naijababe:

The ideal solution in an ideal world, but what if cash is tight ?

then as a caring and understanding couple, they should split the chores RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE: he does the lawn while she washes the car. no big deal!

The man has no excuse, 40hrs or more work in a week is not enough reason, for you to sit down on the couch and your wife would be mowing the lawn and washing the cars, nawa!!! the guy is just self-centered,

naijababe:

. Oh dear, dear!!! U is very funny. Lwkmd o

The ideal solution in an ideal world, but what if cash is tight ?

Even for the better, she will take out of the mortgage payment he gave her or money for something else and sheepishly apologise for doing that.
Once she does this a few times he will learn. Men hate nagging but they love action

If there is anything l enjoy doing, its mowing the lawn!
Each time l watch Premiership finish, l actually get out with my lawnmower and replicate those "designs" l see on their turf, on my own backyard lawn.
Its fun, l criss-cross the mowing and l get the beautiful designs on my grass lawn!

Really, if you've ever used a "BLUNT CUTLASS" to cut "STUBBORN GRASS" as a youngster (like me), you will agree that cutting the grass with a "Lawnmower" is like forcing me to go to McDonalds every day!

I still wonder why women complain about "doing the laundry"?
Which laundry? Is stuffing the 6Kg, A-rated Washing machine with clothes and Pressing the "Start button" is also called "doing laundry"?

In the good old days, our Mothers wash a "Mountain of clothes" and still have the energy to cook a good meal!
The ones we have now just complain that the washing machine is too difficult to switch 'on'! Wetin?

I guess the world is really gone bunkers!

In my house, l cook when l feel like, l enjoy it.
I wash the cars on some weekends and my kids enjoy joining me and we all have fun.
When l do the lawn, we have to ballot on whose turn it is to use the Mower, we all want to have a go at it, its so much fun!

of course, my wife like most women,  will still complain about the Hoover!
Yea, thats the definition of a woman: Never satisfied; but as long as l enjoy doing it no probs!

Its only when l am in a bad mood (like when Man-U thrash Arsenal[b] 8 -2[/b]), that katakata fit burst!

BTW: Dont ever force your husband to do house chores, its a recipe for disaster!
Find a way to make him enjoy it and you have just bought your self a "willing-slave", so to speak!

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chaircover:

Lastpage are you a man or a woman?

Mesef dey wonder o.

@ Last page- I hate doing laundry and putting out the washing to dry too. You don't just stuff it in, you have to sort by colours and material type, i hate it but someone's gotta do it and it's the one thing Mr NB is absolutely useless at or so he says. I once travelled on business and to my horror returned to 3 weeks worth of laundry waiting for me, i gave him lessons but dude still insists he can't work out a washing machine

naijababe:

Mesef dey wonder o.

@ Last page- I hate doing laundry and putting out the washing to dry too. You don't just stuff it in, you have to sort by colours and material type, i hate it but someone's gotta do it and it's the one thing Mr NB is absolutely useless at or so he says. I once travelled on business and to my horror returned to 3 weeks worth of laundry waiting for me, i gave him lessons but dude still insists he can't work out a washing machine

how is sorting out colours and material a big job

d guy should go and sleep

r231:

how is sorting out colours and material a big job

Not saying it's a job per se, just hate doing it

doing laundry is hard, sort is not fun. then folding ''huge sigh'' the folding part is harder. for now, i take them to dry cleaner. i tire to wash my clothes

^ Abeg, we dey recession for UK, my kids especially my son wears two sets of clothing per day. If I switch to dry cleaning, we may not have money left for food

Leave the chores undone

ronkebp:

The man has no excuse, 40hrs or more work in a week is not enough reason, for you to sit down on the couch and your wife would be mowing the lawn and washing the cars, nawa!!! the guy is just self-centered,

Wasnt the wife sitting down at home while the husband was slaving away at work?

What exactly is the womans role at home?

oh dear, and oga refuses to wash abi
let me buy my ticket to london, pls safe me a month worth of cloth to wash

naijababe:

^ Abeg, we dey recession for UK, my kids especially my son wears two sets of clothing per day. If I switch to dry cleaning, we may not have money left for food

armyofone:

oh dear, and oga refuses to wash abi 
let me buy my ticket to london, pls safe me a month worth of cloth to wash 

Save you a month's worth of laundry? Gladly  . Oga say hin no sabi how washing machine dey work, i've been hearing this for 11 years, and even I know when to give up

dayokanu:

Wasnt the wife sitting down at home while the husband was slaving away at work?

What exactly is the womans role at home?

Nope ! she was not. am not sure a woman would complain of chores, if the man is the only one bringing in the bacon, but if i am to help out with the family responsibilities, then the man had better 'manned' up and help with the house chores. no lazying around because of 40hrs a week work.

Are you guys in 9ja? Is this for real?

otokx:

Are you guys in 9ja? Is this for real?

Dapo complains that after working 40 plus hours a week, he would like to relax rather than do manual labor. Bola argues that working a part-time job and being a stay-at-home mom the other time equals working full-time. She also says these tasks are "man jobs" anyway.

From the initial post, It shows the man works full time while the wife just sits at home and works part time

so because she works part-time, she has to mow the lawn and wash the cars

^^ So what does she want to contribute to the house running?

But you had no problems with a man washing dishes, doing laundry and cooking while the wife is at home, So why cant the wife mow the lawn or wash cars?

^^^ i will answer you when i get home, right now am leaving my office,

so because she works part-time, she has to mow the lawn and wash the cars?

