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Moby_Medic · 06-24-2009, 01:07 PM

Just a quick question.

How do you go about deciding who does what around the house?

I feel like I'm stuck doing most of the work. We both work full time. She has a typical 9-5 job where as I work as a paramedic doing a shifts of 24 hrs on and 48 hrs off. I kinda see why most of the house work falls on me as I only work 10 days out of the month.

I don't mind the cooking and the major cleaning but its getting old to leave for work and have dishes in the sink only to come home the next morning with more dishes. And its like that even on her days off. I've gone as far as to do laundry and leave her stuff in the dryer. After a few days of waiting I finally put it away.

Its been like this for our entire marriage of a year and a half. When she was with her mom she cleaned up after herself out side of her room which was a disaster.

How should I go about talking to her about this? I work 48 - 72 hours a week. I'd like to come home and play some video games and sleep while shes at work not clean.

06-24-2009, 01:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Moby_Medic Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Jacksonville, Fl Posts: 4	How Do you divide the housework? Just a quick question. How do you go about deciding who does what around the house? I feel like I'm stuck doing most of the work. We both work full time. She has a typical 9-5 job where as I work as a paramedic doing a shifts of 24 hrs on and 48 hrs off. I kinda see why most of the house work falls on me as I only work 10 days out of the month. I don't mind the cooking and the major cleaning but its getting old to leave for work and have dishes in the sink only to come home the next morning with more dishes. And its like that even on her days off. I've gone as far as to do laundry and leave her stuff in the dryer. After a few days of waiting I finally put it away. Its been like this for our entire marriage of a year and a half. When she was with her mom she cleaned up after herself out side of her room which was a disaster. How should I go about talking to her about this? I work 48 - 72 hours a week. I'd like to come home and play some video games and sleep while shes at work not clean.