Posted: Feb 12, 2014 1:58 pm
Fallible wrote:Ah well things move on, eh. I remember stand up arguments as a teenager with my dad when I asked why he did nothing around the home. Apparently it's ''women's work''. But even in those days I was aware of other men helping out.
I still can't get the man to help in the house - not with actual housework. He'll do shopping, empty trash, and take the recycling to the depot, but that's about it. I've tried to teach him to cook but it's just not worth the effort. So he'll go off to buy takeaways or frozen food if I can't cook. He won't do anything else though.
My kids are different. They'll do everything in the house, even the ironing. My DH, he'll take his stuff to the laundry if he didn't have me to do it, or he'd hire someone to come in to do it.