So who does the most housework etc in your home

I do washing, ironing, most cleaning. We share the shopping. He pays most bills, sorts out broadband, changes suppliers etc. He mows lawns, keeps the garden looking nice, although I do the planting. It works well. That little Alyson thing made me laugh!

We share cooking. If one cooks, the other one washes up.

I live with a ten year old boy, so I should imagine the answer is fairly obvious.
I do everything. All the time. Day in. Day out. Over and over and over!

Think actually I’m sure my old boy does more housework than me these days. He seems to have a schedule it’s well seen he was never at home with small children and uses a lot of elbow grease i.e. he broke 3 glass tumblers while vigorously wiping a kitchen cupboard today! He often cleans when I don’t think it really needs doing, but he won’t touch dusting or anything he thinks of as fiddly like - given today’s breakages that is possibly just as well! I’m not totally idle, I wash, iron, shop, cook and apart from grass cutting sort out the garden. I buy all the presents, send all the cards, remember to ring/text the children when they’ve big stuff going on. I’m also quite good at spending money, but then he’s very good at sorting out the bills! He mostly drives as he enjoys it and I don’t much.
Everything gets done between us, I’m aware that both of us could do with having a go at the things we don’t like doing but neither of us fancy swapping!

I live by myself so there's only me to do it. If I can't do it or don't want to I find a man who can such as the window cleaner. Lovely DD2 often does online stuff for me which I don't get or stresses me. I help her with stuff she doesn't have time for. I find it all works in the end.

Oh Mawbroon you have made my day, possibly even my week- from here on in my hoover will always be known as little Alison! ????

I think it’s 50:50. We work to our strengths. Himself does all the outdoor stuff - gardening (the ncludng the allotment), snow clearing, rubbish sorting etc - all the day to day cooking and hot beverage making, most vacuuming. He’s my chauffeur too. I do most of the shopping, the tidying and other cleaning, the admin, finance, present buying, holiday and social organising. I bake and do the dinner parties and big family meals. We share the laundry, dishwasher, decorating and cat care. Nobody irons.

Oh, and we share the childcare as well.

I absolutely loved reading all your responses it seems we all fit together in our relationships and families and make things work for us But I would still love to have my other half cleaning the oven occasionally.

When we were younger it was mostly down to me. Now that we are 15 years into retirement, it is very evenly spread. He has gradually taken on a larger share, but we have evolved into splitting the jobs. DH cleans his own bedroom, cooks for himself and does his own laundry. He cooks and clears up when we have visitors. He does all the vacuuming and cleans the windows. Normally he cleans the kitchen. He pays all household bills.

I mainly mop floors, wash paintwork, dust, polish, sort out cupboards, and organise any family visits. I Cook for myself and do my own laundry. I do the majority of grandchild care.

All other jobs are fairly evenly split. It used to annoy me that he just did not see what needed doing. He would happily do it if asked, but would ask things like, ‘what cloth or product to use? He is much more likely totake ownership now.

I suppose like Maggiemaybe we work to our strengths too. I do most of the cleaning (always the windows), cook cakes and puddings and the stuff he doesn’t like doing. He took over cooking most meals when he retired and so does the food shopping as he’s in charge of the menu. We both do the garden, me probably more than him, we both clean the car - he’s out there doing it now, I did it last time. And he does most of the maintenance type jobs with me at the bottom of the ladder and passing things. I do most of the DGC care though as he gets too annoyed! And I am definitely the Social Secretary. Left to his own devices he’d be a hermit although he loves to entertain he won’t invite people round.

I think I'll get those 'should've trained him early' comments , and deservedly so, but I was thinking OH only takes his car to the garage, when Day6 rescued the situation. He does make a mean G&T! I've just got a cleaner and she stays if there's ever a choice to be made!

