eazybee
Slightly different tack, I have had enough of mundane chores over Christmas.
47 years ago I had a baby five days before Christmas; following Christmas Day lunch at in-laws I breast- fed the baby and on returning to the dining room everyone stood up saying lets clear up now ; we did, that is me, my sister in law and mother in law. The three husbands lifted not a finger to help but sat in front of the fire playing backgammon, and the situation repeated itself for supper.
This Christmas I was in the same position at my daughter's house: mother in law, daughter and me doing all the washing up and clearing up whilst the men watched football, two days running. Grandchildren played on their phones.
When I have people here for a meal I clear the table, fill the dishwasher and stack the dirty greasy pans and glass wear to wash in daylight the following day; I don't want my guests in their best clothes scouring dirty dishes in my small kitchen and putting stuff away in the wrong places.
Not worth fighting over, but I cannot believe that there are still women who like to show their housekeeping credentials by running round after their menfolk..
I hate mundane tasks at the best of times, I race against the clock in a challenge to myself to get them done as quickly as possible. This week the chores have been shared, the house is clean but full of Christmas still, and will be until 3rd January.
I doubt many families split the labour as you described with the women doing all the work these days eazybee, my mum wouldn’t stand for that even in the sixties when we were children. She and my nanna cooked, my dad and grandad washed up and cleaned up the kitchen at Christmas while the cooks sat down with a port and lemon!
