My two sons, both in their late teens/early twenties, live at home and are pretty good at helping round the house - cooking, cleaning etc etc. One is at college and the other is at work.
However one thing they hate doing is watering the windowboxes in the front of the house. They are fine about watering the back garden but say they feel embarrassed to be seen by anyone watering our window boxes.
The windowboxes are heavy and high up. They need to be lifted down to water them. Neither dh or I can safely do this. The boys are both stronger and taller than us so can do this easily. When dh and I went away recently, ds1 watered the flowers and veg in the back garden, tidied the kitchen and lounge, but totally refused to do anything with the window boxes.
I am surprised at their resistance to this simple but essential gardening chore. They seem to see it as a bit effeminate and this saddens me too.
Should I make a big deal of this or let it go?