Your other half

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  • Jenn728
    Jenn728 Posts: 683 Member
    Does your other half:

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

    Cook for you? 30% of the time

    Go food shopping? No

    Give you massages when you ask? Ha no

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? sometimes

    Buy his/her own clothes?! yes

    Notice the dust? if he does, he doesn't complain about it

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

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? sometimes

    Open his/her post? huh?

    Do any paperwork ever? he handles all the bills
  • Teliooo
    Teliooo Posts: 725 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? I would say no, he would say yes. He is however cleaning right now as I am at work.

    Cook for you? Yes

    Go food shopping? We do some big shops together and he does go to buy meat and veg a lot as he looks after our kid at least 3 days a week. He never just goes on a proper shop though

    Give you massages when you ask? Yes but for like one minute before asking for sex

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? All the time

    Buy his/her own clothes?!Yes

    Notice the dust? Yes

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Yep, most days.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? I ama control freak so he knows to not even try

    Open his/her post? No!!!

    Do any paperwork ever? No
  • He takes such good care of me.. He does all of this.. He strives to make me happy..
  • kardowling
    kardowling Posts: 221 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

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

    Cook for you? Yes

    Go food shopping? Yes

    Give you massages when you ask? sometimes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? No

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes

    Notice the dust? No
    Take the children off so you have some free time? yes

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? My job

    Open his/her post? Yes

    Do any paperwork ever? Yes
  • theflyingartist
    theflyingartist Posts: 385 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? It comes in waves/how busy he is.

    Cook for you? Used to! He's a great cook.

    Go food shopping? We go together

    Give you massages when you ask? Yeah

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yeah

    Buy his/her own clothes?! ...Not lately haha!

    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? Me

    Open his/her post? Only if it's something pressing; otherwise it's a huge pile of mail

    Do any paperwork ever? Digitally.
  • allison7922
    allison7922 Posts: 276 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? YES, and sometimes more!

    Cook for you? most of the time

    Go food shopping? yes

    Give you massages when you ask? yes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? not really

    Buy his/her own clothes?! yes

    Notice the dust? yes

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

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? yes, he does

    Open his/her post? yes

    Do any paperwork ever? doesn't apply to us


    I am pretty lucky :smooched:
  • Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

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

    Cook for you? Breakfast, but we had a deal, I HATE cooking breakfast

    Go food shopping? He likes to come with me

    Give you massages when you ask? Mostly

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? All the time

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes

    Notice the dust? When he's in the mood to!

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

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Were pretty good at keeping that mutual

    Open his/her post? --

    Do any paperwork ever? Doesnt have any!
  • GemmaRowlands
    GemmaRowlands Posts: 360 Member
    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home?
    Not unless I ask him to, and even when I do he'll push it and put it off MAJORLY.

    Cook for you?
    We've been together almost three years and he's cooked for me once, on Valentine's Day in 2010.

    Go food shopping?
    Yes.

    Give you massages when you ask?
    Yes, he's really good like that, actually.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome?
    All the time.

    Buy his/her own clothes?!
    Yes.

    Notice the dust?
    If he does, he doesn't do anything about it.

    Take the children off so you have some free time?
    Don't have children, but he best had when we do lol.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you?
    He comes up with lots of ideas.

    Open his/her post?
    Yes.

    Do any paperwork ever?
    He keeps his bills and is good at working out his incoming and outgoings, so I guess yes, he does.
  • shreyaj
    shreyaj Posts: 196
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Usually but sometimes I have to ask but it get's done.

    Cook for you? No, because I really enjoy cooking and he doesn't. But he does if I am sick.

    Go food shopping? Sometimes, but that's one of my responsibilities in our home.

    Give you massages when you ask? Ya only for a couple minutes though... lol.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Not really, tells me I'm cute all the time though.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes.

    Notice the dust? Nope.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? No kids.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Mostly left to me but that's okay, I'm more Type A.

    Open his/her post? ??

    Do any paperwork ever? Everything is done online mostly. So I guess so.
  • LovingCruz
    LovingCruz Posts: 634 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

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

    Cook for you? sometimes

    Go food shopping? yes

    Give you massages when you ask? yes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? yes

    Buy his/her own clothes?! yes

    Notice the dust? nope

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

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? yes

    Open his/her post? yes

    Do any paperwork ever? yes
  • toasterlisa
    toasterlisa Posts: 100 Member
    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? He's does the outdoor chores and only a few inside the house.

    Cook for you? Yes

    Go food shopping? Occasionally

    Give you massages when you ask? No, but mostly it's because he has arthritis

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? All the time

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes, he loves to shop, and he's good at shopping for me too. I've made him sit through 100's of "What Not to Wear" :-)

    Notice the dust? Never. After a few years of marriage I finally stopped nagging and decided to ignore the dust too, except for holidays!

