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OK2LA
6/19/2011, 07:00 PM
45% vs. 55% maybe even tips the other way some weeks

15% / 85% This is up from last week . . .
reflector
6/19/2011, 07:02 PM
I don't have a spouse!
Mongo
6/19/2011, 07:03 PM
no spouse, problem solved
SanJoaquinSooner
6/19/2011, 07:12 PM
do you mean work around the house or work as in employment?
OK2LA
6/19/2011, 09:44 PM
do you mean work around the house or work as in employment?

Work around the house.
Penguin
6/19/2011, 09:59 PM
I have no spouse. Good thing, too. She would just be nagging me all day to throw out the hooker body parts in the fridge.
MelloYello
6/19/2011, 10:00 PM
I have no spouse. Good thing, too. She would just be nagging me all day to throw out the hooker body parts in the fridge.
ROFL of the copter variety.
soonerprices
6/19/2011, 10:11 PM
only singles have responded... nice.
goingoneight
6/19/2011, 11:49 PM
I work anywhere between 45-60 hours a week, and do all the work on my house afterward. My most recent gf recently told me I was worthless and don't do shat. So, now I'm back to doing 100% of my work. :D
StoopTroup
6/20/2011, 12:12 AM
only singles have responded... nice.

That's how we stay Married.
SanJoaquinSooner
6/20/2011, 01:10 AM
chk says the correct answer is always 3.
SoonerBorn68
6/20/2011, 01:45 AM
I work for money 100% of the time. The wife works 95% of the time hauling kids to basketball, football, baseball, softball, band, track, etc. etc.

The workload is at least 75/25 in her favor. I'll tip my hat to Mrs. '68. All I have to do is go to work (in the oilfield & I'm away a lot of the time), she does all the driving/personal assistant duties for the kids. I drove from Holdenville to Dale, back from Dale to H-Ville, to Dale for my son's baseball schedule (he plays on 2 teams) Saturday. Meanwhile she went to Piedmont to watch '68 Jr-ette play basketball Saturday. If I weren't home she'd have had to do both. She also drove to Henryetta 3 times this week for basketball camps. She's got a major load with the 3 kids' sports schedule over the summer. She might not "work" but she's really got the load--housework, laundry, housework, cooking, and everything else in between. All I've got to do is go to work & help out when I can.
3rdgensooner
6/20/2011, 09:25 AM
I don't have a spouse!


no spouse, problem solved


I have no spouse. Good thing, too. He would just be nagging me all day to throw out the hooker body parts in the fridge.Get out of my head!
olevetonahill
6/20/2011, 09:31 AM
I live alone so any werk that gets did around here is did by me.
Guess thats why the place looks like a dump.;)
jk the sooner fan
6/20/2011, 09:34 AM
i'm not sure what % my wife would say

i do ALL the cooking, and at least half of the kitchen clean up....i do the yard and pool stuff

she does all the laundry (which i loathe), vacuuming, and general picking up of the shoes and such i leave laying around
badger
6/20/2011, 10:42 AM
NP cooks and does a majority of the techie stuff (repairing broken sh!t). I just finished painting the exterior of the house, usually take out the trash twice a week, do the gardening, mowing and cleaning... but I'll still give NP credit for 50 percent of the housework because he is a much better cook and I could stare all day at broken sh!t and still not repair it :)

OH! And he opens stuff that won't open for me... pickle jars booooooooooo
Mississippi Sooner
6/20/2011, 10:43 AM
My spouse passed away a few weeks ago, but when she was alive she knew full well how much time I spend goofing off on the internet at work.
jk the sooner fan
6/20/2011, 10:44 AM
ok well i've been informed that my wife does not consider cooking a "chore" - and therefore not a contribution to housework - even though she does appreciate it

so my % went WAY down
NormanPride
6/20/2011, 10:54 AM
NP cooks and does a majority of the techie stuff (repairing broken sh!t). I just finished painting the exterior of the house, usually take out the trash twice a week, do the gardening, mowing and cleaning... but I'll still give NP credit for 50 percent of the housework because he is a much better cook and I could stare all day at broken sh!t and still not repair it :)

OH! And he opens stuff that won't open for me... pickle jars booooooooooo
If you're giving me 50% then you're being awfully generous. I feel like I'm a bum since you do everything outside... I handle finances, but is that really work compared to mowing the yard?
Cheez-It
6/20/2011, 10:56 AM
My husband works the afternoon/evening shift so he has the kids in the morning/early afternoon and then I get them after work until they go to sleep. I would say we share about 50% of the household load. Although I do more laundry and keep the house more picked up then he does...but he also has the kids during "awake" times longer than I do. I try not to bitch. We have someone to clean. We share bottles/dishes. My only complaint is if he plays golf during the weekend and I don't get my time away from the house to do my own thing sans kids.
badger
6/20/2011, 01:54 PM
My only complaint is if he plays golf during the weekend and I don't get my time away from the house to do my own thing sans kids.

As soon as they're old enough make them learn golf from their old man :D
OK2LA
6/20/2011, 08:25 PM
ok well i've been informed that my wife does not consider cooking a "chore" - and therefore not a contribution to housework - even though she does appreciate it

so my % went WAY down

This my friend is what I'm talking about . . .
Xunil
6/20/2011, 10:41 PM
I have no spouse. Good thing, too. She would just be nagging me all day to throw out the hooker body parts in the fridge.


Freezer.. always keep the body parts in the 2nd freezer.