Housework: Men should not do it.

[Valmy]

So you're saying the key to a happy marriage is for her to get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich? Interesting. 

sbr and PDH might not be the best sources for advice on successful marriages.

[Malthus]

So you're saying the key to a happy marriage is for her to get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich? Interesting. 

I don't see how my wife making you a sandwich is going to help my marriage.   

[HVC]

So you're saying the key to a happy marriage is for her to get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich? Interesting. 

sbr and PDH might not be the best sources for advice on successful marriages.

don't go all fahdiz on us


Hey, where'd he go to anyway?

[Eddie Teach]

Probably better than asking Guller and CDM though.

[MadImmortalMan]

More likely that men simply have a higher tolerance for messiness. /generalization

[merithyn]

This is a case, I think, of somewhat misleading statistics.

I think it is more likely that men and women who share chores are already more independently-minded, and probably just naturally more prone to divorce for unrelated reasons (or no reason at all)...while those couples where the wife is more likely to do all the chores, is probably already more "traditionally-minded", and just as much naturally less likely to divorce.

Great minds.....

[CountDeMoney]

Heh plenty of men clean for the sheer joy because they are neat freaks.

Call me kooky, but back in my day, I learned very early that girls you bring home that you've pretty much just met are much more amenable to dropping their panties in a clean place than a filthy place.

Girls are weird like that.  They won't fuck in filth.  At least, not the ones really worth fucking.

[HVC]

Unless you're really attractive. Then they clean for you. I have a friend who it seems has one night stands just for the maid service  

He's a dick, but entertaining

[CountDeMoney]

Unless you're really attractive. Then they clean for you. I have a friend who it seems has one night stands just for the maid service

Sometimes that's a post-coital thing;  had one girlfriend that, after sex, always had tons of energy and wanted to clean or do laundry or some shit.   No scrubbing the bathtub at 2AM, please.

[Legbiter]

Sorry, not buying it. Especially because I know plenty of men who do a great job of cleaning given the right incentive.

Yep, pussy whipped men.

I prefer "hen-pecked" myself.

[Legbiter]

Unless you're really attractive. Then they clean for you. I have a friend who it seems has one night stands just for the maid service

Sometimes that's a post-coital thing;  had one girlfriend that, after sex, always had tons of energy and wanted to clean or do laundry or some shit.   No scrubbing the bathtub at 2AM, please.

Oh crap, my wife did the dishes and cooked me bacon and eggs after our first time. 

Was I that easy? 

[Phillip V]

From the study, it seems that people get divorced because they care too much

about worthless shit.


Being "equally responsible" does not mean two people need to do the exact same amount of the exact same things. People have different schedules, occupations, talents, tendencies, etc. No need to nitpick about percentages because that's what your teachers and friends told you how it's "supposed" to be.

Roles and "percentages" will inevitably change according to circumstances (especially due to aging, emergencies and tragedies). Just be fair and get shit done so that your family is healthy, wealthy, and happy for the long-term.

[ulmont]

Unless you're really attractive. Then they clean for you. I have a friend who it seems has one night stands just for the maid service

Sometimes that's a post-coital thing;  had one girlfriend that, after sex, always had tons of energy and wanted to clean or do laundry or some shit.   No scrubbing the bathtub at 2AM, please.

Oh crap, my wife did the dishes and cooked me bacon and eggs after our first time. 

Was I that easy? 

Yes.  If your girlfriend isn't fixing the plumbing, naked, at 2am, you're losing out.

[Iormlund]

So only whipped men with no style are capable of putting plates in a dishwasher now, eh? There's a gene or something that's blocked by testasterone, preventing men from being able to see dirt/cobwebs/mud/slime? Sorry, not buying it. Especially because I know plenty of men who do a great job of cleaning given the right incentive.

It can happen, regardless of you buying it or not. I just filter that stuff out unless something smells or really stands out.

When I got my own place I solved the issue by paying someone to clean it.

[merithyn]

It can happen, regardless of you buying it or not. I just filter that stuff out unless something smells or really stands out.

When I got my own place I solved the issue by paying someone to clean it.

Just because you're a slob, doesn't mean that all of the male world are.