Your other half

fteale
fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
edited October 7 in Chit-Chat
Just looking for a gauge really!

Does your other half:

Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home?

Cook for you?

Go food shopping?

Give you massages when you ask?

Tell you you are beautiful/handsome?

Buy his/her own clothes?!

Notice the dust?

Take the children off so you have some free time?

Arrange anything or is it all left to you?

Open his/her post?

Do any paperwork ever?
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  • mleoni092708
    mleoni092708 Posts: 629 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Mostly

    Cook for you? No, that would be awful, lol

    Go food shopping? If I ask, that's usually my job

    Give you massages when you ask? Sure

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? All the time :)

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yep

    Notice the dust? Nope

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Yes, he is wonderful

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? It's all me

    Open his/her post? Not sure what this one means

    Do any paperwork ever? No
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Mostly

    Cook for you? No, that would be awful, lol

    Go food shopping? If I ask, that's usually my job

    Give you massages when you ask? Sure

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? All the time :)

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yep

    Notice the dust? Nope

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Yes, he is wonderful

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? It's all me

    Open his/her post? Not sure what this one means

    Do any paperwork ever? No

    Sounds exactly like mine!
  • ishallnotwant
    ishallnotwant Posts: 1,210 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? No. That's my job-but he does help randomly, usually when it is needed most. He also does all of the repairs and takes on the wacky projects I dream up. (This week it was a repurposed headboard made into a chalkboard and mounted onto the wall to write messages to our family on.) :laugh:

    Cook for you? he grills like no other...and can cook the most perfect over medium egg. When i'm sick he makes me soup. Other than that, i'm the cook.

    Go food shopping? He does with me. I'm the "manager" of the household so I try to take care of all that myself-but if we need to go shopping on his day off, he eagerly goes with me and helps put it all away when we get home.

    Give you massages when you ask? All the time. He used to be a sports therapist and he gives the best massages! Almost every night I fall asleep while he is massaging me. It's so relaxing!

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Constantly. He makes me feel like a queen. :heart:

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Usually, because he is unusually large (6 foot 9 and 330 pounds) so it is difficult to surprised him and buy him something without having him try it on first.

    Notice the dust? Never.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? He would if I asked him, but he works so hard to support all of us that I very, very rarely ask him.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? I do the planning and arranging of most things.

    Open his/her post? yes, he likes to open his own mail. He is very organized and I have lost his bills once or twice. :embarassed:

    Do any paperwork ever? He usually asks me to do it because he likes my handwriting better, but will not hesitate to do it if i'm not home.
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
    Mine did none of the above.

    that's why he's gone.......................
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? yes

    Cook for you? did last night

    Go food shopping? i prefer to do it myself, but he would

    Give you massages when you ask? when I'm pregnant. :laugh:

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? yes

    Buy his/her own clothes?! yes

    Notice the dust? sometimes...

    Take the children off so you have some free time? yes!

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? I am in charge of our social life. By order of me.

    Open his/her post? ...his what?

    Do any paperwork ever? ...what do you mean?
  • PrincessLou71186
    PrincessLou71186 Posts: 741 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? No but I don't work and he works full time.

    Cook for you? Once a week he will.

    Go food shopping? We do it together online.

    Give you massages when you ask? Even when I don't ask.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Always.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! He would but it's easier for me to do it and that way we can utilise his days off fully.

    Notice the dust? Nope.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? N/A

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? I arrange everything but it's part of my OCD. He used to arrange things but I would jut go over everything and change things so it became easier.

    Open his/her post? Nope, I do it.

    Do any paperwork ever? Nope, I do it.
  • jipsybird
    jipsybird Posts: 878 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Not really. As a sahm he usually doesn't need to. Sometimes he'll do the dishes for me, which is nice. :)

    Cook for you? He used to. When I was pregnant with my first he tried to have food for me when I got home from work, but I usually didn't like it (not his fault, just the preggo) so he stopped. But he does grill now that we have one. It is awesome. Especially during the summer :)

    Go food shopping? When I ask him to or if I need to shop on the weekend he will come with me.

    Give you massages when you ask? Usually, but they tend to be short, lol.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? All the time, lucky me! :)

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes

    Notice the dust? Sometimes

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Usually when I ask

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Once in a while, but usually up to me.