And why can "she" mow the or wash cars?
Okay, l understand! WOMEN are not supposed to mow the lawn or do such stuffs!

Its a "man's job"!
At times, it sounds hypocritical to me, when we stand for "equality of the sexes" and shout when men try to act superior in certain things
BUT in other circumstance, we are very eager to surrender our EQUALITY MANTRA to men, when its suits our purpose!

Thing is, Life is not like that, it comes in "a package"; The Good, The Bad and the Ugly! All together!

If we concede that men (being physiologically designed for harder/physical jobs and therefore more muscular and barrel-chested) are suited for hard work, we MUST also concede that Women are more suited for bearing child!

The obvious conclusion therefore is that GOD CREATED US NOT TO BE EQUALS BUT TO COMPLEMENT OURSELVES AND ALL THOSE "EQUALITY FIGHTERS" are Nuts! End of story!

I hope women will realize that it is even more difficult than making a camel pass through the eye of a Needle, than to "FORCE" a man to do house-chores! You gotta "be smart" and let him lead himself to it, willingly!
Relax and let him lead the way while you lazy behind him, thats what men like! Ego-trippers!

BTW: Those asking whether l am male or Female, just read the context of the reply and you could tell if it was 'the man' or 'the woman' that was writing.
Me and my Hussy use this same handle and we read each other! So much fun.
My dude does all those things like Lawns, cooking at times, Washing cars, e.t.c!
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dayokanu:

^^ So what does she want to contribute to the house running?

But you had no problems with a man washing dishes, doing laundry and cooking while the wife is at home, So why cant the wife mow the lawn or wash cars?

@ Dayokanu and Lastpage

So her contribution has to include mowing the lawn and washing the cars. What does the man want to do at home? what is his own contribution to the home apart from paying bills, knacking and eating

@ Lastpage

And why should a woman mow the lawn and wash cars, when she has a husband?, this not about equality but help!!!!, it is a different ball game in Naija, where you have house-help whether boy or girl to help out, but Abroad, it is a different, they are both working, and the woman has not neglected her motherly and wifely duties, then will add mowing the lawn and washing cars ontop her list that is wickedness!!!!

Ronke I dont understand you o

You have no problems with a man cooking, washing plates and clothes, taking care of the kids.

WHy now have an issue with a woman washing cars and mowing lawns especially when she isnt contributing financially

I do not have problems with men washing and doing all that stuff, we all know that those things are the wife's duties and when they (men) help out, it is a good thing, but for a woman to mow the lawn and wash cars, especially when the man is not helping her out in anyway, because he '' works 40 hrs or more'' a week, that one, i do not want to hear!!!

maybe pple should be eating out more there are healthy choices. at least one less housework to worry about. i love cooking and can make any meal (nig food take long to prep sha) but if i have a man who will not help with cooking, not help setting table, not help washing/loading the machine and unpacking if home, then we better be eating out, ordering chinese/take out/pizza 

for laundry, well let him use one boxer, jeans, work clothes etc for the whole week. less clothes to wash  .
for making the bed, it is a must for me so whoever get off the bed last should do it. 
for house cleaning, get someone to do it and pay.

for lawn, we can both take turns. washing car, do drive thru. we both don't want extra cost, then lets do it together. it's not too hard now eh?

no matter if the woman is doing part time job, housework should not be left for one person. in a home where we both use/dirty up, dont expect me alone to be doing the work, common now.

ronkebp:

I do not have problems with men washing and doing all that stuff, we all know that those things are the wife's duties and when they (men) help out, it is a good thing, but for a woman to mow the lawn and wash cars, especially when the man is not helping her out in anyway, because he '' works 40 hrs or more'' a week, that one, i do not want to hear!!!

Hypocritical much?

You dont mind a man doing womans chores when the woman is at home but you mind a woman doing a mans chores when the man is at home?

The man is not helping her anyway you said? the paycheck from the 40hrs work is what put the roof on their head and groceries in their kitchen

dayokanu:

Hypocritical much?

You dont mind a man doing womans chores when the woman is at home but you mind a woman doing a mans chores when the man is at home?

The man is not helping her anyway you said? the paycheck from the 40hrs work is what put the roof on their head and groceries in their kitchen

Dayo!! spare me!, about the paycheck stuff, if a woman is sharing the financial responsibilities of the men, why won't he share in the 'house-chores responsibilities of the woman, ??

armyofone:

maybe pple should be eating out more there are healthy choices. at least one less housework to worry about. i love cooking and can make any meal (nig food take long to prep sha) but if i have a man who will not help with cooking, not help setting table, not help washing/loading the machine and unpacking if home, then we better be eating out, ordering chinese/take out/pizza

for laundry, well let him use one boxer, jeans, work clothes etc for the whole week. less clothes to wash .
for making the bed, it is a must for me so whoever get off the bed last should do it.
for house cleaning, get someone to do it and pay.

for lawn, we can both take turns. washing car, do drive thru. we both don't want extra cost, then lets do it together. it's not too hard now eh?

no matter if the woman is doing part time job, housework should not be left for one person. in a home where we both use/dirty up, dont expect me alone to be doing the work, common now.

NASO!!! my dear,

ronkebp:

Dayo!! spare me!, about the paycheck stuff, if a woman is sharing the financial responsibilities of the men, why won't he share in the 'house-chores responsibilities of the woman, ??

And if the man is also Paying the bulk of the financial responsibilties, Why wont the wife share in the household responsibilities of the man like mowing lawns and washing cars?