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what do your 18 year olds do around the house

31 replies

summerdays71 · 01/07/2014 22:07

according to dd no one else has to help around the house apart from her

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CrayolaCocaColaRocknRolla · 04/07/2014 11:53

me and dp still live at home with our parents for money reasons. But, I still have to do things such as my bedrrom (obviously) hoovering, washing up etc etc.
DP has to do the bathroom, stairs, washing up, drying up, washing & drying clothes...
no one else in his house apart from his mother will actually do any of that. He is the only one who gets asked. We're not much older than 18. 20+21.

annielostit · 04/07/2014 15:02

My ds is 15 and does sod all. That's my fault. Does anyone want to swap for one of the house trained sort???

MrsRTea · 04/07/2014 15:05

It varies. But it is a struggle.

Cuppachaplz · 06/07/2014 00:15

My DS (11) washes up a couple of times a week, hovers stairs and landing daily, cleans bathroom twice a week, cleans his room, empties bin, changes sheets, puts laundry away. Cooks with supervision once a week.

DSS does sweet fa, and I get an earful if I ask for anything to be done. I'm not bitter about this, honest!

goinggetstough · 06/07/2014 09:09

My DS is back from univerisity and he does what is needed. Luckily he notices what is needed. I came home from work and he had cleaned the bathroom and hoovered the whole flat. He normally unloads the dishwasher and cooks too.
He is quite able to do the washing. But I can't understand why a number of posters say that their DCs do their own washing. That is surely very uneconomic. My DS will put the washing machine on with the family wash in after he has sorted it, but not just his stuff as it would be a waste of energy etc

Goblinchild · 06/07/2014 09:31

DD and DS are both over 18 and living at home. So they take a share of the jobs required to keep a household running. They've always been expected to pitch in, from being tiny, so it's the norm.
I think the challenge is if you've been a parent who's always done stuff for them and then suddenly decide to get cross when they are teens and as idle as they were when they were 6. They are bewildered and resentful that the status quo has changed.
DD cooks several times a week, cleans the bathroom and does laundry loads. She also works full time.
DS hoovers, cuts hedges and lawns, does laundry loads and washes up on alternate days. He works part-time
I do supermarket shops, cooking when DD doesn't, deals with driving and anything complicated involving tradesmen/people.
OH irons and does DIY.
Lists work in this family too.

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