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Am I being unreasonable wanting more housework 'help'

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Spanglyprincess1 · 15/10/2019 20:00

So me and dp both work. Full time and have a 1 year old plus his three older ones 40%.
He does washing up x 3 days and cooking (takeaways or pizza as can't really) on the days all kids are here for him and older ones. He's never cooked for me or baby. I am veggie and he isn't so says he can't. I cook meat for him.
He ties the toys up every day and does 2 clothes washes a week but this is barely half as baby gets through a lt of clothes.
We split childcare evenly for. Our joint child but he does more night waking as he's a night owl and I start work before 6am. I do all bathtimes and bedtimes.
He has hoovered twice, in 8 months, never mops or brushes floor, won't do DIY as 'cant', says he will do garden but I've cut grass more often than him as given up waiting. Does no weeding. No pruning.
Never cleaned bathroom eg bleach or windows or dusted.
Am I being mad or is this unfair!? I approach it and he seems to think. He does everything, genuinely. Even if I list the stuff around the house.
How can I make him see he needs to help in bigger jobs eg garden or house repairs as I can't keep on top of everything.

OP posts:
saywhatwhatnow · 17/10/2019 12:27

I do tend to agree, crack the sleep issues and then sort out the division of chores.

Pastryapronsucks · 17/10/2019 12:51

I have a cleaner 2 hours once a week. It's £30, prob less than a takeaway. She can get through the whole house, vac, dust, mop, clean bathroom and loos and will often have enough time to do another 'specific' task like clean French Windows or wipe kitchen cupboard fronts.

Best money every spent in my opinion, and it's less than than a session of marriage counselling 😁

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