Attention. Males that do housework, stand and be recognized for your deeds. These days, more and more men are doing houshold chores. (We try to be enlightened, and help out around the home. (Wherever you may live.) Anyway, This thread is for those guys to SAY they do so. Be PROUD! There are famous male chef's all over the planet! (I gotta go clean the bathroom now.) Peace/Love. MattInVegas.
I do housework aplenty. Let's see....I do dishes, change diapers, wash floors, cook, do laundry etc. all while I work a 40 hour week. And the best housework ever has been building my own house. However, I never, never scrub toilets!!....wait a minute we don't have a toilet, we have an outhouse! Well then I throw lime and wood ash into the outhouse hole, so there... I do maintain a toilet.
For the most part my mother and sisters get the inside chores and I get stuck with the outdoor chores, especially if they are difficult. I've done dishes, laundry, cleaning, everything really more times than I can count, but the chores are still distributed along gender bases, and always have been. Sometimes my sisters get yard work, but neither of them have ever mowed the lawn, or had to do any of the extremely heavy/dirty stuff.
My dh does housework just as often as I do, and he's proud of it. We figured out early on in our marriage that since we both work, it's not really fair to expect me to do everything at home. But there are a few things I spare him from. I clean the toilets, and I do the laundry. He tried his hand at laundry a few times, but ended up with a batch of all pink socks and underwear. So I took over. I think it's cool that he's so willing to do it. When he was growing up, he lived w/ his mom and grandma, and he didn't have to lift a finger. Around my house, all of the chores were split equally, no matter what gender you happened to be. There were many days when my little brother was stuck doing dishes while I mowed, or did other yard work. Thank God we don't live in the 50's anymore, at least where housework is concerned! Now if only I could get my in-laws to see that I'm not the antichrist in wife form just because we both clean up when we get home from work.
That's the cost of having a pair young man. :H Hat's off to all you guys that keep it real and do what needs done.
Yep, I changed many a diaper, and pampers, back when we were having kids. I've been doing my own laundry for over 6 years. Most of the tie the kids do the dishes. I vacuum, clean the toilets, empty the trash, wash the kitchen floor from time to time, cook sometimes, and whatever else has to be done. I don't do these things dialy, cause usually I am working on the house (remodeling) and keeping the cars running. I also pay the bills. (She can cook and clean, but she can't seem to pay the bills on time.)
My wife and I have an agreement. I don't do the laundry, and she doesn't come in my kitchen. I'm pretty anal retentive when it comes to kitchen cleanliness. She's the same on clean clothes. Works out great. I also scrub toilets, tubs, and wash out the sink after I shave. Health prevents me from vacuuming. But, we're going to get a roomba robot Vac.
i am currently not working so I have made it clear that I will do all of the housework until i work again and then we will split it 50/50 or hire a cleaning person. I often come to do something and find that it has already been done, event hough mny fiancee works 6 12 hour days a week. I find that so sweet.
This is exactly why I made sure I live with someone who has lived on his own before and knows how to take care of himself. I'm not anyone's momma and don't ever want to be. Jer always kept a clean place, even when living with 2 other guys. He was always mopping and sweeping and even watering the plants. That is how I knew I could live with him. Now, he does most of the housework. I do my share, but honestly I'd have to say he does more than me because he cares more than me. I'm not a slob mind you, but I grew up with an extreme clean freak mother who did all of the house work, and I just can't be that way. I like cleaning bathrooms though, I know I'm strange, but I just love to look at a sparkling clean bathroom that smells fresh, so I usually handle that. We share kitchen clean up, but Jer hates the dog hair on the hardwoods, so he sweeps and mops almost every day. He does his laundry and I do my own (otherwise he would shrink everything I own). I don't see anything wrong with a guy who can take care of himself. Actually it makes him more appealing.
i've been really sick and haven't had a day off in MONTHS, away from my kids. but yesterday dave not only kept the girls while i went and spent a few hours with my friend, but he organized and scrubbed the kitchen top to bottom.
Guys who don't do housework have just let their girlfriend/wife take the place of their mothers. It's pathetic. If you have had some form of independent life, you should be able to look after yourself and your house.
i think guys should help out with house work i do dishes and mop floors and sometimes i cook for her also i do all the outside work
I do household chores at all of my friends houses. I just can't stand to sit around while everyone else is working to clean a mess that while I might not have made, I still go over there and contribute. It pisses me off when friends just sit around and watch you clean their dishes.
When my wife and I first started dating I invited her to my house for dinner. She later told me that she was impressed at a guy who was a good cook, also kept a clean house and house plants. I see younger, single guys who live like pigs, then again I see married couples of 25 years who live like pigs. Couldn't live like that.....
I'm living by myself now, so if I didn't do my housework, I'd be eating out a lot and living pretty slovenly. When living with a lady, i do housework because it needs to happen. Except cooking, I just do that because I enjoy it, and I cook pretty well.
I do dishes. And house maintenance. But I will not clean a bathroom. We get a maid to come in for one hour a week. It's cheap and easy and saves a lot of hassle.
My wife and I have always split up the work on a "who can best do this" basis ... which of course changes from moment to moment. Right now I'm down recovering from back surgery, so she pretty much has it all. It's been the reverse in the past. As Lazarus Long said, "specialization is for insects".
I'm not the neatest person in the world, but I love cleanliness. My boyfriend is very neat and enjoys doing housework together with me. It's actually a lot of fun, and we always feel so happy when we finish because we got it done two times faster than if someone was just sitting watching the tv while the other one was cleaning up. It gives us more time together to dirty the place up again.
I agree. I don't mind cleaning and cooking since I am not working...but I stop completley when I feel like I am being taken for granted or like I am mothering (ewwwww that is the worst most unsexy feeling).
