so... My gal thinks it's MY job as a dude to take out the trash. I say... Make the Kids (hers) 12 -n- 16 take it out. but when it's full and she takes it out I get crap for not doing it even though I wasn't even there cuz I am working late. Do you think it's a "mans job" to take out the trash exclusively?
2007-09-19 14:38:27 · 23 answers · asked by Christopher N 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
why are you being treated like a kid. tell her to get her kids up off there dead asses and take out the trash.
women like that give us good women a bad name.
2007-09-19 14:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by tabatha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think what your gal is trying to say is that she needs help with the chores. You might want to talk to her about this and see what you can do to help her. Though it's not the 'mans' job per say to take out the trash, but it's not the woman's job completely to do all the chores around the house. Since you work long hours, try to work something out with her. Yes the kids definitely need to help. But don't forget they have a long day at school as well. May be you all need to have a family meeting and discuss what each of you can do to help with chores. Kids, like teenagers should be responsible for their room, and help with dishes after dinner since they will have homework during the week. On weekends they should help a little more like the bathrooms, dishes, and yard work. But you all sit down and 'communicate' what you all can do as a family to help run the household pertaining to chores.
2007-09-19 14:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by lady_bella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe that is how it was for her growing up, but my dad made my brothers do it, he was not going to after working all day plus kids need responsibility like chores. If that doesn't bring a end to the problem how about whoever sees the trash full take it out.
2007-09-19 14:50:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband takes out the trash. I do take it out when he is not available. To me, it is his job. Because his job around the house is only to take out the trash and mow the lawn. He only mow the lawn every other week. I clean the house (clean the bathroom, vacuum the carpet, dust around the house, clean the kitchen), I wash the dishes, and I do laundry. So I practically do almost everything around the house. Taking out the trash is his share of the house work.
2007-09-19 14:55:14 · answer #4 · answered by Caitlyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historically, taking out the trash IS the man's job (It's mine) but when there are kids as old as she has, that job SHOULD be delegated to one of them. Ultimately though, you have to choose your battles wisely, and this is a pretty petty one to fight over.. I'd just take the damn trash out if I were you.
2007-09-19 14:44:41 · answer #5 · answered by Joe M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. The trash gets taken out at my house by everyone. We have three kids and we both work. Everything is pretty much everybodys responsibility. If it needs done and you are there, do it. Does she do all the cooking, cleaning, dishes and all the other "woman work"? I could see it if you were home laying on the couch.
2007-09-19 14:44:41 · answer #6 · answered by kim h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think this goes under singles and dating.. since you are in a relationship and married.. but anyhow, heres my opinion:
its everyones job. as teenagers, her kids will probably be rebellious and lazy.. kinda like me lol
but i mean.. for a family to work, the trash should be taken out whenver one has the time. if its full, and say.. the 12 yr old walks by it, he should be unselfish and take it out himself.
if everyones "busy".. then i guess it goes up to who is the most busy/whose work is more important
divorces are common.. try to stay away from small things like taking out the trash--just a heads up
2007-09-19 14:47:21 · answer #7 · answered by Mr.Deeds 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, you gotta love the things couples fight about. So petty. But yeah, it's not really anybody's job to take out the trash...just whoever finds that it is full should take it out.
2007-09-19 14:42:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
..no. we take the trash out..whoever is the closest, the least drunk, the most reliable.. don't get sucked into a gender thing, i'm a woman, i cut the grass, dig the garden, do the garbage...get rid of the trash, 'kay make the kids do it but it is NEVER gender driven.. nothing is..
2007-09-19 15:05:11 · answer #9 · answered by chantal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh, she lives there too, if she don't want the trash stanking up the house take it out................it's different if she was disabled for the moment...that's just something to fuss about, sometimes we expect men to do everything for us, but your back to reality. You must be doing everything else right, making the money, etc. if that's the only thing she can complain about........pat yourself on the back
2007-09-19 14:45:50 · answer #10 · answered by Dawn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe we could try not creating so much trash. We could get people to not be so wasteful. We could get companies to use smaller packaging and not fill their boxes only half full. We could get more people recycling.
2016-05-18 23:31:37 · answer #11 · answered by rosario 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