Does your SO help around the house?

[Tanja]

I'm a very stubborn person and I want things to be done my way... that goes for cleaning too.

The first time Andy was here I wouldn't let him hoover cause I'd always done it myself so I just didn't trust him to do good enough job on it! After a few times of arguing about it I let him do it though and it turned out he's even a better hooverer than me! :P

The same thing happened with the dishes but I've sort f gotten over my territorial-ness and I let him help me with the work around the house and outside it (shoveling snow, feeding my horses, getting firewood etc.)

It just felt weird for me cause I'd never met a guy who actually WANTS to help with the cleaning and the laundry! Slowly but steady I'm really starting to approciate it now though :P

How about your SO, is he a helper or a couch potato?

[ioanna]

i like your ending question : )

to be honest, when it comes to hanging around the house, i have to admit we are both couch potatoes, especially if we're there together ; ) but since SOMEONE has to do the house work, we usually have a house work marathon sharing all the chores so we can go back to being potatoes real quick : )

[Earytha]

Mine is a little of both ^_^ he will gladly do the dishes but is a bit oblivious to other messes :P like i had just cleared some clothes off the floor, ready to be put away and because i suggested that we watch a film or something.. he dumped them back on the floor! :P (instead of putting them away like you're supposed to).
He's cleaner than i am most of the time but he does take a bit of prodding at times to get things done ^_^

[Zephii]

Obi is a helper, and even if he didn't want to help I'd be making sure he was - I believe in fair division of labour! Sometimes he's so helpful it blows me away, other times I need a crow bar to get him off the computer to help me. So it varies! We've yet to get our own place though, so far it's just been (long) visits. I'm a little worried he was just trying to impress me and will get slack, but only time will tell!

[aggie]

well... I was pretty surprised with T. when it comes to doing housework... i mean, his sisters and mother would always complain how he only sits in his room and does nothing. but the whole 3 months i was there, i of course helped him, and made breaky/dinner for us sometimes... but whenever i picked up something to clean, he'd be there standing next to me, trying to help.
oh, and i did dishes, but he cooked... so that's okay i suppose. except that whenever we 'clean the house' together... then he needs some time with his computer and WoW ...
but yeh... we know WE have to do the chores... even though neither of us likes it... so we do it quick so then we can get to other more pleasant things

[Mio]

Stephan is not a big motivational cleaner, lol. He can help with the dishes, but that's basically all. But if he needs to clean, he do it, but not from own initiative. I don't mind much, as long as he work on his things I'm good with that.

[Taija]

We're both really lazy people, but when it comes to cleaning.. eeh, let's just say he's not exactly a fan of it. :P

He hasn't visited me yet so I don't know how he would act in my house (he would probably be much more helpful), but his own room (and car!) is always messy as hell. I'm wouldn't call myself a neat freak, but I do like to keep things clean and in order and after living in his room for a month I got fed up with it and started always cleaning on my own. It works in more ways than one, because he gets annoyed when I try to clean his messes and always ends up joining me.

[Tanja]

Yeah I like it too when things are nice and tidy.. So I try to make as little mess as I can but sometimes I just can't be bothered about cleaning and I let it to get a bit messy...
I think starting the cleaning is always the hardest part but once you get going it's actually nice and once you finish, it's just the nicest feeling to look at your place when it's all clean and shining

I'm lucky Andy's that way too, he's not a messy person and I'm loving it!

[garnet]

Rane & I are both painfully messy, and it's made worse because neither of us cares if it's getting bad. :P He will absolutely help me in a second if I ask for anything though.
I think we both tend to be neater alone, and when we come together, our inner slobs join forces.

[uk_girl]

We don't really spend that much time in the house for us to have to do chores etc. We usually go out or grab a hotel for the night for added privacy, as our mothers are very nosey and demanding lol.

But he does his house's cleaning so I'm guessing he'd help around if we were ever to move in together!

I've already told him what he can and cannot do in the house if we were to set up camp together.

He can look after the cars, do the DIY and hoover up (I HATE hoovering) and I will cook, do most of the cleaning and do food shopping!

He can also iron actually - I need to tell him that.

[Andy]

Tanja's a total nightmare when it comes to letting me do things :|

I think a lot of men would like it I suppose but I'm like my dad, I have to help. I can't bear to just sit around and watch someone do all the work, it drives me mad!

She's VERY slowly getting better though

We'repretty good together, we get things the chores pretty quickly... once we start

[Tanja]

You're so lovely, my little helper ♥

[Andy]

Awwww you're my lovely little helper too

Btw... how do you do the hearts?

[Rach321]

We both really like having a clean house, but we really struggle to keep it clean when we are busy. On visits, whoever is doing the visiting usually takes care of all of the cleaning and most of the cooking (because the other person usually still has to go to work). I think we both really like being able to take care of the other person in that way.

When we live together, I've already got it figured out...He can do all of the things that I really hate doing :P
Making the bed, putting laundry away, vacumming and mopping.

I'll do the dusting, bathroom cleaning, organizing, laundry,grocery shopping (all things he doesn't like to do)

We are in disagreement, though, about who should clean up the kitchen after a meal. I think that whoever does the cooking should get a break from cleaning up, but he thinks that whoever does the cooking should also clean up and let the other person relax for the evening.

[Gurl]

I am a total slob the majority of the time... not sure about him though. Never visited the places he stayed...his family sounds like they are a bit much!

@rachel... if the one who didn't cook does the dishes, then its a fair division of labor... and the cook can have a few alone minutes to relax before they relax together post dishes... or do them together!

If I have my way.. I will usually cook, while he does the dishes... he can do the outside stuff (mowing, fix things, the "guy" stuff that i hate lol)....we can split up the laundry and other rooms any which way, though I prefer to let someone else get the bathroom! And grocery shopping I'd like to do together at first....that way we learn what each other dislikes that we've never thought about before and nothing comes home that the other totally hates unless its a snack or something for just the one who likes it (that was way more complicated than I meant it to be! LOL).