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Hunter Wold · 03-02-2012, 01:47 PM

Ok, I cook, she cleans up.

Or:

she cooks and she cleans up

sometimes.

Who shares the duty in your house hold?

HW..

obtw I cook a LOT and CLEAN UP A LOT...SORTA

HW

Fontucky · 03-02-2012, 01:48 PM

I do everything.

Jessiegee40 · 03-02-2012, 01:55 PM

I cook and daughter cleans up

bs13690 · 03-02-2012, 01:58 PM

If I cook, the wife cleans up. If she cooks, I clean up.

I'm not allowed to do her laundry, though, so she does it mostly by herself.

redjan1225 · 03-02-2012, 02:17 PM

I cook 99% of the time.

I clean up 99% of the time.

I would prefer help in the kitchen since my least favorite household chore is emptying the dishwasher. I swear I'd do every other household chore without complaint if he'd just unload the dishwasher (2-3 times a week max).

I do not let my husband do laundry due to the amount of career clothes I have that have to be gentle-washed and line-dried. He has ruined a thing or two of mine.

DawnMTL · 03-02-2012, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redjan1225

my least favorite household chore is emptying the dishwasher.

Mine too! It's funny, though... I timed it. It takes me less than 5 minutes to do. But I still can't stand it. I don't know why.

Laundry can easily take half a day if I do all the loads we have, yet the 5 minutes that it takes me to unload the dishwasher makes me crazy.

DawnMTL · 03-02-2012, 02:30 PM

Oh. To answer the question:

I cook 99.99% of the time.
He cleans up, but I stand there to load the dishwasher. Y'know, so that it's done right.

Caligula1 · 03-02-2012, 02:49 PM

I cook, I clean if i'm just baking something (cakes or whatever)
If I cook a meal, I sort of expect a little help cleaning up.
I clean as go... So it's not like the counertops and sink is overflowing.
I dont think there is anything wrong with expecting a little help.

Dishes and silverware I do expect a bit of help..(no dishwasher here)
I'm not PO'd if it's not offered, but generaly I have no problems.

Caligula1 · 03-02-2012, 02:57 PM

Off topic a bit...but is it rude to expect big dinner guests (Thanksgiving)
To give a hand in cleaning up a bit?

DawnMTL · 03-02-2012, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caligula1

Off topic a bit...but is it rude to expect big dinner guests (Thanksgiving)
To give a hand in cleaning up a bit?

I don't think it's rude. I always help when I'm a guest, no matter how big or small the gathering. In fact, a few times, I've even insisted that the hostess relax while I do all of the cleanup.