tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post6156740404519371659..comments2023-10-31T04:33:30.335-06:00Comments on The Life of Bon: Can a woman take out the trash?!?bonbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580532603443802313noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-15933261455653244712012-04-20T06:42:09.624-06:002012-04-20T06:42:09.624-06:00your posts are so entertaining! have to admit thou...your posts are so entertaining! have to admit though, i take out the trash AND the recycling, clean the bathroom and do the sweeping...whereas the boy makes the bed, checks the mail and does most of the laundry. never really sat down to think of the differences, but it's quiet interesting :)Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905442111965637763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-16101898619333177392012-04-18T10:44:58.530-06:002012-04-18T10:44:58.530-06:00woa, we must be a weird couple. I cook, he cleans ...woa, we must be a weird couple. I cook, he cleans up after dinner. I clean inside the house, he cleans outside. I shop because I find the good deals. He usually takes out the trash unless its full and he's not home, then I just take it out! I do my laundry and he does his. Oh, and I don't think I've ever once gotten the mail! Crazy how different families run.Kailiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154887174622787596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-26337471479770012412012-04-17T17:42:03.529-06:002012-04-17T17:42:03.529-06:00My hubby and i have definitely very quickly establ...My hubby and i have definitely very quickly establish roles in our marriage. I cook and do laundry, get the mail, do most (98%) of the cleaning, do dishes most of the time; he does take out the trash and drives everywhere we go and takes care of anything car. There is not much besides making the bed that we switch off. I am totally going to convince him that he has got to start doing more chores my goodness it sounds like we would fit right in the 50's. Just call me june cleaver with heels and pearlsJocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850168271056636402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-28052658645479967202012-04-17T17:14:42.472-06:002012-04-17T17:14:42.472-06:00I love this! I am going to read it to my boyfrien...I love this! I am going to read it to my boyfriend over the phone tonight. I always worry about being married because what if I have unrealistic expectations for how we divide up the chores? It sounds like you have it all down perfectly, though. Is this a conversation you had before you got married? Did you know they would be divided up like this I like it!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17615992158810920639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-60865493747136846132012-04-17T17:02:25.981-06:002012-04-17T17:02:25.981-06:00OMG!! Best post ever lol
We totally have our own &...OMG!! Best post ever lol<br />We totally have our own "roles" in the house<br /><br />Me: my own laundry, puppy duty most often, bathroom duty (boo!), cooking<br /><br />Double Duty: dishes, floors, puppy duty, grocery shopping<br /><br />The hubs: his own laundry, floors (more often than not!), yard, fixing up, painting, anything that involves a screwdriver, trash, baby sitting me, bills<br /><br />Yeah I totally win on this lol <br /><br />-Meesh :)Meeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00313497383959170845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-16383115134058287182012-04-17T14:12:30.763-06:002012-04-17T14:12:30.763-06:00This is really funny, because in Women Studies we ...This is really funny, because in Women Studies we talk about this all the time! I grew up in a home where my DAD stayed at home, and my mom went to work. My dad did part-time handy man things around our small town for extra money while we were at school. My mom and dad both shared the responsibility of dinner, trash, getting the mail, etc. Except the kids did the dishes ;) Every half a year, my parents would switch who did the bills & laundry. I like it that way, because there WERE no gender roles in my family. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377443441137537095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-36126533627935762012012-04-17T11:56:32.735-06:002012-04-17T11:56:32.735-06:00Totally! I think about this often too, because we ...Totally! I think about this often too, because we never sat down and discussed it it just sort of happened (though now that we have been married 4 years, we def discuss somethings aka me naggin if he has done his stuff yet haha!) <br />The roles though have changed through our relationship depending on our jobs ect. Like when I was a full time student and no job when we were first married and he was the breadwinner (was in the marines) I was sure that he didnt have to do any of the house stuff or pay bills, I saw that as me "paying my rent" haha! But once I started working and after a few months of doing all the house stuff and working that is when roles started changing too! Though when he started working 60-90 hours per week roles went back to the original of me doing most of the housework, but since he had "Learned" and become used to doing some he still continued to do some of them, such as take out the trash (which he ALWAYS did, I am with you, its a mans job, even growing up us kids didnt do it though) pay half the bills (I pay the big ones that if they are late we are in trouble, cause I am not certain he pays the water bill on time each month but not too scared of that one but mortgage ya I better take that one) he starts the laundry (his work clothes get dirty faster then mine so he notices the need first) and switches the loads. The cooking and majority of cleaning and dishes is my side of things, though when work slows down for him I am not afraid to ask for a hand in bathroom scrubbing or cleaning that is for sure haha!