Do We Ask Too Much?

People who insist their SO is the only one who cleans the toilet are unworthy of their relationship This is not limited to one gender naturally!

 

I think guys should clean it cuz they're filthy animals. Joking. I think women are the ones who usually end up cleaning the toilet..

 

Sounds like the writer of this list has no understanding of men whatsoever. I've never known a man that simple-minded.

 

It's only fair. After all, I'm a big filthy beast, whereas she, being female, is the epitome of cleanliness and highly advanced sanitary habits.

 

Ha..ha

 

we live in a world that is dominated by a culture, that raises children, to have extremely unreasonable expectations, of themselves, of each other, and of natural reality. it is a culture that believes it has a right, to supersede every other culture, yet simultaneous cuts everyone in it, off, from nearly every aspect of natural, reality. with among the consequences of that being, a direct threat to the future of the of the very web of life, on planet earth, including of course its own human species.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N2k-gv6xNE#aid=P8iJBypFnIA

 

Something noteworthy, maybe parents, mom's specifically should have their children, both male and female, do dishes when they're old enough that way when the child grows up they won't expect someone to do the dishes for them because I have had guys tell me, "well my mom always did the dishes" after I asked why they leave their dishes everywhere. I guess this can be said for taking out the trash also though. Have both male and female children take the trash out. I do remember doing dishes as a kid and also taking out the trash sometimes. However, my brothers and dad were usually the ones that dealt with the trash.

 

In my family we all had to do all of the chores. Things switched where we had a day each week or sometimes a whole week of doing a certain chore and there were nights when we could choose to do whichever chore we wanted to do. So my brothers both washed dishes or helped cook dinner or cleaned the kitchen after dinner, but it was usually my job because I liked doing dishes. I took the trash out a few times too, but it was usually one of my brothers who did that. We all had to clean bathrooms, vacuum, etc. I never had to mow the lawn, but I had to turn on the sprinklers or rake leaves or whatever. Things were pretty equal.

 

Common practice here it seems (although the majority of families seem to have a dishwasher) :2thumbsup:

 

Literally the only thing my boyfriend and I ever fight about is household chores. I end up doing the bulk of the housework but its not really a gender thing, he's just missing a cleanliness gene completely. Before we moved in together I never went to his bachelor pad because it was disgusting. Whereas I am slightly ocd..like, I clean with toothbrushes and pre-mop the floor with a hand towel before I mop.

So I always insist he take out the trash and I'm not afraid to tell him its a man's job lol.


Otherwise I do most of the cleaning but to be fair he works on our cars, does most of the gardening, splits the cooking 50/50, and he isn't one of those dads who is afraid of their children so I can usually count on him to keep our son occupied while I'm cleaning.

So yeah, this is a man's world and the least you fellas can do is take out the garbage !

 

My mom often got me to do the dishes growing up. So, I developed this method I thought was clever... Every time she got me to do the dishes, I'd break one hoping she wouldn't ask me again.

And in true fashion of my mom who is the most strong minded woman I've ever met... The more I broke dishes, the more often she'd make me do the dishes... Eventually I gave up my technique once I realised it was no match for the superpower that is motherhood.

 

I was spoiled in that regard and had to find out the hard way dishes do not wash themselves

 

haha...seriously, guys leave dishes all over the place! gahhh

 

Well, to me it is less about the actual list and more to do with male/female politics. Females want 10 years away from the work force but then equal pay. Women want men to be women and men want women to be men. And, well you get the idea. We can talk about how women don't want/expect X and Men can do/and are quite happy with Y. But really it is a lot deeper than that.

 

Not me, I make one big pile in the kitchen :cheers2:

 

yeah, when the sink gets full then they leave them in random spots and then bowls will start to have dirty socks in them -___-

 

My Mum got me to clean the house as part of my upkeep in my late teens.I was expected to wash up after myself.I also learned to iron and cook.I am slightly OCD and mess and clutter disrupt my ability to think straight.I share a flat with one guy,who never wipes the kitchen surfaces after using them,or cleans up after himself in the bathroom.But it's a trade off,because he is out from 10 am to 10 pm everyday of the week so it's virtually like having the flat to myself.He also keeps to his room so I have the run of the lounge.Taking out the trash is not the nicest of chores but i make myself do it.

 

What?... I'm pretty sure my girlfriend loves the fact that I'm rockin a frank and beans...

 

Awesome.
You are a great guy.
Mother father proud etc.
Win an award for being A+ bf etc.
Well, that's not really what I am saying.
Men are saying they do not mind doing X
And women are saying they do not expect Y.
But underneath there are male and female tensions/politics that are not resolved if I do or do not take out the trash.
That's all I am saying.