I take care of the car. I take care of the garden. I do the finances. I take the kids to music lessons and make sure they practice. I do all the technological stuff.

We both do things with the kids. We both changed diapers and fed them. Not necessarily in that order.

Now that she’s no longer working, she is trying to do more things. Like food shopping and cooking. She’s trying to learn how to cook. This is scary. But I am doing my best to teach her. She has learned to make a fire for grilling on. She can follow a recipe, but she has no sense of how it all should fit together.

In other news, she has learned to water the flowers.

In the past, we were both breadwinners. Now I’m the only one. So I guess that’s my part of the work, too.

When I work full time:
My husband
Laundry about 50%
unload dishwasher
Prepares his lunch about half the time
He puts away all of his own stuff
Pays bills
Lawn mowing
Makes dinner about 20% of the time

Me
Most of the cooking
Clean house
prepare his lunch half the time
Plan trips
Take care of most household service calls and car service
Lawn weeding and trimming
Grocery shopping

When I work part time or not at all:
My husband
Puts away all his own things
Mows the lawn
Pays bills

Me
Laundry
All cleaning including dishwasher
Lawn weeding and tree trimming
Almost all errands, dry cleaner, supermarket
Trip planning
Car for service
Schedule any household service needs
95% of cooking

Both of us
Laundry (a little more me, but he does his own ironing so that balances it a bit.)
General de-cluttering
Dust
Cleaning the pond filter and feeding the fish
Take cats to the vet

Me
Dishes (includes hand wash and dishwasher duty. Though he’ll unload if I ask)
Move items from counter to recycle bin
Take trash from house to garage
Vacuum
Cook
Shop for groceries and any presents for family & friends
Litter box cleaning
Feeding the cats
Pay bills
Schedule car and household services
Errands
Make our lunches for work

Him
Gathering and then taking the trash from the garage to the curb in the morning
Putting out the recycle bins
Mow & weedeat
Snowblowing (though I help with some shoveling)
Tree trimming
General repairs
Cleaning the bathroom (Though I wish that happened more. I just don’t wish it enough to do it myself!)

Since you put detailed lists with chores thanks for that!, I will give some more info too.

She
Cooks 98 out of 100 times.
Reshuffles the furniture and ‘cosyfies’ the living.
Irons (since last winter, when we received an iron from the neigbour)

Me
Wash and dry the dishes.
Wash and dry clothes and other fabric stuff.
Vacuum
General tidying
Make appointments (for the both of us)
Feed the kitty and clean the litter box.

Us
Make beds
Wash windows
Do sex :-)

One thing I have noted about our chores is that mine are the more day-to-day things, while his are “bigger” weekly chores. Mowing our lawn probably takes as much total time in the week as I spend on dishes. Snowblowing this winter was about once a week, but it takes anywhere from one to two hours depending on how much snow fell. While I do help with that, the burden is more his than mine. So while his list looks shorter, it’s not necessarily true that he does less.

@rebbel If “do sex” is on your chore list, you’re doing it wrong!

What is housework? In all honesty since having the babe my primary ’‘chore’’ is her. Hubby does laundry, dishes, and works full time. The rest is up for grabs, basically whomever gets fed up first with the mess. Not ideal but at least I’m being honest.

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It’s pretty darn even in the Hive.

We grocery shop together though he’d rather give me the money and have me do it. I don’t like going into Super Wal Mart by myself so late at night.

We cook together since we mostly grill, me doing prep and he grilling. During the non grilling months then we prep and cook together. This is in default of my mother cooking, which is most of the time. We’re lucky.

We both do laundry, probably equally since we share a “dirty” bin and know which items get what type of cycle, temperature and drying treatments.

We both don’t do much house cleaning because my mother who lives with us takes that on. In turn, we try to appreciate her with goodies and take care of most of her needs. We’ve agreed when it’s just the two of us then we will pay for a cleaner to come once a month and go over the big stuff.

