to ask what your other halves are doing?

[N1ghtshade]

Especially to the working mums with children under 10 or under 5.
Just interested to know what percentage are watching the children vs being holed up in their man-caves.

So jealous of the people with husbands who are home before 7:30. Mine rarely is, and never cooks family meals, tho capable of ordering take away if pushed.

Grass is always greener tho...

Doesn't apply to them then, eh Yellowbird

Watching the news, DD is in bed - she's under the weather and took herself up! There's a first for everything 😊

Running the DC's bath.

On the train home.

He's on the way home, having picked the car up after its service. He's very good with dc and with stuff round the house actually. I'm very lucky. Although I wish he'd load the dishwasher AND turn it on rather than just loading it!!

He's gone out to get something for dinner (I can't be arsed tonight) and I'm having a snooze on the sofa. Love tiring days when kiddo is in bed by 5.30.

Dh is currently sat in the couch making a pom pom for DD. He's just lit the fire. Kids are playing on the floor in front of us.

On the way home. He left early so he can get my eldest from her friends and save me dragging the baby out. He is never usually home before 6:30pm.

Playing hide and seek with our two before showering them. I'm sitting on my arse drinking coffee shouting 'HOT DRINK!!' every time one of them runs too near me. I will join in bedtime milk, teeth and story though. 50/50 round here.

He's only just got in from work but already he's in the lounge rubbing down the filler in the new skirting and then painting the ceiling. I'm in the kitchen cooking a roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings.

Still at work

He's making tea and painting ds1 bedroom ready for a sleepover in the afternoon as it's ds1 birthday weekend.

He's just gone to the pub. I've just got in from work and was supposed to be going too but DS is poorly so I'm getting comfy and slippers on and staying home. (DH got the short straw and was with DS all day taking temps and clearing up (if you get my drift)..)

Mine is still working, having started at 5.30am. We're lambing at the moment and have a lot of very pregnant ewes. He'll come into the house in about 15 minutes, spend some time with 2 year old DD, bath her with me and then put her to bed. Then he'll go back out and carry on...

He's at karate with DD.

Ooh roast chicken here too! DH made it, now we're both on the sofa while the dc play upstairs ☺

Well, mine's in his man cave.

Mine's out looking for his dad, as he's been unwell, so gone to check he's ok. Then he's bringing back fish and chips.

He's been home today whilst I went work as dd's have chicken pox, and I've already had 2 days off looking after them, and one the week before as dd1 was sick.

That's not to say I've had to really put my point across as to why he has to have a day off parenting

Adding a printer to use new laptop. He has just cleared up after tea. I took the dcs out today so he could work in peace. Tomorrow is my turn for peace

He's making DS's tea and trying to convince him vegetable ravioli is nice. I'm sat on the sofa mumsnetting.

He's been at work today and i haven't. I'm being spoilt. 😊

Indeed sum, it's all rather niche isn't it.

Pretty much all the cooking, shopping, menu planning.

No issues with me going out on weekends with friends although it's not that frequent. Happy to look after DS who is 4.

Comes with me to soft plays on Sat am and does most active play.

Not much in the way of housework but does occasional load of washing and cleans kitchen after cooking.

I have no complaints (unless I'm pre-menstrual).

He's cooking dinner. I can hear him listening and singing to his crap music while he does so