    Take the children off so you have some free time? No kids.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Like social things or events at our house ... yes he's the organizer when it's his friends or his family.

    Open his/her post? Post ... the mail? No, not usually :-)

    Do any paperwork ever? Nope, never.

    In his defense, I am the oldest child in my family, the caregiver. He is the youngest child in his family, the baby. But I knew these things about him when we married 20 1/2 years ago, so here we are!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? -- For the most part. And whenever I leave town without him, he super cleans the house.

    Cook for you? -- Sometimes. He used to cook more, but then I stopped eating meat and I think he doesn't know what to make me. :-)

    Go food shopping? -- Not the big weekly shopping, but he'll run to the store if we need stuff in between. Which is fine because he would do it wrong, anyway.

    Give you massages when you ask? -- Yes.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? -- Not so much anymore. :-( Every once in a while when I get dressed up, though. I miss that.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! -- Yes.

    Notice the dust? -- Not really.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? -- N/A (But he would.)

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? -- Depends on what you're talking about.

    Open his/her post? -- Mail? Yes.

    Do any paperwork ever? -- I don't understand this question.
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Yes, he's very good about helping around the house. We both have full time jobs, so we need to both be helping.

    Cook for you? All the time. He probably ends up cooking more often than I do.

    Go food shopping? Yep. If I'm working, he does the shopping. If he's working, I do the shopping. If we're both off, we do it together.

    Give you massages when you ask? For a short period of time, yes :P

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Once in a while.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! We're usually together when we do that stuff.

    Notice the dust? No.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? If I asked him to, he would.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? He arranges for all the childcare. I'm not complaining.

    Open his/her post? If he gets to it first, sure. If it's a bill, it comes to me because I handle the bills.

    Do any paperwork ever? Occasionally.
  • crazycat80
    crazycat80 Posts: 121 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? ahhh, no. But he does the dishes and trash (two things i hate), so I go with it.

    Cook for you? ahh, no

    Go food shopping? nope

    Give you massages when you ask? occassionally

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? yes

    Buy his/her own clothes? not anymore.... I started because I couldn't handle the holes anymore

    Notice the dust? if it's on his electronics...

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

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

    Open his/her post? yes

    Do any paperwork ever? he pays all the bills

    I say we're at a 40/60 split but I'm okay with it...
  • YukonJoy
    YukonJoy Posts: 1,279 Member
    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? - NO

    Cook for you? - YES

    Go food shopping? - YES but not well, lol.

    Give you massages when you ask? - MOST OF THE TIME

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? - CONSTANTLY

    Buy his/her own clothes?! - YES, I AM NOT HIS MOTHER

    Notice the dust? - NO. HE HAS A PENIS.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? - I DO NOT BREED

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? - NOT SURE ABOUT THIS QUESTION

    Open his/her post? - YES

    Do any paperwork ever? - YES. HIS AND MINE
  • Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? YES! He may be cleaner than me!

    Cook for you? Occasionally, but I like to be in charge of that cause I'm a little more healthy with it.

    Go food shopping? Once in a while, but again I'm more healthy with that.

    Give you massages when you ask? YES! This is one thing that totally rocks about him!

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Maybe once in a while, but not really.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yep.

    Notice the dust? Sometimes.

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

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Pretty much left up to me.

    Open his/her post? huh?

    Do any paperwork ever? For his own needs yes.
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member

    Does your other half:

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

    Cook for you?
    NO. She *can* cook, she just doesn't. Maybe a couple times over a few years. Not complaining, I actually love to cook.

    Go food shopping?
    Every time. I've been banned from it since I buy staples instead of convenience foods.

    Give you massages when you ask?
    Nope

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome?
    Never once

    Buy his/her own clothes?!
    Yep

    Notice the dust?
    Hell yes

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

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you?
    She arranges mostly everything since we need to work around her schedule. Mine is flexible.

    Open his/her post?
    Yep

    Do any paperwork ever?
    If needed, which is rare.
  • stcar
    stcar Posts: 207 Member
    I don't have an other half...so if you have someone to do some of these things some of the time, consider yourself lucky :)
  • PANZERIA
    PANZERIA Posts: 471 Member
    Does your other half:

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

    - Yep.

    Cook for you?

    - All the time

    Go food shopping?

    - Usually it's him. It depends on a) whoever is in town and b) whenever we have money in the account.

    Give you massages when you ask?

    - Yep. =D

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome?

    - Sure does! Not all the time, but once in a while.

    Buy his/her own clothes?!

    - Of course. He has better fashion sense than I do.

    Notice the dust?

    - Never

    Take the children off so you have some free time?

    - No kids, but he'll take the dogs outside to run their sillies out.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you?

    - Most of the time, he arranges things.

    Open his/her post?

    - ...Of course, haha.

    Do any paperwork ever?