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953586899240393349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-85890213297627195532012-04-17T09:04:35.281-06:002012-04-17T09:04:35.281-06:00oh forgot to mention, newest follower! :)oh forgot to mention, newest follower! :)Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662172783076354604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-54917671594544852882012-04-17T09:04:15.544-06:002012-04-17T09:04:15.544-06:00great post! Love it! It is super einteresting how ...great post! Love it! It is super einteresting how different chores go on! My husband and I have very different views on chores, he was an only child raised by a single mom, a single mom who loved her child so much and did everything for him. Including laundry, until he was 25 years old and his fiance offered to do it for her as a Christmas present (ahem, me) :) <br /><br />I grew up with a dad who does the trash, cleans the yard, takes care of the cars, gets the mail. My mom cooks and cleans and does the laundry. <br /><br /><br />hubby and i get in an argument about once a year,regarding chores and then we rearrange our chores, each time. :)Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662172783076354604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-27471193932098154082012-04-17T08:54:25.730-06:002012-04-17T08:54:25.730-06:00My husband loves to get the mail. And I almost alw...My husband loves to get the mail. And I almost always take the trash out. I guess we break the social norms. My husband and I also have a list of things we each do but kids have muddled that up a bit.Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07737840638083464886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-21329924394162715042012-04-17T08:50:27.198-06:002012-04-17T08:50:27.198-06:00I love reviewing our daily chores:
Corey - trash,...I love reviewing our daily chores:<br /><br />Corey - trash, mail, vacuum, dishes, cook, pick up after me, feed dog<br /><br />Me - make bed, catch up on celebrity gossip<br /><br />It's slightly skewed, but to his advantage....we have one AWESOME vacuum cleaner.Staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393433177339753709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-54356865219570007872012-04-17T08:20:23.485-06:002012-04-17T08:20:23.485-06:00My chores:
Work
Feed Olivia
Grocery shop/Cook (Ada...My chores:<br />Work<br />Feed Olivia<br />Grocery shop/Cook (Adam would be happy to help shop, but he doesn't know what to buy since he doesn't cook)<br />Bathe Olivia<br /><br />Adam's chores:<br />Take out the trash (you are so right, its a boys job!!)<br />Organize the kitchen, bedroom, closets, everything (I do not like this because I can never find my stuff. Only the cook should get to organize the kitchen, am I right???)<br />Play with Olivia (that's what dads are good at, the rolling on the floor play time)<br />Anything I didn't get done before I go to bed (putting the food away, washing bottles for the morning, etc) <br />Sweep and mop floors<br /><br />Shared:<br />Dishes<br />Diapers<br />Making the bedKimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06520199684836826209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-62932926731175365492012-04-17T06:39:56.016-06:002012-04-17T06:39:56.016-06:00Very interesting post! It's always interesting...Very interesting post! It's always interesting to see how other people structure things like chores. I'm not married and my roommate moved out last year (for some reason, she wanted to live with her husband, ha!), so I've been by myself. Leaving every. chore. to. me. Bah! No fun.<br /><br />It IS interesting though. Growing up, my parents always shared on the cooking. Either they cooked together or just kind of alternated days. They were both GREAT cooks.. one was just better at cooking certain thing than they other, and that's what decided who cooked that night.<br /><br />My dad always took out the trash (because it had to be hauled to the dump. gross). But I had never realized until just now that I had NEVER EVER seen him vaccuum. Weird. <br />He washed dishes/cleaned the kitchen/swept/whatever it was that he felt NEEDED to be done if the time came. But he never vaccuumed. Crazy.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10055889629743484940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-74193952287115359572012-04-17T06:25:21.017-06:002012-04-17T06:25:21.017-06:00Wait.....your husband does chores?
Um, I think I ...Wait.....your husband does chores?<br /><br />Um, I think I might need to have a chat with my husband tonight.Ashlee!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14333942685183516079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-57867057162093280792012-04-16T22:02:41.350-06:002012-04-16T22:02:41.350-06:00Eight siblings!? Jeez I can barely handle two. I a...Eight siblings!? Jeez I can barely handle two. I agree that its a strange to think about all the things I think I need to do verses men. Definitly something to think about.Binahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361620817619820111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22472965.post-29300392895369566362012-04-16T21:15:27.059-06:002012-04-16T21:15:27.059-06:00Oooh, super interesting post!
First of all, my hu...Oooh, super interesting post!<br /><br />First of all, my husband also wears a makeshift mask to do the smellier dishes. Lol.<br /><br />I think most of the chores around here are based less on gender and more on the fact that Kyle hates doing some things less than I do and vice versa. <br /><br />I do pretty much all the cooking, decorating, organizing, bill paying, grocery shopping, and floor scrubbing.<br /><br />Kyle does most of the dishes (although we trade off sometimes), takes out the trash, and most of the laundry.<br /><br />We usually split up whatever's left. And because our mailbox is down the road, we like to get the mail together and make it a little evening walk with the dog. <br /><br />When I was growing up, my brother and I did almost all of the chores between the two of us but things like mowing the lawn usually went to him. Which was too bad because I LOVE to mow the lawn! I don't think there's any hard and fast rule about who is supposed to what - every family has to come up with their own system. I think it's great that couples find ways to help each other out, no matter what.Elizabeth @ Love Is the Adventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09618935574628612955noreply@blogger.com