    Open his/her post? Yes, I generally will not open his mail.

    Do any paperwork ever? He pays all our bills online.

    I have an awesome hubby! :P
  • allysonb80
    allysonb80 Posts: 109 Member
    My ex never did any of these and called me a lazy, stupid ***** all the time. Which is why I shed all 360 lbs of him!!
  • ItsMeRebekah
    ItsMeRebekah Posts: 909 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home?
    yes, if not we both would fail!

    Cook for you?
    all the time

    Go food shopping?
    yes, he has a cart for the kids, i do the shopping!

    Give you massages when you ask?
    of course! i do him more tho bc he works harder =)

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome?
    every single day.

    Buy his/her own clothes?!
    yes. ive tried and never get it right!

    Notice the dust?
    no, even i dont care abt that LOL if the floor is clean im good

    Take the children off so you have some free time?
    sure. but we both work full time so we tend to take the kids out and do fam things together

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you?
    Like where the forks go in the kitchen?? LOL No, i tend to do this but its because im picky.

    Open his/her post?
    ? he doesn't go online so i guess no lol -- oh i see this means mail LOL he opens all the mail in the house thats rubbish to me.. i know what is due and when so no need for mail in my book!

    Do any paperwork ever?
    we dont have a lot of this but he does it more then I!
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? - He does more, when he is home.

    Cook for you? - Yes

    Go food shopping? - Yes

    Give you massages when you ask? - He would if I asked, but I don't ask

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? - Yes

    Buy his/her own clothes?! - Yes

    Notice the dust? - Yes

    Take the children off so you have some free time? - Our kids are old so this doesn't apply

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? - It is usually left to me. He will make suggestions.

    Open his/her post? - Yes

    Do any paperwork ever? - No. I'm the paper work doer.
  • MissO﹠A
    MissO﹠A Posts: 906 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? - Yep.

    Cook for you? - He makes a mean drink. Actual heat + food, I don't let him often.

    Go food shopping? - He has done on occasion.

    Give you massages when you ask? - Yes.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? - Yeah, and the constant "hands on the breasticles" gets old sometimes.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! - God no. He's a scientist. If I let him, he'd be wearing the same holey underwear until they disintegrated.

    Notice the dust? - *wipes dust from her screen so she can continue typing her reply* Thankfully, no.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? - Hardly ever. I love spending time with the annoying bugger though so I don't mind.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? - Nope. I wouldn't trust him to.

    Open his/her post? - Yep.

    Do any paperwork ever? - I pay the bills. We do the taxes together.
  • lorac321
    lorac321 Posts: 614 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Hell no

    Cook for you? No

    Go food shopping? Rarely

    Give you massages when you ask? I can't tell him but he isn't very good at it so I don't ask.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Every day..

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Nope - but that's ok.

    Notice the dust? Nope.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? N/A

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? I do it all .

    Open his/her post?

    Do any paperwork ever? Nope, I do it. I don't think he even knows what our checks look like.

    BUT: I love him very very much.
  • Sh1tsRainbows
    Sh1tsRainbows Posts: 1,227 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? HA HELL NO

    Cook for you? 4 TIMES IN 11 YEARS

    Go food shopping? ONCE AND HE BOUGHT TWINKIES AND OREOS..I SAID WHERES THE REAL FOOD?

    Give you massages when you ask? ONE MASSAGE IN 11 YRS

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? ONLY IF HE WANTS TO GET SOME

    Buy his/her own clothes?! YES

    Notice the dust? NO

    Take the children off so you have some free time? NO

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? JUST ME

    Open his/her post? YES

    Do any paperwork ever? PAY THE BILLS
  • Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Well mostly, but he still refuses to clean the toilet it gets disgusting.

    Cook for you? Yeah

    Go food shopping? Yes

    Give you massages when you ask? Not once

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Not really

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes

    Notice the dust? Yes but doesn't do anything about it

    Take the children off so you have some free time? N/a

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Depends what it is

    Open his/her post? he opens his own

    Do any paperwork ever? Doesnt really have any
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  • JellyJaks
    JellyJaks Posts: 589 Member
    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? It's not an equal half since he pulls 10 hour days but he definitely helps

    Cook for you? Yes. He actually does all the cooking since I'm the chick that can't boil water.

