If you do all the cooking in your house...

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Who does the washing up / clean up of the kitchen afterwards?

Secondly, are you a clean as you go type of cook or do you make a huge mess?

I do nearly all the cooking and washing up. But I work part time (4 days a week) whereas DH works full time long hours, so it ends up fair. When he was between jobs for a few months we split it evenly.

I do a bit of clearing up as I go but leave most of it to the end.

I make a huge mess and DH cleans up. But we do share the cooking. He's a clean as you go man so it's worse for him. I'm a much better cook though so it evens out

I'm a clean as I go and DH cleans up after. Would far rather cook than clean up, so both happy with this arrangement 😂

I do all the cooking, tidy a little as I go but dp does all the cleanup. It suits us best, playing to our strengths.

I do all the cooking and clean up as I go along . After meals I pack the dishwasher but dh does all the actual kitchen cleaning here .

I do the majority of the cooking tidy up along the way and then DH finishes tidying later.
If he cooks for some reason he also tidies up! Win, win for me.

I've learnt that it's easier to tidy as you go.

I'm doing the cooking tonight but DH will bath DS2 "in return".

I cook - husband tidies up and loads dishwasher .... he took over this chore about 2 years ago when we changed to a troublesome tricky to load dishwasher

Me, load into dishwasher and one of empties it, often dp but I do my share. I work pt, him full

I do most of the cooking and I wash up a lot of it as I go. Then stuff that can goes in the dishwasher, and DH washes up the rest.

I usually cook and tend to clean/tidy as I go as we don’t have a huge amount of counter space. I also like to try new (read: complicated) recipes that use a lot of pots and pans and cutlery so it helps to do it this way!

My partner will load the dishwasher with whatever’s left afterwards and one of us will spray the sides and wipe the table.

I do all the cooking, I’m a good cook and enjoy it so it’s not a chore. DH helps clear up afterwards, he generally ‘does’ the dishwasher, but we are a team and just get on with whatever is necessary. DH does loads around the house, more than me (takes the bins out, clears up the dog poo in the garden 🤢) so being the house cook is the least I can do. And no one gets any thanks for the recognition of their ‘good kitchen cleaning’ whereas I bask in the glory of compliments my cooking receives

I am a v tidy cook though and always clear up as I go, I can’t stand messiness and disorder.

I do all the cooking, clean up as I go. DH and kids will usually clear up afterwards, but I will help too. DH does so much other house stuff (it's amazing the stuff he sees needs doing that I don't really notice, or wouldn't consider doing myself), I think our split of chores is pretty fair. My 'stuff' tends to be more routine - washing, cleaning and cooking, his is more ad hoc - DIY, garden, tech stuff. He's also much better at helping the kids with school things - usually DD GCSE Maths and Physics.

Me.

DH does all the washing up. I clean as I go, but he doesn't realise I do

I normally cook, then DH/DS tidy up and load the dishwasher. I bung things in as I'm going along, but that's because I'm a "use every pot and utensil" kind of girl.

I would much rather cook than clear up and DH is the opposite, so works out well.

I do all the cooking.

I clean as I go and DH and DSs do everything else at the end.

Years ago my DH got huffy about always having to do the dishes so I stopped cooking for him and washed everything myself. He soon realised how good he had it.

I’m a SAHM and do all the cooking and cleaning up afterwards. I also tidy as I go.

I do all the cooking and clear up as I go but that means putting everything to the side of the sink. DH loads the dishwasher and washes up whatever needs washing. I've also trained him to wipe over the hob and make sure the sink is clean.

I clean as I go but because I am cooking properly that is necessary because I make a lot of mess! I try to make sure the decks are clear and the dishwasher is empty before we sit and eat. Then hopefully someone else clears up, I do it when dh cooks and on a Sunday. He does all the laundry.

I do both, dh works full time long hours, I'm currently furloughed, so it makes sense that while I'm at home with dc, childcare (ds is 18 months, so no schooling) and housework should be my responsibility.

Although he vacuums and steam mops the floors because I hate it.

I cook, DC clear up, DH oversees and checks they’ve done it properly. If either of the DC help me cook, then they don’t have to clear up.

I’m fairly tidy - I put away ingredients, wipe sides and put stuff in the dishwasher as I go, but generally don’t wash up things that need soaking / scrubbing, so they’re left for later.

I cook and clean as I go but DP always loads the dishwasher at the end of the meal and the final wipe-down of all areas.

Normally we split it, but as our daughter is here I tend to do more, whomever cooks, the other tidies.
I clean as I go though and so does he.

I cook, DH clears up
We’re trying to get the dc (9, 12), more involved in both.

I do most cooking, DH tidied up/washes up a bit/loads dishwasher. He usually sets the table too.

I expect that to be the norm to share the work. We've also started training DD to put her late in the dishwasher or at least in the side.