Do you help out the mom or wife wash dishes/clothes? I've become a lazy person and get told I need to do house chores but I feel that's not my duty. I feel like an ******* for that.
You might be. In our house it isn't that I help my wife. I do all the dishes. Sometimes she'll help me. My wife is a fantastic cook. She makes the meals, cleans up the mess of her spills, splashes and whatever. I don't mind doing dishes to hold up my end of the bargain. More than half of the dishes can go in the dishwasher so it's not that big of a deal. Then I clean up whatever splashes and spills my cleaning ends up making. It seems fair to me, and I feel good to do my part, though I still think I get the better end of the bargain.
The first two or three years as a single adult, watching the mess pile up isn't as bad as realizing how insanely easy it is to clean or avoid it altogether. Also, as I think the last two generations might be a little less mechanically inclined, men aren't doing as much home repairs or renovations and may need to pick up the slack by assuming housekeeping duties, especially with most couples nowadays having two incomes.
In 30+ years of marriage, the only chore I try to leave to my wife is folding the fitted sheets, although I occasionally butcher it. Other than that, I can't think of any household chore I don't do. Also, if you can afford a $600+ monthly car note, you can afford to do household chores.
I do the dishes every time right away. Like there is never a plate in the sink just left there. Same with general cleaning, making the bed and all. I was once told if I can't even clean my house right, how can I ever run a business or company right. So it's the little things early on that makes one be able to achieve greater things later on in life.
Do the dishes wrong (clean them half way), break them, and then act all innocent and you'll never have to wash dishes again. People will be yanking them out of your hands and pulling them away even when you try. Hope that helps.
I own a home, so I'm obligated. When I visit my mother, she tells me not to do dishes, but I clean my own anyway. I hate a dirty kitchen.
I have a machine that washes dishes, apparently. You put the dishes in, squirt in some sort of thick fluid out of a bottle, set the timer to start the machine around 3am, and then in the morning the dishes are clean. It's amazing!
Ha poor people. I have a never ending supply of new china. After every meal I smash my dishes on the ground and let the helper boy sweep up the mess. -tex
