verystormy

I give very good encouragement (from the couch) to the wife.

DeadVim

So, how do the couches in Oz compare to the UK?

Badly, I suspect.

Jen1977ni

Me:

Cook, make the lunches and keep MY bathroom clean.

Him:

Hoover, dishes (crap @ them tho, makes me cringe when I go to make a brew for a mate and the cup isn't clean!! :curse, cuts the grass, keeps HIS bathroom clean.

We then each do our own ironing, but if I'm feeling nice and he's had a really tough day at work, I'll iron his Army uniform.

If he's away with work, like now he's away for 5 weeks, I do the bear minimum then have a mad frantic clean/tidy up the day before he's due back. Unfortunately I've been caught out a few times with him arriving home early, while I'm at work and the house is like a bombsite! EEEEK!!!

Lorna at Vicenza

Mine sent a text message last night to say 'flight confirmed - home tomorrow.'

I sent one back saying "ok but what time ????"

I needed to know how many hours I have today to get the place looking fairly decent.

Jen1977ni

HAHA awful isn't it, at least this time he's in Melbourne and so I will know for defo when to expect him home, as it's usually just him 'out bush' locally lol In future though I'm going to do the housework 2 days before he's due home, Justin Casey lol

gaz1277

What are Chores???

I've heard of "what chores?"

I'll have a John Smiths please!!

JackTheLad

We've got our 3 year old and 4 year old girls well trained, they go around the house with wipes, wiping up the dust, even when not asked.

Give them a year and I'll teach them how to use a hoover and how to mop tiles.

JTL

Peepster

I cook when I can be arsed and keep things tidy. Mr P puts the rubbish out and irons. We both do shopping, dishes and laundry. I clean bathrooms but Mr P will do it if I ask him to. I dust and mop floors......but only if we're having visitors

Bernieboy

Why do you put dust on yer floors ??

Sherlock Holmes

That's easy...if you don't put the dust down...how you gonna be able to dampen it down with the mop????

emelems

For all my married years, I did everything, probably because he was working away and I was an at home Mum with the kids so it just made sense really.

When I went back to work and the ex was at home, he tried to do stuff, but it seems to be a choice.. basically if he thought to do it, it got done. Otherwise it didn't (or I did it because I got sick of waiting).

It's strange having a bloke around now who does housework when need be. Don't get me wrong, the ex would wash up and clear up after I made dinner etc etc, but K actually just gets on with loads of chores off his own back. Plus he'll just come in and make a nice dinner without fussing and clears it all up and he does it quite happily. Nice change actually Disclaimer: He's not living with me btw! We just end up at my house more than his coz I have the kids here most of the time!

My housework works like this - I take one day a week and do it all, top to bottom. Then the rest of the week is the time to mess it all up again

Em x