Household chores as a kid

[Josquius]

Sticky? eh?



My sister is a lazy bitch who won't do anything.
I'm not going to do crap when she doesn't have to.
She isn't going to do anything when I don't.
The system works.

I pretty much just walk the dog.

[jamesww]

This thread reminds me I need to repair/ buy a washing machine. pronto. 

[Jacob]

I never had any chores. Where I did do stuff to help out it was more of just that - wanting to help out - than some imposed duty. No curfews either.

[Malthus]

We always shared the chores, and when we go up to the cottage, we still do - if someone does the cooking, someone else washes the dishes, that sort of thing.

That being noted, the cottage chores were somewhat gendered - chopping up wood or hauling water was a task for my dad or me / brothers, while cooking and clothes-washing was more likely to be done by my mom. 

One task I absolutely hated was gardening. My dad had a dream of being self-sufficient in organic, pesticide-free vegitables, which meant a truly astonishing amount of guarden-work, much of it unpleasant (like spreading manure, or my 'favorite' - picking potato beetles and grubs off potato plants, and dropping 'em into a can of kerosene hung around my neck). Naturally, I was dragged into spending my weekends on this. Cured me permanently of any back-to-the-land type fantasies (plus made me really appreciate pesticides - without chemicals, the bugs eat damn near everything before you do). 

[Monoriu]

Right now, the wife does the cooking, and I do the cleanup. 

Except that she expects me to help with her cooking, while I do the cleanup myself 

[jimmy olsen]

I washed dishes, took out the trash and mowed the lawn.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Whose chore is it to take care of putting up/taking down stickies?
Someone is slacking

[Scipio]

I brought you into this house, and I can take you out.

You want to live here, you pay rent or you work.

I'm not afraid to send you into the crawlspace.

[11B4V]

I tried to get out of any and all possible chores.