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**Black Swan** · 12-10-2008, 23:34

We take turns keeping the boat we live on ship shape. But there are trade-offs too. I'm a pretty good cook, but hate doing laundry at the local coin-operated laundromat, so we often trade off, I doing more of the cooking and Cinful doing some of my laundry.

haille · 13-10-2008, 10:29

I do all the cooking ,housework ,cleaning, laundry {my own ironing, my wife does nt think I am any good at it.she does some herself or else gets someone else to do it.I am a qualified massage therapist so she makes a regular weekly appointment as well. The trade off is she teaches and likes to have house cleaned when she gets home and dinner ready.

Honey-ec · 13-10-2008, 10:31

I do all the cooking cause I really enjoy it, he does the dishes. I do most of the laundry, but he does the pooper-scooping out the back (and there's a lot of it - we have three Boxers). Everything else is pretty much 50-50, although it usually works out that I do the bathrooms while he hoovers/mops. He's also great at taking the rubbish out but ALWAYS forgets to put a new bag in the bin...

Malari · 13-10-2008, 10:45

I do the cooking, because I don't see it as a chore, I love it. He does washing up. He kills me if I attempt it after making a meal!

He actually looks after the kitchen cleaning most of the time. I'd do the hoovering and some tidying. We share the bathroom duties. I iron (but I like doing this!) and he would put a wash in the machine and I would hang it out and put it away.

Works out well, all in all. We've never ever had an argument about domestic duties.

Are we lucky?

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haille Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Clare Posts: 18 Adverts \| Friends	who does the housework I do all the cooking ,housework ,cleaning, laundry {my own ironing, my wife does nt think I am any good at it.she does some herself or else gets someone else to do it.I am a qualified massage therapist so she makes a regular weekly appointment as well. The trade off is she teaches and likes to have house cleaned when she gets home and dinner ready.

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Black Swan Category Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cluiche r�omhaire Posts: 19,655 Adverts \| Friends CMod: Philosophy, Politics, Researcher, Science, Science Mods	We take turns keeping the boat we live on ship shape. But there are trade-offs too. I'm a pretty good cook, but hate doing laundry at the local coin-operated laundromat, so we often trade off, I doing more of the cooking and Cinful doing some of my laundry.

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Honey-ec Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckooland Posts: 4,764 Adverts \| Friends	I do all the cooking cause I really enjoy it, he does the dishes. I do most of the laundry, but he does the pooper-scooping out the back (and there's a lot of it - we have three Boxers). Everything else is pretty much 50-50, although it usually works out that I do the bathrooms while he hoovers/mops. He's also great at taking the rubbish out but ALWAYS forgets to put a new bag in the bin...

13-10-2008, 10:45	#19
Malari Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,797 Adverts \| Friends	I do the cooking, because I don't see it as a chore, I love it. He does washing up. He kills me if I attempt it after making a meal! He actually looks after the kitchen cleaning most of the time. I'd do the hoovering and some tidying. We share the bathroom duties. I iron (but I like doing this!) and he would put a wash in the machine and I would hang it out and put it away. Works out well, all in all. We've never ever had an argument about domestic duties. Are we lucky?