2006-07-30 09:18:21 · 35 answers · asked by lonely as a cloud 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Wow, volunteering to help. Keep that man!
Think of the chores like you work projects at work. I would suggest you give away those you dislike the most. Make a list and put one in the right column and the next in the left. The left him chose which column he wants.
When I worked my significant other did the dishes during the week and I did them on my days off. He did the garage and I did the dusting. He would vacuum and I would clean the hard floors.
He would make the bed during the week; I would on weekends and change the linens. He would put away his clothes and I would mine. I would do the linens and he would put them away.
See, dividing the chores is not hard.
2006-07-30 09:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my house, my husband and I both have full time jobs. We have three boys ages 12, 9, and 6. My husband and I are both making an effort to instill some kind of work ethic and respect for women into our boys. I sit down - usually on Saturday - and make up the "chores list" for the week. All of the daily chores are listed and I rotate all of our names on the chores. Some chores, like washing dishes and doing the laundry I dont give to the 6 years old of course. This way, everyone has a share and gets to know what it is like to work together as a team. Yes, "hubby" does his share. He alternates with me on the cooking and with me and our 12 year old on washing dishes.
I, of course, do the laundry but everyone puts up their own clothing and also helps with the folding/hanging.
2006-08-05 13:20:04 · answer #2 · answered by jvlong_1999 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a sweetie he is! Sit down and make a list of daily chores- dishes, cooking (one cook & set table, the other clean up and do dishes) picking up daily, maybe light vacuuming, etc. Last one out of the bed makes it, last one using shower wipes it down and picks up in bathroom. Laundry we help each other. He strips the bed and starts the laundry. (He's better at sorting than I am). When dry I fold and we both put it away and make the bed together. You pick one and he pick one till they are all chosen. As new ones come up take every other one. Week-ends at our house is easy now as there is not much to do except scrubbing floors, corner vacuuming and a little more dusting. I do this while he does the yard work. When done with inside chores I head out to do the weed wacking. We usually finish about the same time and the rest of the day is ours. P.S. Jobs like window washing, power spraying the house, washing the vehicles & waxing we do together. Makes it fun.
2006-07-30 12:12:25 · answer #3 · answered by HolidayGurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds great. We found that we both hate different chores. While we were both working we shared the chores, so that if we were cleaning he would vacuum while I dusted and washed the kitchen floors. He likes to cook, and I don't....that one was easy!
At the moment I am at home, so I do most things during the week, but he still helps out at the weekend by cooking and helping with the cleaning if we are expecting visitors, and I am running short of time.
Keep him. There are a lot of men out there who do absolutely nothing!
2006-07-31 01:39:14 · answer #4 · answered by Copper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd clone him if I were you. You'd make quite a profit. Seriously, if he really wants to help ask him what he would prefer. The two of you should be able to work out a schedule. You might want to split the chores as evenly as possible. You do your chores and he does his one week. The next week you could switch lists. That way neither one of you are stuck with things you really don't care for.
2006-08-04 14:50:09 · answer #5 · answered by Garfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let him try them all. one at a time, when you're around, That way, you can decide between you which chores he's better at than you are and which ones he prefers doing. Then you can split them equally - some you like & some you don't like each. If you want to, you could rotate every week/month or whatever suits the 2 of you best! Whatever you decide, let him know you appreciate his help! Good luck!!
2006-07-30 09:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by devildriver53 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must be something in the air - my husband just asked me the same thing! I've started with loading and unloading the dishwasher. This way he'll understand why I'm so picky about how the dishes are put in, after he pulls a couple of dirty or water filled items out. Next was the bathroom. Now he knows what it's like to really clean the toilet! But to stroke his ego, this morning I asked him to check the oil in my car! Have fun!
2006-07-30 10:09:04 · answer #7 · answered by Mom of 2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a mans point of view I would keep them simple - chores that can't make more mess, and chores that you aren't too fussed about the end result, so when it goes wrong you don't get mad ! Cleaning the bathroom is normally quite simple, and hoovering. Avoid dusting, don't ask why, just trust me on this one !
2006-07-31 01:39:23 · answer #8 · answered by patrick_newnham 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't give him the same chores to do every day or every week otherwise he will get fed up just like you would. Give him the simple things to do first then progress from there.
What ever you do don't criticise him if he doesn't do the job right or he will probably down tools!
2006-07-31 01:02:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As sexiest as this sounds, men jobs (in my eyes anyway) are:
Taking the rubbish out
cleaning the cat litter
and anything that is a bit stinky really.
Bless him, I wouldn't give him anything that you like done in a certain way, it could cause death to one of you lol,
Maybe you could just get him to do things when he notices them, or take turns every other evening one of you cooks one washes up, one dusts, one hoovers, if you are close by you can see if he is doing right and just give him "helpful hints" like until you move the chairs and sofa and hoover under them the hoovering is not done.
2006-07-31 07:22:07 · answer #10 · answered by jojitsui 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