Gender specific jobs around the house.

Our system is based on the caveman model, things concerning outside the cave (bins, lawns, cars etc) and interacting the outside world (forms etc.)are mine, things concerning inside the house would be her domain.

But of course she rules her domain and in her domain her minions do her bidding:eek:, so I'm regularly called on to do jobs inside the house. I know she shouldnt have to ask, but at least I do when called upon so I think thats fair enough, I'm just very 'relaxed' about tidiness !! I hear of some men who will do most things but absolutely refuse to do some things like scrub the jacks or change a stinky napply - grow a pair lads.

Anyone else have a partner who is perfectly capable of doing a full time and responsible job but whenever ye are together you are the only one who can make enquiries, ring people, sort out any admin or hassle? Just strikes me as funny !!
 
Ceist Beag said:
:eek: ... do ye then dump the hoover bag ... just in case they're still wriggling around in there like? ;)
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Nope - and yes, they do come back to haunt us a lot of the time, however himself wont use any other method except squashing, Im against squashing, but if I cant do the glass trick then that only leaves hoover. I often find a hoover bag victim wandering away from the hoover cupboard the next day, at which point I try to employ the glass. Interestingly, most guys who come back out dont stretch out as much when they first see the world again and I do manage to glass them and put them outside - at which point they tend to go big again and run off :)
 
Vanilla said:
Cooking – half and half.
Fill/empty the dishwasher – half and half
Gardening related jobs – lawn cutting when we don't employ some one to do it is his job ( because he 'doesn't trust me with lawnmower'), weeding is mainly mine
Electrics – change bulbs/plugs – supposedly Mr.V's job unless I get tired of waiting for him to do it, then I do it myself
Turn on the fire – half n half
Recycling – half and half
Bin in and out – half and half
Fill washing machine – me
Ironing-me, but then this is when I get to watch anything recorded on sky+ because I banish the rest of the family for a few hours while I iron and watch tv.
Vacuum – the cleaner
Cleaning – the cleaner
Fill car with petrol – I fill mine, he fills his
Pay all bills – direct debit all the way, but otherwise me.
Shopping – half and half
Clean windows – cleaner
General household jobs - any electrical/ electronic/ maintenance is really for him to do cause I don't know how mostly. But legal/tax/accounting/investing and general planning ahead issues are mine ( well and the accountant!).

I think we're pretty even.
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Do you have other staff to serve meals and answer the door? :p
 
There is only one chore that Mrs Teabag and I will not share except for taking out the bins...

She makes the brown bread.
I do most of the eating.

Yummy.
 
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