if you have a sibling off the opposite sex

were chores as kids divided by gender roles?

when i was young i bbqed while my sister cooked.

she vacuumed/did dishes/cleaned bathrooms/misc housework

i chopped wood, mowed the lawn, shoveled snow, changed oil, etc.

i was just curious how normal this was

 

my brothers and i didnt grow up together.

but my sisters did their laundry and the dishes two nights a week each and cleaned the bathroom.
i just had to do dishes on fridays and my laundry (but i was also a lot younger than them).
i mowed once. haha. and i would clean my room when i wanted (about every other week).. my parents figured its my space in the house, so i could keep it as i wanted.


my cousins (a boy and a girl) had is completely equal. some weeks she would be doing the "boy" chores and he would do the "girl" chores.

 

i guess call me spoiled, but i never had to do chores.

if i was asked to do something, i would do it though.

 

..i always wanted an older brother

but yeah, me n my sister did mostly girl chores.. vacuuming, dishes, cleaning bathrooms, folding laundry, etc. [but my sister would mow the lawn from time to time, especially after my dad left] but it was funny, cuz i got all the easy chores.. and for some reason i REALLY hated doing them. thats one thing i was a brat about.. doing my chores haha

 

we never did to many chores...but when we did, it was usually stuff like, raking leaves, cleaning our rooms, picking up dishes...maybe vacuum the stairs. thats bout it...i think my mom likes to do everything herself and prefers us not to do chores

my dad wanted me to start mowing the lawn on a regular basis, but that never happened if we had a lawn mower you can driver around in, then i might be a little dissapointed

 

oh mayn, you had to vacuum the stairs too paul?

that was MY chore.. all my life.. and i have NO idea why [cuz it was such an easy job] but i hated it SO much. it only takes about 3 minutes to do, ahah.. with the hand held dirt devil thingy.. but damn did it piss me off for some reason..

 

ya, i hated it =/

i should of purposly done a bad job so i didnt have to clean them

 

it was more based along age. Like when my oldest sister was in jr high, she was expected to cook more because she took manditory Home Ec. Same with my brother, and me. My younger sister is pretty usless..

We all had to shovel snow and thigns. One summer a couple years ago, i had to mow the lwan lots because no one else was home most of the time

 

I was in charge of giving the gardener his instructions







Hahahaha....in all seriousness my mom was explaining to me the hierarchy of servants and who can give who orders in Zimbabwe.....for example women NEVER speak to the gardener, and the cook is head servant.....


.....servants are the norm at home....stupid everywhere else....

 

Hugh, that's just pitiful



Chores? What chores?

 

I do almost everything cos my sister is a lazy brat

I really don't mind cooking, sewing or doing more ''feminine '' household chores really ...

 

i gotta feed the monkey once a week, my sister does it 3 times a week, once in a while ill have to paint the carpet, and when I turned 15 i was able to switch the lightbulbs and the ink cartridges.

 

uh ?

Monkey feeding

Carpet Painting

That's cool and pretty unusual Phil

 

yeh, i got weird folks

 

hmm i dont know if i ever had chores until we moved to wisconsin/dad retired from the army.

never really have to do anything but keep the house clean when the government does the rest for you

but now my sister and i tend to randomly trade off chores. except when it comes to taking care of the huskies. they's mine. :H

 

wait. phil, you have a monkey?!

 

when my parents were still together i didnt do much besides take out the trash and mow the lawn. But since my parents split and i live with my moms she does all the stuff she normaly did and i do all the shit my dad did....i guess its just cuz my mom doesnt really kno how to do that stuff

 

haha no. i dunno what went through my mind while typing that lol

but i sure do want one. monkeys ROCK

 

I was going to say I was officially jealous of you forever.

I want a piggie. The little tiny ones.

 

It didn't matter, because I'm an only child.