My hubby is pretty good really because he cooks, will do dishes on the nights when I cook, still does his own laundry (we've been married for 21 yrs and I think I turned something pink in in the first month!), he's an obsessive blanket folder and uses home improvement as relaxation. The best thing is that a few years ago I pointed out that I couldn't make the bed until he got out of it, which is usually anywhere from 1-2 hrs after i get up. So we instituted the "last one out of bed, makes the bed" rule. I love it!

Hubby will clean up the kitchen if I am busy. He tidies up and does the trash, lawn, and home improvements. If he had more time, I know he'd love to do more cooking. What saves me is when he plays and goofs around with the kids so I can actually accomplish something and do it well without distractions.

My guy will uysually try and load ths dishes from the night before into the dishwasher when I am at work. And just tidy up in general if he knows I am stressed out at work and all busy.
I usually make him in charge of the garbage too.

yes my man is in charge of garbage as well. but sometimes he likes to let that slide and i get a little irritated.

yea mine too. I think "Ok baby, there is like ONE think in this house I expect you to do...can you just PLEASE do it when it needs to be done???"

He cooks cause if it were left to me we'd eat mac & cheese & chicken nuggets every night! He does the dishes & the laundry on occasion. Excpet that he forgets that there are wet clothes in the washer & leaves them there for days He is supposed to take out the trash but he hardly ever remembers

i don't really do any house cleaning. i work weird hours and don't get home until late in the evenings. he does the laundry, and the dishes. on weekends vacuum. really that's about it....i guess i need to get my butt in gear and get some stuff done around the house

My hubby does all the laundry, including hanging it up and putting it away. He will do all the dishes, take care of the trash, take care of the dogs, get all the groceries and pick up the house.

We share the task of mowing grass and outside maintenance.

Tonight we cleaned out the den together.

Neither of us does housework with any regularity. We wash laundry when we need clean clothes. We load the dishwasher when the sink gets full. I do make the bed everyday. I kept m house manageable by hiring a cleaning service once a month, but they have gone out of business. Now i want to try to learn how to do it myself. I know it is just get my butt up and do it, but so far that hasn't worked.

My husband loves to take load and unload the dishwasher which is great because I hate it. He is good at tidying up, but not so with cleaning. He does the outdoor chores. He does his own laundry because I would shrink it all. He helps me with organization. He keeps me on track with my vehicle and not letting the kids trash it.

I do the majority of the chores in our house. But, I think it's mostly because I don't think anyone else would do it "right". My hubby is willing to do more chores, but we both know he won't do them to my standards and I'll just have to go behind him and fix it. What can I say? I'm a perfectionist...

Eva1, I know what you mean. But I had to weigh whether I could live with how he does things = more time for me to do something else. Ultimately if he's doing a chore in a way that I just can't stand I try to ask, in a nice way, if he'll do it differently.

We have a very old fashioned homemaker/breadwinner relationship, brought on by the fact that I am disbled and cannot work. I shouldn't, but I feel horrible when he comes home from work and has to cook a meal or run a load of laundry because I wasn't up to it that day. He doesn't get mad at me or expect me to have it done. Those guilt feelings are a holdover from my first marriage to a very abusive, sexist man. Still, as the one who stays home, I do the vast majority of the house cleaning. He covers the chores I am not physically able to do, such as vacuuming, mopping, and anything that requires lifting or climbing.