It was never agreed what are my jobs and what are his but we seem to have fallen into a pattern.
He was always a hands on dad, nappy changing, formular making, feeding etc. he did as much as I did. He's always done some of the cooking, made lunch and hot drinks. He washes kitchen floor and cleans the oven, also the bathroom though never thinks to clean either loo !
He gardens, does bins and cleans my car (he doesn't drive)
I do most of the cooking, all other cleaning and all admin. I book holidays organise insurances. DH is useless on the phone and I don't think he's ever written a letter in his life. That's fine though as he has so many other great qualities. Though I do worry a little about me going first.
I think DD would be quiet busy ☺

I never trained my DH early, justwokeup, he just fell into some roles when he retired. For example, he's always cooked a mean breakfast, but only used to do it on a Sunday, now he's in complete charge of the catering. Funnily enough even my dad, who was the archetypal husband who did absolutely no "women's work" round the house when he worked, discovered he could cook and wash up once he retired. To be honest, I was amazed!

G & T making is a very good skill to have though!

I do all the tidying/cleaning/washing, 99 per cent of the cooking, 99per cent of the gardening, All social arrangements, initiate and help with decorating, but all preparing and clearing up afterwards.
DH opens doors, drawers, cupboards etc but doesn't close them -grr. He also spreads papers on the dining table but doesn't tidy them up. Says he's still using them for days.
I don't want to be angry or too fussy but sometimes!!!

Blimey my DHs idea of helping is to keep out of the way! I actually don't mind as he takes so long to do things and I can just whiz around in half the time.
Great cook though so we work to our strengths!

Very much shared in out home. DH cooks and I clear up kitchen/dining. DH does ironing, vacuuuming, bins, inside windows, mowing, and any "heavy work". Shopping is a shared activity as is all laundry and changing beds. I do "tidying", organising, management of linens, and most dusting. It's all a partnership; but if one of us is ill, the other one can perfectly well do everything.

Jeanie, my OH wouldn't dream of cleaning the oven. But neither would I. That's why those oven valeting businesses exist!

Everything done by me, except mowing the lawn and big heavy jobs like putting up sheds etc in the garden. I'm retired and he's still working, so I guess that's the pay off! four beds detached and looking after two small grand kids, leads to very busy life!

I do the cooking ( I’m trying to get my husband on a cookery course though). We both clean the house and washing. He does the ironing and weeding, I water and plant the hanging baskets etc. We have a gardener to mow the lawn. I mainly deal with the cat feeding etc. The car gets taken to a car valet, but he will organise the service etc , check the oil and screen wash.

I work full time and have a cleaner; no guilt, no regrets. Other than that I have a live-in son who's supposed to deal with bins - a bit hit-and-miss there. We share general tidying, dishwasher, etc. Each responsible for own food and clothes care though I do some of his ironing.

When DH was alive he did - practically nothing . Which didn't stop him trying to manage it.

As my ex worked offshore and abroad for extended periods, I did everything except pool maintenance, cleaning outside windows, gardening and car maintenance.
All our linen was collected and returned by Initial, in tissue in leather boxes.
No nanny for our 5 children. Tried a cleaner but I preferred to do it myself as I'm really organised and like mirrors and glass done every day, cupboards every week and shoes cleaned after wearing them etc.
Having downsized, I have less to do but old habits die hard.
I like sparkling windows, tidy cupboards and fresh bedlinen twice a week.
My ex paid other people to do manual jobs around the house.
It worked very well.

I do the housework, change beds, iron, load the dishwasher, and potter in the garden tending my plants. Hubs does all the cooking, we shop together, he sorts banking, insurance and holidays. He looks after our cars, and drives anytime we go out. He mows the lawn. All in all, I think he probably does more than me.

I do it all as I live alone with my dog. I'm also available to help with school pick ups, taking children to activities, helping out when needed for family and friends. It keeps me young and active. I can't cope with doing nothing.

My husband does all the housework not done by our cleaner. I do most of the cooking and plan holidays, outings etc.