A little housework poll

[ailbhe]

This isn't as carefully thought out as I wanted it to be but I've had a hell of a day and topped it off by cooking us all dinner while watching both children - Emer on my hip, Linnea playing in the kitchen. Then we reached a point where Rob only had to hold Emer for her to have screaming hysterics - we've been working up to that for a couple of weeks now, he has always ignored small babies by default and she's really noticing - and now I've gotten her off to sleep and perhaps I will have an uninterrupted, hot cup of tea.

At least Rob is prepping tomorrow's dinner, which will go in the slow cooker. Tomorrow had better be better than today.

[Poll #852294]

Comments

[mrs-warwick.livejournal.com]

In a way jobs around our house were divided on gender lines, in that my dad was so busy doing DIY jobs and fixing the cars etc. that the other stuff was done while he was busy elsewhere. However he would often vacuum or wash up. He can cook, but it was mostly restricited to the Sunday roast or Christmas day as he was rarely available to do other meals. I don't remember him loading the washing machine but I have seen him empty it and hang the washing on the line.
All of us children had our own jobs to do around the house, my stepsister was exempt from dusting and vacuuming because of her dust allergies, so she got extra ironing and washing up. With a big house, 6 children, 3 horses, 3 dogs, 2 cats and varying numbers of rabbits and guinea pigs; there is no way we could have survived if we hadn't all done our bit.
Paul and I share most things; but I have told Paul that I will learn how to fix the car when he learns how to do >99% of the laundry rather than once-in-a-blue-moon.