I've got a lot on my plate today after not having time to clean the entire apartment for almost two months... it'll be a good time (and I'm sure the cats will love it, vacuums, mops, and all).

How are the household duties split in your home?

In my apartment, sometimes my boyfriend cooks and sometimes he drives us to buy groceries and brings wet laundry up after I bring it down to the laundry room. I do everything else. He used to help by sweeping his computer area for me when I told him it was a cleaning day, but it fell into the same pattern as I saw in my parents. My mom would ask my dad to help, and he would, and then she would come and redo it because it didn't meet her expectations. This is especially true with me because of the cats - we've got tracked litter and giant tumble fur everywhere! I've only met two guys who have been sufficient at sweeping... I think the rest don't think it's important?

I started assigning tasks to him just so I don't get bogged down with the little things too. His responsibilities are cleaning the cat fountain, which he is always overdue on, and thoroughly cleaning out the litter boxes every month. I have to remind him of each so sometimes I wonder if it's worth it for me to take extra time to be the monkey on his back. So this is what growing up is like, huh?

7 of us live in one house. MIL, Glen, myself, BIL, SIL and their 2 children. I do everything. Or well, at least it feels that way sometimes.

Every day I do dishes, sweep/mop the kitchen floor, and vacuum every other day. I clean the bathrooms once a week and I am steady doing laundry for Glen and I. (On top of feeding and keeping the farm animals in order.) Not to mention watching my nieces, which seems to be mine and MIL's duty more than their parents lately...

BIL and Glen work full time so they only do specific things like "fix this" on their days off lol.

SIL seemingly does nothing. She even waits until her laundry baskets are completely overflowing before she washes clothes. It's amazing they ever have something to wear. She doesn't work, mostly because she can't keep a job worth a crap, or just doesn't want to. Pure laziness, really. Once a month she will clean her room, the bathroom she uses and the kitchen. It drives me crazy.

MIL does her share of chores, but is almost always stuck watching the two girls. SIL just assumes her as her personal babysitter, and doesn't consider MIL's plans for that day before she goes out.

Bills are split since there are technically 3 families living here, and we take turns buying groceries.

I feel like I've ranted slightly. I just get so fed up at times with SIL and her lazy attitude. I would leave her parts of the house a disaster and ignore her (incredibly misbehaved) children, but I KNOW nothing will get done. I can't just leave the dishes for someone else to do because they will just sit there. A full sink is a big pet peeve of mine. MIL and I can't not take care of the girls because they would never get fed or be clean.

Needless to say, I can't wait until Glen and I have our own place.

When DH and I were engaged and doing the pre-marital counseling; one of the tips our pastor gave us was "If you don't like the way they do it; do it yourself."     DH and I have stuck to that too. 

DH is undoubtedly a better housekeeper than I am.  He does the trash, yardwork (except the garden), probably 2/3 the litter box scooping (it was 99% of it when we had the litter maid but we've been splitting scooping duties since that died), and plenty of kitchen cleanup.  He usually starts the cat fountain soaking and I finish cleaning that up and reassemble it.  He even gives the toilet cleanings between whole bathroom cleanings.  He also washes his own work uniforms.He will help with whatever I ask him to as well.  He does some things just because he sees they need doing too.  He is a gem and SO appreciated. 

The rest of the housework is pretty much on me; but like I said, he will help do something if I ask.  I can always count on him to help me get the house ready for company or trips.  He doesn't cook; but he does make our salads most nights too. I do all the night time care of our kids and most of their daytime care as well (he helps; he just works a lot).

In our house I do all the cleaning. I like it that way as i'm a bit of a neat freak and I like things to be just right. Our children are grown up and we only have one living at home now and she is hardly ever here so the house doesn't really get that messy anyway.
My hubby loves to cook and is so much better than me at it so we share that duty (to me it's a duty not a pleasure!) during the week, he also sorts the dustbins and washes the cars and does a load of ironing on a Sunday morning. We both sort the litter boxes when they need cleaning but the one thing hubby can't deal with is cat sick so that is left to me, luckily it's a very rare occurrence.

there's no splitting of household chores in my home because it's only me here to do them. but i don't mind because i keep things neat and tidy, everything has a place and everything in it's place, just the way i like it.

I feed, do litter boxes, clip claws, brush, medicate, walk Squeek!, and am responsible for the zebra finches. My roommate and I split the vacuuming, dishes, and laundry. She dusts and tries to organise chaos (which means I often can't find anything).

Whatever needs to be done, we do it. It doesn't matter who does it as long as it gets done.

That being said, though, I tend to take care of inside the house, while Rick does outside maintenance. For the most part. I enjoy mowing the yard. We both do weeding and edging and such. There are chores that I simply cannot do because of my back problems. But when he's doing those chores, I'm outside working on other things that I can do.

I do the twice-daily litter box scooping, but Rick changes the boxes on trash night. We both clean the boxes; they get a good cleaning on trash night; then they're dried and new litter is put in.

We both do laundry. We both vacuum; he's a better vacuum-er than I am. I clean the bathroom and I'm usually the one who changes the bed linens.

I do most of the cooking, but he does help clean up after dinner. He says that's fair.

It works out. Sometimes I feel like I do more one week, but then the next week, I may feel that I'm not doing enough.

As long as the work gets done, we don't really care who does it.

I have to do everything myself. Those lazy ladies will not help me clean at all.

Since I am a single Mom with a 9 y/o with ADD I basically do everything. She is respectable for walking the dog in the morning.

I am a widow and my only child is away at college. I have attempted to create a chore list to divide things up between Lilith, Sophie, Bailey and me but the three of them are slackers and never do their part. I end up having to do theirs as well as mine

Kat0121 said:

 
I am a widow and my only child is away at college. I have attempted to create a chore list to divide things up between Lilith, Sophie, Bailey and me but the three of them are slackers and never do their part. I end up having to do theirs as well as mine

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  I've tried to tell Mooch and Noodles to earn their keep but they just look at me.  I've told Noodles the least she can do is catch the flies that get in.  She is pretty good about that. 

catspaw66 said:

 
I have to do everything myself. Those lazy ladies will not help me clean at all.

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LOL!

DH is responsible for all yardwork, cleaning the cellar, attic and garage, plus grocery shopping. He's very good about straightening up, taking out the trash and sometimes cleaning the bathroom. Other chores like general cleaning, cooking, laundry and pet care are done by me.

catspaw66 said:

 
I have to do everything myself. Those lazy ladies will not help me clean at all.

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Thanks for the chuckle this morning, Terry! 

I have a cleaner.