    Go food shopping? Yup. We usually go together.

    Give you massages when you ask? Yup all though he's not very good at it so I don't usually ask :tongue:

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yup even though I think he's full of poo. I look FAT!

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Usually we go shopping together but that's only because the fashion police would fill their quota if I let him go alone.

    Notice the dust? Nope

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Yes and I'm so thankful for it! I love that he understands how hard being a stay at home mom actually is.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? What kind of anything are we talking about here? We plan together if we're going to do something or go somewhere. He arranges the furniture and I arrange everyone's doctor's appointments :laugh:

    Open his/her post? Say whaaa?

    Do any paperwork ever? Each Friday he does because he drives the van pool. He also helps me balance the checkbook but paying the bills is all me. Waaay better with numbers than he is.
  • My ex never did any of these and called me a lazy, stupid ***** all the time. Which is why I shed all 360 lbs of him!!


    Well done sista!~!!! :drinker:
  • christibear
    christibear Posts: 93 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Yes, I do the bulk because he works, but he does what I would consider his fair share.

    Cook for you? Yes, there are certain dishes that I cook and their are certain dishes that he cooks.

    Go food shopping? We do it together.

    Give you massages when you ask? Yes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yes

    Buy his/her own clothes?! We buy both of our clothes together

    Notice the dust? Yes, but I notice it to, it doesn't bother him though, it only bothers me.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? No children, only dogs, but he does take them for walks or

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? It depends on what it is, but mostly I do it because I like doing everything, and this is kind of a snow ball affect, if I start to arrange things than it makes more sense for me to just keep doing it because I know what has and has not been arranged.

    Open his/her post? He opens his own but sometimes I get super excited when things come and I will open it first.

    Do any paperwork ever? When paperwork does need to be done, I do it, but once again this is one of those snowball things that if I start to do it, I just keep doing it because I already know what needs to be done.
  • nymphis
    nymphis Posts: 59 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Sometimes

    Cook for you? Yes

    Go food shopping? Yes - we go shopping together

    Give you massages when you ask? - Yes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? - Yes

    Buy his/her own clothes?! - Sometimes

    Notice the dust? - Ern ... no, not at all.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? - Our kids are quite grown up so no need, but if I want to go somewhere, yes he would help.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? - I do all the organizing

    Open his/her post? - Only when I hand it to him

    Do any paperwork ever? - No
  • strapple
    strapple Posts: 353 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? ~no because he has a full time job and i dont~

    Cook for you? ~no i cook. i like to~

    Go food shopping? ~no hes 20 years old he doesn't know how to ****ing grocery shop~

    Give you massages when you ask? ~i dont like massages. i would punch him~

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? ~daily~

    Buy his/her own clothes?! ~no me or his mom do that~

    Notice the dust? ~no~

    Take the children off so you have some free time? ~no kids~

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? ~if its his idea, he plans it~

    Open his/her post? ~this is 2012 no ****ing post~

    Do any paperwork ever? ~paperwork?~
  • sullivann
    sullivann Posts: 199 Member
    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Yep. A lot of times unasked as well!

    Cook for you? Yep.

    Go food shopping? We enjoy going together on that one.

    Give you massages when you ask? All the time <3:)

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Everyday. :blushing:

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes.

    Notice the dust? We both rarely notice that...haha

    Take the children off so you have some free time? No kids, but he takes care of the dog a lot so I can have some alone time. :)

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? He's not very skilled at planning. :P

    Open his/her post? He opens his own.

    Do any paperwork ever? He handles his bills.

    I find myself extremely fortunate. :love:
  • sylverkat
    sylverkat Posts: 55 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home?

    Cook for you?

    Go food shopping?

    Give you massages when you ask?

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome?

    Buy his/her own clothes?!

    Notice the dust?

    Take the children off so you have some free time?

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you?

    Open his/her post?

    Do any paperwork ever?

    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? not without asking, pleading or nagging.

    Cook for you? not lately because I am doing all the measuring etc. but he will.

    Go food shopping? yes, if asked

    Give you massages when you ask? most times

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? not often

    Buy his/her own clothes?! no. and thank heavens no.

