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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, ed....
when i was married, the ex rarely did a thing, except clean his plate by fork or tortilla... and he keep the tv well worked...
*he did do his steady job, so's we could have a place to live and food, while i took care of house and yard...
*the texas yards, though were hard grass to handle, so i'd have to press him to mow the yard, or do any heavy work that i could not do... and he'd lug out a cat litter when it was time for me to clean it...
well--having all boys, i taught my boys to do their cloths, when they were old enough to--they like that, being that as the neared the teens, they would have no clothes, if they didn't do it, as i told them so... :)
we never ate in other rooms, due to south texas roaches, feeling "too welcomed" by crumbs etc... so all dishes came to me, and i'd wash, as i liked to make sure it was set for the night, and no roaches, :))
kept everything in it's proper spot, so no clutter and thus the house looked clean, even if it wasn't due for proper cleaning, yet..
nowwwwwwwwwwww.... with me and the critters here...
well, i do everthing, and keep all things in proper places (or, in those occasional "fun to decorate around" posturing-piles of 'what-nots' and things to grab when 'on the spur'...
never gets messy that way... so--only cleaning it all then needs is vacumming--well, THAT would be easy, if it wasn't for THESE critters doing their work, WHICH they so heart-feltedly, seem needed to chip in:
patty ann marie
she will load up the ol' sofa with her hair, and do it quite well... and she adds any finishing touches, to the old ragged flat carpet (as this house had that when we moved in)with bits of sand or dusty dirt from outside (times when wiping her feet didn't help much)...
the host of cats:
they work hard at house-cleaning, leaveing a clean-sheen of cat hair, near abouts everywhere that i figured i had already cleaned my OWN way...
i, of course keep the cat litters (and bathroom) clean, too, as well--, AS to tell you the truth, they DO NOT seem to understand that the treasures that they leave here, in their version of setting-up house, is not really a clean-type-aspect of such doings...
wow, thanks for the fun, ed...
say, my foot was a bit hurt, so the house was awful for near two weeks... well, now on labor day, it is well enough to clean...
been up all night, til 8 in the morning, happyily-whole-heartedly doing it...
say, all, wow, my house is clean again!
wow, say, wonder what that ol' CAT is fixing to do now??
hmmm, i better go follow it....
oooops, yep, just as i susected...
wellllllll, you all, .... got to go now...
:)
happy housecleaning and
happy holiday...
:)
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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i do most of the cooking and cleaning in my house.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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I order the butler to make sure that the housekeeper has all of the maids keep the house in order.
I am responsible for signing all of the pay cheques for the staff and ensuring the estate is profitable.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Who cleans, cooks and runs the household these days?
Men of course.
I blame the breakdown of established societal norms.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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I do the bulk of the cooking simply because my wife cant cook, she's too hung up on following the directions to be a good cook but she is a great accountant so she takes care of the money. We share on house cleaning but my standards are lower than hers and I just dont see some of the stuff that drives her crazy. I do all the fix it stuff around the house and do all the work on the cars, have not been to a mechanic in years, black electrical tape covers those service engine soon lights very nicely.
All in all we try and share duties evenly when we can.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Who cooks? Almost always he does. He likes how he does it better. I generally always clean afterward. He also does most of the grocery shopping. There is nothing I hate more than shopping, and this includes the grocery store. He seems to actually enjoy it! And he enjoys not eating toast for a week straight.
Who shovels the snow? Both do though he does it more than I do.
Gathers, cuts and splits and stacks the firewood? And brings it into the house? N/A
Who maintains the yard? Primarily I do. I cut, edge, weed eat, weed, make new flower beds, buy the flowers, plant them, care for them. Just yesterday I replaced four sprinkler heads in the sprinkler system. He is not a fan of yard work at all.
Who maintains the autos? We each take care of our own.
Who maintains the sporting equipment? Maintains? You mean ogles, organizes, gazes at? He does. :) This is hardly a chore at our home. I may draw back a stump if I fooled with the climbing gear. When we go for a bike ride, we generally each clean and prep our own bike though.
Who maintains the house, ie plumbing and such? I deal with HH repairs and upgrades far more than he does. I have a more flexible schedule so I am the one that generally deals with this.
Who takes care of the pets/kids? He deals with his feline, and I deal with my parrots. And as for kids - we each took care of ensuring they would never be a part of our lives.
Who fixes the computers? Each deals with our own equipment.
Moosie said "There are lots of things besides cleaning."
Yes, you forgot laundry - a most dreaded chore. We each do our own. Nothing we own ever needs to be ironed so this is not an issue. And almost nothing we own needs the care of dry cleaning so that too is not an issue.
Who drives? We each do.
Can't think of other forgotten responsibilities.
edit: No surprise I forgot this: take out trash and recycling. I seem completely incapable of these tasks and I don't know why. He does it 99% of the time.
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adam d
climber
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SHE says I do:
General cleaning: 30%
Cooking: 20%
Take out: 80%
Dishes: 42%
Compost: 95%
Trash: 50%
Litter Box: 1%
Garden/watering: 75%
Laundry: 7%
Shopping: 50%
Special occasion cleaning: 45%
Coffee making: 95%
We both like it tidy and organized but her more so than me.
I agree within 5-10% or so...guess I've got some more work to do!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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If you do the leads and pay the bills you don't gotta do shlt else.
OLD ESTABLISHED RULE I JUST MADE UP
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Captain...or Skully
climber
or some such
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I'm the only one that lives here. I guess I'd better get on it, huh?
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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The major difference is "the pile." If I only had one...I read once to never pick up a piece of paper twice. Yet to master that wisdom.
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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I do all the cleaning. He doesn't see the point since it will just get dirty again. I do the laundry. I do the yard work and pick up the dog poo 90% of the time. I cook, he does the dishes. He does 90% of the fixing of broken things and that includes the computer. I handle the finances. He does some car maintaince and we both take our own cars in when needed. The trash is probably 50/50. No fireploace or woodstove. He does chop down trees on the property. I do all the painting and he does all the building. I do the shopping, although usually he comes and sits in the car with a coke from McDonald's and listens to the radio. We both were in other relationships when we were raising children so that is not an issue. Is it divided fairly? Probably not. Do either one of us complain about it, rarely.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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this all sounds sooo '70s ish. Do people still worry about such things? Who climbs the thirty foot ladder in the middle of a rain storm to fix a leaking roof. I can guarantee its not the wife. ha
I live alone (maybe my attitude explains that), so no one cleans. lol (I've always got better things to do. But my roof doesn't leak.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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I've been trying to train Loki to do her share of cleaning, but she's a slow learner.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I'm doing it right now.
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coastal_climber
Trad climber
British Columbia
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^^^ cleaning at the computer? must be using tissue....
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Ever since J-Do (Donini) and I got that Husqvarna leaf blower, we fight each other for who gets to do the living room. The other rooms being quite a bit smaller, one doesn't get quite the fun velocity levels and they simply go neglected. Our guests don't comment on the chunks; probably due to sympathy for the elderly.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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ME, ME, and ME!!!!!
So there!!!
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Came back from a wonderful weekend to my first set of Honey-Do's in over 10 years.
Grumbling compliance is easier than outright defiance. Especially when I see the point. If she were a neat freak, she certainly wouldn't have said yes to me.
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