What chores do your husbands help with if any?

I’m a sahm and just trying to see how much help other sahm get from their husbands

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trash and cat litter are the only ones that are just his responsibility. he does the dishes a few times a week. but he will do any task i ask him to whenever

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My husband does a tonne of chores (like clean the bombsite of kitchen every night) and is the maintenance guy and tech guy and diy guy and goes to office 3 times a week. I told him from start the house we live in is too big for me and to get us a cleaner but he wanted to do more. We are always behind and i make more mess when cooking and i dont sleep enough to get enough cleaning done in day too, so he and his mum (who comes n goes all day) help out a lot n so does my mum every weekend. And still the house is not done! In my defence i am breastfeeding a tricky 7 month old and the toddler is up from 3 or 5 am so i do the nights and pre- nursery prep! N try to feed all of us but husband fends for himself on food now too!

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Cleaning, laundry, cooking, and whatever else there is to be done. I do all this too. He just also does it.

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My husband works 7:30-3:30 Mon-Fri as an electrical Design engineer and commutes 20 minutes one way for context. My job while he’s gone is to keep the kiddos fed, happy, and alive. The chores are both of our jobs at the end of the day.

However how we personally divide the labor typically on any given day is we do our respective jobs and then when he comes home, he handles the kiddos and I do home making such as dinner and generally cleaning. Once the kiddos are asleep and down, he takes on more chores labor but typically it’s 50/50 then. That’s how we feel it’s most fair. Weekends are always 50/50 with kids and chores with some away in the divide given some circumstances.

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Mine does his own laundry, regular chores like dishes or the floors, trash / diaper pail, bath time. Only thing I specifically do is bedtime and cooking but he will make food occasionally if I need a break. I still do dishes and what not unless I’m too tired

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My partner doesn't help me. He lives there just as I do and he is responsible of our place same as I am.

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It took a lot of conversations (ok and def some arguments) to finally get a scenario that works for both of us. We currently rent but are planning on buying early next year, but we have just divided everything based on what we can handle and our strengths lol hes good at making sure the dishes are always done, I'll wait till the dishwasher is full and im eating cereal with a fork 😅 im great at laundry and getting stains out, he doesn't even separate things nor fold his clothes! He's really good at keeping up with the regular vacuums and bathroom wipedowns, but im better at remembering to dust as well as the monthly deep cleans and organizing.

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His only ‘set’ tasks are outside ones. His idea of clearing up after dinner is just piling everything next to the sink, even though we have a dishwasher. He often does the bins and will sometimes hoover or wipe down the surfaces. He’s never cleaned the bathroom or done laundry and I do all the cooking. He’ll do it if I ask, but never just off his own back.

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I’m a SAHM too— All the outside stuff, trash, and he does the dishes he uses, then he helps me to clean up the kitchen after dinner.
He’s an attorney and we just started a small business that is full throttle taking off so I don’t really want him to worry about much around the house atm

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We share chores together. Never thought of it as him “helping” me because we are both parents and a couple. So we just parent together as parents and partner together as a couple. More like a teamwork.

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All of them I just look after kids

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Stacks dishwasher. Hangs up/brings in clothes, takes them to laundromat in winter coz we don’t have a dryer. The bins. He cleans up the kitchen spotless after I cook, coz I’m putting the baby to bed. We’ve never argued about chores or who does what, he’s always done his share.

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No help at all, not even with the baby..

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Whatever I don’t wanna do that day tbh but mainly trash, bathroom, & dishes. Everything else I can do myself happily, but those three things annoy me so he handles them

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It’s equal. Though there is room for improvement. He could do more. If I want something specifically done I have to tell him. He does all the gardening and washing the car.

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My husband does all the housework and I do the washing

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He does just as much, if not more than me. But he’s not ‘helping’ me, he’s just being a contributing member of the household

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He doesn’t do anything but that’s why we r having issues. Don’t think about what others are getting. Think what u need and want from ur husband and also u need to set up a structure for urself.

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I’m a stay home mother as well and he does just about everything but the dishes and laundry.

We’re both currently sick with a fever of 100-101 and both of our kids has recovered and now we’re suffering. Our youngest was in the ER over the weekend. We have a 5 year old hyperactive, ADHD child and a 7 month old boys.

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he takes out the trash & he’ll sweep

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My partner does the chores I hate, like anything to do with bins, picking up the dog poop, cleaning the hob.

He also helps out on other chores, but he’s not allowed to hang out the washing. The way he does it stresses me out 🤣

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My partner will put out the bins every week, mow the grass, sort the shed/garage. He will do washing and fold it🤣 I just don’t expect him to put it away as I will go and sort it out again anyway haha!! He will hoover go and do the food shopping. He will cook but I take over in that way (well in most things) I just do it myself sometimes easier 😬

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That one is a hard answer, now, while I sometimes (yes I actually said sometimes because I'm a touch OCD and my husbands OCD with cleaning doesn't match mine lol) like him helping with cleaning. Truthfully though I like to do cleaning when I'm annoyed at him, stressed out or I'm general when the baby is napping. It sounds crazy but at this point its part of my routine and actually has the tendency to be therapeutic. Now mind you, my husband works +50 hours a week and was previously working more like +60 hours doing 6 days but recently went to 5 days which I'm thankful for. HOWEVER, there are times that I would appreciate more help from him, sometimes he will help with chores if he's home or gets home and he will randomly help or won't, hit or miss situation there, and he will help sometimes with the baby.. Key word sometimes.. Even on the weekend when he's off I am still on duty.

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Mine does what he can see needs to be done, I don’t think I’ve ever had to ask him to do something house wise.

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He primarily does outdoor chores but on occasion he’ll run a load of laundry or make dinner . Most house chores I do bc of his work hours and I’d rather him spend more time with our son when he is home so they’ll be playing together or change his pull up or give him a bath

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So my man takes out trash, clean and straightened up the living room and bedrooms, vacuum and does laundry. I take care of the bathroom and kitchen. It has gotten difficult to do now that we have two children but we make it work.

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