Along the lines of household chores...

**momof42003** · 10-27-2005, 01:39 PM

Does you DH do any chores in the house... Not mowing, car and house repairs, but like vacuuming, dusting, dishes... Mine only does his own laundry... I am just wondering what other DHs do around the house to help you...

**Dedlered** · 10-27-2005, 01:53 PM

My dh does laundry, cooks, cleans the kitchen, vacuums and dusts (Cuz I really hate dusting) We generally take turns, rather, whatever I am doing he does something else so we don't spend the whole weekend doing chores

**Kimberlina** · 10-27-2005, 01:56 PM

My DH does the dishes, takes out the trash, and does some of the laundry. We both cook. I do the actual "cleaning" like the fridge, the stove/oven, the bathrooms, mopping and scrubbing and cleaning windows, etc, and we share picking up around the house.

**staceyy** · 10-27-2005, 01:59 PM

My dh washes his own clothes, and will once in awhile wash dishes and help with the household chores. He is a long-distance truck driver so is not home too often. When he is home he cuts the grass and shovels the snow and does any home improvement projects. He never cooks but will fold all the laundry.

**Darlene** · 10-27-2005, 02:06 PM

My hubby can & has done everything but regularly does dishes, dishwasher,trash, cooks, repairwork, water softner, fireplace, wood, bug killing and anything I ask for help with.
I'm a lucky lady and have thanked my MIL for raising such a wonderful son who works so hard to make this life we built work for all of us. He's my better half

**QuilterMom** · 10-27-2005, 02:12 PM

He'll do any chore around the house, but I don't like how he does laundry. LOL He's been especially helpful during this pg.

**Michelle** · 10-27-2005, 02:22 PM

He takes out the trash regularly but will only help with house cleaning on the weekends and with a lot of prodding

**Jeanieb** · 10-27-2005, 02:45 PM

My Dh does all of the laundry. A few years ago he said he could do a better job doing the laundry then i did so i said go ahead and do it then, so now he is stuck with the job

**forestdale** · 10-27-2005, 03:34 PM

My husband does everything that I do. Whoever is here does the bulk of the housework, so when he works at our store, I do most of it, when I'm at the store, he does.

**Emerald_Mommy** · 10-27-2005, 04:20 PM

Philip works mostly from home so we're usually all here together. He does a lot of cooking. He helps make the bed (if I ask), unload the dishwasher, & vacuum in addition to the things he does all the time (trash, yard, etc.).

About the only things he generally does not do are the laundry, loading the dishwasher, dusting or deep cleaning jobs. He's a wonderful husband!

**YankeeMom** · 10-27-2005, 04:27 PM

Not much LOL.
He takes out the trash, sees to the dogs when he's home, and puts away his washed & folded (by me) laundry. If I ask him, he does whatever I want. I usually don't though, because in his defense he works 14hr days, leaves when it's dark & gets home when it's dark. Not a whole lot of time to do other things.

He also takes care of the yard & the cars

**waterlover** · 10-27-2005, 04:44 PM

No

If I ask him to do something, he is like a mule not wanting to budge.

He'll ask if I need help cooking. But we have an extremely small kitchen so it is very difficult for two people to be in it at one time. So it doesn't happen too often that I'll take him up on his offer.

I haven't worked outside the home for almost a year now, but even when I did, he won't help.

**Jellybeanz** · 10-27-2005, 06:32 PM

Nothing except cook breakfast every once in a while.Only because I won't cook a big breakfast every morning . :-) I work, part time, but I work from home. That just sorta goes over his head .

Anyway, I am really not complaining.I could just let it all pile up, but then that would bug me the most, so I just go ahead and do it. He does do most of the outside stuff , whatever my son doesn't do that is.

**midwestgal** · 10-27-2005, 06:45 PM

My husband is really a better housekeeper than I am. When we first married, it was I who really needed to improve! He does laundry, scrubs floors, washes dishes etc. I never have to pick up after him because he puts things away automatically. He was brought up in such a chaotic household that he vowed he would live a more orderly life. I do, however, do most of the cooking and grocery shopping, which I enjoy, and he does all the yard work, painting, landscaping, gardening, and car upkeep and repair.

**AmyBoz** · 10-29-2005, 05:49 PM

Rob takes care of all of the outside household maintenance.

Inside the house, he will do whatever I ask him to do. Today, for example, I told him that I just couldn't tackle the kitchen. So, he emptied the dishwasher, refilled it, ran it. Washed by hand all the pots and pans that were in the sink. Swept and mopped the kitchen floor, cleaned off all of the surfaces and my kitchen is sparkling clean!