    Notice the dust? no

    Take the children off so you have some free time? yes, i am the more social, active and community involved.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? all left to me

    Open his/her post? yes

    Do any paperwork ever? sometimes.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member


    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? - Yeah, and the constant "hands on the breasticles" gets old sometimes.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! - God no. He's a scientist. If I let him, he'd be wearing the same holey underwear until they disintegrated.

    SO get where you are coming from! About once a year mine goes clothes shopping and always comes home with 2 tweed jackets, 8 collared shirts and a pair of cord trousers. He's such a geek. I had to buy him socks for Christmas because he hadn't bothered getting his own in 5 years.
  • perdie7
    perdie7 Posts: 266 Member
    YES to all....

    been married for 25 year (26 on valentines day)...I'm a very blessed woman.
  • nakabi
    nakabi Posts: 589 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? YES!!!!!! he does all the vacumming, all the dishes, a lot of the laundry, & most of the cleaning after we eat.

    Cook for you? Yes, he usually cooks lunch every day

    Go food shopping? No, I enjoy doing it, but he will go with me once a month so he knows prices of groceries and we can work within our budget each month.

    Give you massages when you ask? yes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? YES!!!

    Buy his/her own clothes?! No, I have better taste than he does and he knows it lol

    Notice the dust? Yes

    Take the children off so you have some free time? YES YES YES

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Usually left to me, but he does arrange little getaways as a surprise

    Open his/her post? whomever checks the mail opens the mail

    Do any paperwork ever? No, I'm better with filing and organizing
  • karinaes
    karinaes Posts: 570 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? we don't live together

    Cook for you? yes!

    Go food shopping? yes!

    Give you massages when you ask? definitely, even when i don't ask!

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? everyday :love:

    Buy his/her own clothes?! yes, but i'm trying to change that since his sense of style isn't all that great :noway:

    Notice the dust? eh.

    Take the children off so you have some free time?

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? arranges mostly everything

    Open his/her post? huh?
  • grapenutSF
    grapenutSF Posts: 648 Member
    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Not equal, but he does laundry & empties dishwasher.

    Cook for you? Yes, though not as healthy as me :ohwell:

    Go food shopping? Not often, but since I work part-time out of home and he works F-T out of home, that's our arrangement

    Give you massages when you ask? Yes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yes

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes

    Notice the dust? Not really

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Yes, definitely

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Most to me

    Open his/her post? Yes

    Do any paperwork ever? Yes, he does most (though this is all electronic now, but still)

    Mine is imperfect and awesome.:heart:
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Yes. He cleans a lot.

    Cook for you? Errrrr... Well... Sometimes. I'm getting more and more brave about letting him in the kitchen.

    Go food shopping? Yes. Will buy chocolate to appease PMS'ed girlfriend.

    Give you massages when you ask? Absolutely.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Daily.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes.

    Notice the dust? Never. Well, except when he gets sneezy.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Yes. He will take the fur child away and play with her when she grates my nerves.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Arrange what? Furniture? Yes, he will put it where I tell him. He's very strong.

    Open his/her post? Oh, that's British for mail, huh? :laugh: Yes, his mail is HIS. And sometimes he takes care of mine, depending on what it is.

    Do any paperwork ever? Yes. Often his and mine. He is my PA. He manages my crap better than I manage myself.

    With all this said, I highly recommend younger man. :love:
  • auticus
    auticus Posts: 1,051 Member
    I have had no other half for many years.
  • Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Yes, we take turns. Like If I load the dishwasher he will unload and if he loads it I unload it. I fold the clothes and he puts them up.

    Cook for you? sometimes

    Go food shopping? We go food shopping together wtih the kids.

    Give you massages when you ask? Yep

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yes, every single day!!

    Buy his/her own clothes?! yes

    Notice the dust? sometimes

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Yes

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? we both do

    Open his/her post? Not sure what you mean by this

    Do any paperwork ever? Yes
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Filling this out about my boyfriend, we don't live together or anything but I'm bored :P


    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? He's offered to help me clean and do laundry before, so sure!

    Cook for you? Yup!

    Go food shopping? He brings me food, does that count?

    Give you massages when you ask? Even when I don't ask :)

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Every day! :D

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yep

    Notice the dust? N/A

    Take the children off so you have some free time? N/A

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? He arranges more than I do!

    Open his/her post? N/A

    Do any paperwork ever? N/A
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