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To think this isn’t a fair arrangement?

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Waitingforautumn9 · 14/09/2025 16:54

my Partner is a good partner and a great dad however I am carrying a huge load of our day to day lives. We have a 1 year old and I do all the appointments and admin, all the washing, cleaning and hoovering. He will occasionally do the washing up say once every couple of weeks however he says he doesn’t like to clean as I will criticise him. He will always leave boxers and dirty clothes lying about. He pays for the bills and the mortgage but I pay for all our food and the nursery bill. I organise all the food shppping and meals and near enough everything else you can think of barring a bit of diy here and there. Obviously the way I have worded this post it’s in my favour but that’s because I definitely do a lot more in my opinion. Is this normal or am I doing too much?

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WhenIAmKing · 14/09/2025 17:06

www.fairplaylife.com/the-cards

WhenIAmKing · 14/09/2025 17:06

I’m not sure we can really tell from that. But I recommend fair play cards - if you go through them together you can really identify what all the household/family jobs are and check if you are balanced fairly.

TheCosyViewer · 14/09/2025 17:04

If you are both working full-time, then no, definitely he’s not doing enough. He’s actually doing nothing at all really, is he ? At the very least, I’d stop doing any laundry for him, gather up what he leaves lying around and fling it into the bottom of his wardrobe. When supermarket shopping - don’t include any food that only he likes or any toiletries for him.

ComfortFoodCafe · 14/09/2025 17:02

No its not fair, why should you be picking his dirty pants off the floor.

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