In Every Job That Must Be Done There Is An Element Of Fun
First things first! I have comments again! Leave one, it will be so fun. I'm moderating them this time around. I promise I will post any and all unfavorable comments directed at me. I'm moderating so that no one can leave unfavorable comments directed at anyone else. Unless they brought it on themselves. When did the internet become so nasty?Onward. Chris has school tonight and I'm staying home and doing laundry and other fun and exciting chores, like drinking wine. Let's talk housework. Chris and I have had the same division of chores since we moved in together. It started on day 1, when we traded dishes (oh, how I hate doing dishes) for laundry, straight up. Things just fell into place after that, and our system has always worked for us. There are no hard and fast rules. If I ask him for help with one of my chores, he obliges, and vice versa. Sometimes I'll do one of his chores just for fun, and vice versa. As it is, our responsibilities are like this:
Ami
make dinner
laundry
mow lawn
plan weekly menu
maintain household shopping lists
pay bills and do finances
Chris
make/pack breakfasts and lunches
dishes
clean litterbox and take out garbage
feed cats
get mail
maintain drains and furnace
We have always shared the responsibility of cleaning the bathrooms and mopping. One of us will usually say "let's clean the bathroom", or "let's mop the floors!" and we both go to it. Gardening works the same way. When we need to rake leaves or weed the garden, one of us suggests it and we both do it.
Vacuuming, dusting, and sweeping work differently. Usually, whomever is disturbed by the level of dust or dirt will just bust out the necessary tool and go to town. Probably because these are the least time consuming and hateful of the chores, so they just get done as they need it.
It has worked for us, and neither of us feels like we do too much or too little. Now that Chris is in school I have tried to pick up some of his chores, like the dishes and the litter and garbage. He still does those things the majority of the time, but I'm trying to help as much as I can.
For some reason this topic fascinates me, and I'm always curious how other couples handle the division of labor.
posted by Ami @ Thursday, September 13, 2007
6 Comments:
I'm glad you opened up comments :) Since I'm partnerless at the moment, I can only tell you that I don't have a problem doing any of the household chores, I pretty much hate them all equally, so having a partner who would help was always an awesome thing, but I always clean the bathroom because that's my least hated thing. There's something so satisfying with having sparkling faucets. :)
Aww, Von, I feel loved! Thanks for commenting! Also, I think you're a freak for loving to clean bathrooms. I despise it. All that hair, I just can't deal with it. My favorites are vacuuming and mowing the lawn. I think it's an OCD thing, the back and forth motion appeals to me. :)
WOAH... Congratulations Ami on getting married! and steph too? MY GOODNESS...... HAPPY WEDDINGS TO YOU BOTH! Just popping in to say hi! (waves)
BABIES! I bet you can't wait! They are great and you will have SO much fun!
tiff
Thanks, Tiff! I know, it's crazy. Just so you know, I tried to reply to your email but it kept bouncing back to me. Maybe you changed addresses or your inbox was full or something?
i let housekeeping do my cleaning, mopping, and bed making. the hotel restaurant does my breakfast, lunch, and dinner. i have a driver who takes me grocery shopping.
i think i got the short end of the stick here, but i make due. just messing. i just stopped by to see what's up. take care.
Man, you have the life! If I ever won the lottery I would move to a hotel so fast.
I still haven't dug out those pictures from our wedding, but when I do I'll definitely send them your way. I was just kidding when I said you should be frightened, they're actually great pictures.
Thanks for stopping by!
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