So who does the most housework etc in your home

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!

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.

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 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.

Oh, and we share the childcare as well.

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

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.

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 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!

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

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!

All by me, as daughter is disabled and can`t really do anything. My 2 other daughters tend to sort out the best value for insurance etc., and set them up for me, as I`m pretty useless at that.

Both of us, though I usually do the cooking

We have a cleaner one morning a week. We have had one most of our married life and I have no intention of doing without one.

I shop and cook, do the laundry and ironing.

Dh does diy, banking and heavy gardening (under instruction)

Everything else is on an 'as and when' basis. Though I hope he notices that the inside of the windows need doing.

I do it all, always have and hopefully always will.
DH still works part time, but if I’m ever ill or unable to do anything he takes over, not always with successful results but, hey ho! As long as I get the odd sandwich and cup of coffee I’m fine.
However, I often send him out shopping, if only for milk, as he always comes home with bags full of goodies that he cant resist, these can include wine, chocolate, cakes, savoury goodies to save me getting a meal.
Long may it last.

Silverlining, That made me laugh. OH is napping as I type. He could fall asleep on a clothes line! Wish I could! When he wakes he generally feels a need to make amends for being absent (I let him although I never complain) - so he'll put the kettle on, or <checks watch> make us a nice G&T.

DH does the lot, took over when he retired. He likes to keep active.

I am very lucky. OH is aware of what needs doing in terms of overall cleanliness. He will sweep the kitchen floor, vacuum everywhere and shop and cook. I tend to be the one who does all the fussy bits, like cleaning loos properly, shining up taps, cleaning sinks, dusting and washing curtains. He just doesn't notice the detail.

I do the laundry, he does most of the gardening, We both cook and grocery shop, usually doing it together. He does the bins, I do the ironing. He tends to unload the dishwasher, a job I dislike! We both drive and we share the bills. I tend to be the one who tidies up when the place needs a tidy. I am our social secretary too and the one who prompts most outings. It's a pretty fair division of labour.

I do the lot! My husband walks the dog early each day for many miles but that's it. Grateful for that but I knew my lot years ago so I'm ok with it.

Me!

I don't have a husband so I do everything but then again I did when I had a Husband and worked full time. I also do all the decorating. My son trims the hedges and trees for me and does trips to the skip etc but apart from that it's down to me.

Me!

I have a weekly cleaner- I do everything else because I live on my own.

Are you happy with 'little Alyson' Maw I find mine so much better to use than the corded one.