He takes care of the animals as far as feeding, bathing and poop patrol.
I do the bathroom cleaning and a bit of ironing for the clothes.
These two specific chores kind of cancel each other out and bring us to about 50/50.

Work outside of home:
Me: Full time plus some overtime (so 36+ hours a week since I work 12 hour shifts).
My husband: One weekend a month (NG drill) and 2 weeks in the summer (annual training)

Child rearing:
We split doing things with/for the children when we are both home and take full responsibility of the children when the other is at work, so overall, he does more than me since I work more often. Our oldest son does also help out with the baby, such as getting bottles ready, getting things for us, sitting with his brother, feeding him (once in a while), and changing diapers (rarely, but he has done it).

Household chores
Me: Dishes, dusting, sweeping, mopping, making beds, picking up odds and ends around the house, cleaning the bathrooms, and vacuuming.
My husband: Laundry, cooking, trash, and helps out with picking up odds and ends around the house.
Our oldest son: Helps with all of the above.

Yardwork:
Me: Help with raking and weeding.
My husband: Cuts the grass (I’m allergic to fresh cut grass), and helps with all other yardwork.
Our oldest son: Helps with all of the above (he even has his own push mower (with the rotating blades that works purely on his energy). :-)

Overall, I think we are pretty well split and most importantly, it works for us! At any given time, we will help each other out or do the other’s chores without a problem (either to give the other a break or if the other is not up to it at that time).

Hubby works full time and beyond, and he is also in charge of keeping the finances. He does most of the grocery shopping because it is more convenient for him to stop off on the way home from work.

I do the household chores, and most of the planning for groceries and expenses. I take care of the grandkids when they are here, except when they play computer games with grandpa.

He cooks a lot more than I do. He cleans surfaces, I sweep. He does dishes more than I do. I feed the cats and the snake more. He does laundry more often than I do. It really depends on our work/school schedules, things change all the time depending on who’s home more.

We both: Dishes, laundry, vacuuming, wipe things down and organize.
I am mainly the one who cleans the bathrooms. I also so the dusting even though I’m extremely allergic (so it doesn’t get done often)
He does the yardwork/gardening. I will pull weeds occasionally.

I do 92% of the parenting. He can freely work but I cannot since childcare is apparently solely my responsibility.

My husband works a physically demanding job during the day, I stay home and do all the cleaning, yard work, shopping, errands and cooking (all homemade, no boxed shit :P).

He helps with major household repairs, occasional homework and cooks a mean Thanksgiving and Christmas meal. We both parent. It’s works for us, with no complaints.

We divide the labor along vaguely traditional lines but crossover whenever we feel like it.
I’m usually the one to fix stuff &/or install something, but my wife came into the relationship with almost as many power tools as I have and can wield them competently. Wiring of any sort she does not do, so I have done all the telecom wiring in our apartment (CATV, phone, ethernet) and occassional light fixture hookup.
She can paint (the walls and artistically) better than I can and enjoys it so she’s done all the painting when we need that.
I used to cook almost as often as she does but she gets home earlier than I do most of the time and she took that over a few years ago. I cook well but she makes more sophisticated and more varied meals.
She does the laundry.
I vacuum the whole place weekly. Sometimes I dust but that is murder on my allergies, she dusts as often as I do.
I keep the ‘main’ bathroom clean, we both use that one. She cleans the other one that is hers mostly because it’s not close to anything but her office.
She does more grocery shopping than I do but I’ll bring home the haul once in a while.

@Seaofclouds I can’t do anything but congratulate you for finding such a man.

Guys are not as dumb as I thought. I was surprised by how well my bf could cook.. even better than I could (I admit I can’t really, but I am good at a few things). It changed my view of men. It at least gave me the knowledge that I can sort of work through things at my own pace and not have to come pre-packaged like a damn Stepford wife the way my mom and grandma were

@thesparrow Thanks, I am really blessed to have him in my life.

Very nice, seaofclouds. I’m so used to women in my family complaining about their husbands that it’s refreshing to hear this.