Shared Housework: Do You and Your Spouse Split the Cleaning Duties?

I'm super lucky! My husband loves a clean house and especially a clean kitchen, but I can't stand cleaning the kitchen. He on the other hand hates speaking to people on the phone, "I never understand what they are saying". I however did tons of public speaking in high school and college and don't mind talking to people. (He doesn't even like to give directions to our house!) So we made a trade off, I deal with all phone issues (we pay all of our bills online or over the phone so there is a lot of phone time) and he cleans most of the house (the dirtiest place always being the kitchen. I try to do a 10 minute pick up of the living room before he gets home every day, and I try to vacuum once a day (seems like a lot but with 3 kids under 4 it could do with about 5 times a day!). I just have to start letting go of my guilt and relax when he is cleaning, you would think after 5 years i would be getting use to it lol! It sure does make things easier on me. I love our trade off and so does he!

I do all the housework. Both my DH & I feel that as a SAHM, my responsibilities include taking care of our DD & taking care of our home. We live in an apartment so there is no need for my DH to do yard work & the like. The only thing that my DH does around the house is take out the trash & make sure the patio is clean. Other than that I do everything else, the sweeping, mopping, the laundry, the cooking, cleaning the bathrooms, cleaning the kitchen, making beds, etc.

I do all of the housework, pay the bills, and take care of the kids.  He works, spend time with the kids, and cooks. 

I hate when he cleans because he always takes short cuts and I always find something he threw in the closet or cabinets days later, ugh!

I did most of the cleaning and my hubby would pitch in. Anything I didn't complete, I would ask him to finish and for the most part, he did.

Share?  hahahahahahahaha - My hubby things sharing means he picked up his dirty boxers and put them in the hamper - LOL  We have been married 18 years and I have gone on "strike" about every 4 years...it never works, but it is great to just lay around and do nothing for a week!!!  LOL

I do most but he does help on his days off.. hes GREAT at cleaning the kitchen!! Hes not so great at "tidying up".. he doesnt grasp the concept of putting things away instead of putting them "somewhere." but hes really good at practical stuff like mopping, vacuuming, and cleaning the countertops, cabinets, and sink. We're a good team :)

The one thing he does that pisses me off though? Laundry. And I know "dont complain at least he tries" BUT.. YOU havent had your clothes ruined 20 times!! lol. If he would LISTEN and LEARN I would love him to do it but he washes clothes without checking pockets.. recent mistake? 12 pairs of jeans stained with lipgloss.

I think our house is more 60/40 rather than 70/30.  I have days when I have a hard time getting started due to not taking my vitamins correctly.  He typically doesn't mind coming home and helping out.  I work from home about 24 hours a week and sell Avon and transport the kiddos to and from preschool 5 days a week (almost 2 hours of driving every day), so some days it's really hard to get a lot done. 

I do pay all the bills, most of the laundry (I do fold all of it), clean bathrooms and about 1/2 the dishes (the nights I work, he has to do them or they sit to the next day).

It's a good mix for us and my husband is willing to help anyway he can.