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How often does your partner/DH do housework ?

29 replies

KangarooKenny · 08/05/2022 15:58

I clean every week, dust and hoover upstairs and down, and do the bathroom. Kitchen and floor I’ve dropped to once every fortnight as I’m fed up of doing it. Obviously sides get wiped down a couple of times a day, floor hoovered as necessary.
DH cleans his bathroom only, and even then it’s every 2-3 weeks. Me and the kids use it occasionally.
Am I unreasonable to expect it to be done weekly, as it gets very grubby after 1 week ?

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FourChimneys · 08/05/2022 17:22

Daily. He is retired and I run my own business so he does more than me. We tend to do different things though. For instance he cleans the bathrooms and does the ironing while I keep the kitchen tidy and change the bed.

GetOffTheTableMabel · 08/05/2022 17:22

Every day. Monday - Friday I cook and he does the clearing up.
He cooks and clears up at the weekend. I do all the washing and he does all the ironing. We have cleaners once a fortnight and I do the rest of the cleaning in between their visits. He does the lawns and any garden tidying jobs.
And he prefers self-catering holidays so he always does all the cooking/clearing up when we’re away.
What I value most about our arrangements is that they don’t ever need discussing. It just all happens.

trevthecat · 08/05/2022 17:28

Dh works away Sunday afternoon till Friday eve so I do all during the week, he does most at the weekend. When he is home for a few weeks we split it 50/50.

noborisno · 08/05/2022 19:02

We found it works better if I do all the household stuff including all meals, all tidying, laundry, lawn mowing, gardening, etc. and he pays all the bills. He can concentrate on that, I can know all that's my job, never get upset about his lack of help, and be stress-free to do the things I enjoy.

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