A shared life

Mr. M and I don't fight much about household responsibilities. For the most part they are shared equally, though I'm sure sometimes we both wonder. For instance, I do all the dusting, vacuuming, bathroom cleaning, the largest part of the picking up, all the gardening, weeding, lawn care except for mowing. Mr. M takes care of the cooking, trash, mowing, and laundry. Typically I do the dishes, ie, putting them in the washer and washing the pans by hand, while he puts them all away. We both pick up after ourselves typically though we have our idiosyncracies. I always have a pile of clothes on my dresser, they are folded nicely, but they are always there. Mr. M always leaves empty things on the counter.

We didn't discuss these duties when we moved in together, they just kind of developed. We fought briefly over how to fold clothes, oh yea, that was fun. Then I left it up to him. I've never been much of a cook. I'll certainly do it when I'm by myself, we didn't starve before he came along, but I adore a man who will cook for me. I still cook my favorite meals and have no problem helping out. I'm quite anal about my floors and dusting, two things that most males typically don't even notice, and that's fine. Trash, well it's always been annoying in our neighborhood. We live in a gated community and yet we take our own trash to the compactor, which we pay for the privilege to do. Yea. Exactly.

Mr. M's comment on the last post: "What was ONCE about?" :twak: Asshat. Oh yea, he remembered right away. GO SEE IT.....