    - Always.
  • Lambiii
    Lambiii Posts: 321
    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? All the time

    Go food shopping? Yes, we do that together

    Give you massages when you ask? yes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? All the time

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes, tho i buy him some if im out shopping for myself sometimes too

    Notice the dust? Yes

    Take the children off so you have some free time? we don't have kids.... Yet :)

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? 50/50

    Open his/her post? yes

    Do any paperwork ever? Yeah he'd do most of that
  • TubbsMcGee
    TubbsMcGee Posts: 1,058 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Yes, sometimes more than me

    Cook for you? Yes, and he's great at it!

    Go food shopping? Yup

    Give you massages when you ask? Always

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yes :blushing:

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Rarely

    Notice the dust? Not too often

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Half and half

    Open his/her post? Mail? I enjoy opening letters so he usually let's me do it. Any bills that come in, he goes straight to the computer after opening them to pay them online.

    Do any paperwork ever? OODLES

    Thanks for reminding me how great he is!
  • kaetmarie
    kaetmarie Posts: 668 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? Yes

    Go food shopping? More often than I do

    Give you massages when you ask? Yes

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? All the time

    Buy his/her own clothes?! NO

    Notice the dust? NO
  • Sweet_Potato
    Sweet_Potato Posts: 1,119 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? No, I do most of it.

    Cook for you? No, she hates cooking whereas I love it.

    Go food shopping? Rarely. Since I'm the one doing the cooking I prefer to do the shopping.

    Give you massages when you ask? Yes, but she gets bored/tired after a couple minutes.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yes, all the time!

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes, she's very particular so I couldn't shop for her if I wanted to.

    Notice the dust? No.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? We don't have children, but she occasionally takes the dogs with her when she visits her mom.

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

    Open his/her post? Yes, after it's been sitting there for a week.

    Do any paperwork ever? Usually not. Sometimes she even pays me to do it for her!



    Wow, this makes my girlfriend sound completely lazy. Part of it is that she works more and has a longer commute. She also has bad ADD, which makes it difficult for her to do basic tasks. I hate nagging and find it easier to just do everything myself. It's ok because she is very appreciative of everything I do.
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    Just looking for a gauge really!

    Does your other half:

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

    Cook for you? Every night.

    Go food shopping? We do it together.

    Give you massages when you ask? Absoutely.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? He does!

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Yes, thank God.

    Notice the dust? Yes, he's a neat freak.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? We don't have any.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? It's about 50/50/

    Open his/her post? Post? As in mail? Yes.

    Do any paperwork ever? Paperwork for what?
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home?
    Yes

    Cook for you?
    Yes

    Go food shopping?
    Yes

    Give you massages when you ask?
    No, I make the kids do that.

    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?
    No

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you?
    What is this? Arrange what?

    Open his/her post?
    What is this?

    Do any paperwork ever?
    She does all the paperwork....
    Sounds like a normal relationship to me....
  • Slove009
    Slove009 Posts: 364 Member
    Does your other half:

    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? No, about 25/75

    Cook for you? Rarely. I'm an aspiring chef, so I kinda hog the kitchen

    Go food shopping? He fails at using coupons. So he carries the food?

    Give you massages when you ask? Yes! And even when I don't! He'll just come over and give me one! <3!

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yeees! <3!

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Kinda. I go with him and supervise now. He used to dress like a bum and I think one of the sexiest things in the world is a well dressed man. So he learned fast and has gotten better at dressing himself!

    Notice the dust? That falls into his 25% He does. Lol!

    Take the children off so you have some free time? He takes care of the cat when I'm not there. Does that count?

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you?

    Open his/her post? Not applicable?

    Do any paperwork ever? His own, but we just got married so not much paperwork yet!
  • journalistjen
    journalistjen Posts: 265 Member
    My other half:

    Does not do an equal share of housework inside the house, but does all the work outside and anything dealing with maintenance.

    Cook for me--yes, menu is a little limited.

    We shop for food together because I can't remember every little thing he wants.

    I don't ask for massages--I made that mistake once, and it felt like I was being stabbed.

    Always says I'm beautiful.

    Does buy his own clothes--but not always good at it.

    Definitely notices dust because of allergies--cleans it? Sometimes.

    Arranges some things.

    Does open his own post.

    Does some paperwork.
  • tjpinch
    tjpinch Posts: 87 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, but I'm home with the kids.

    Cook for you? Wouldn't want him to. He's a lousy cook.

    Go food shopping? Once again, don't want him to.

    Give you massages when you ask? Yup

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Yup

    Buy his/her own clothes?! I help with dress clothes...

    Notice the dust? Sadly, yes. Doesn't do anything about it though :(

    Take the children off so you have some free time? Toddler yes, baby no.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? He does most of the arranging.

    Open his/her post? Does it all.

    Do any paperwork ever? His share
  • My wife and I share everything!
  • thelovelyLIZ
    thelovelyLIZ Posts: 1,227 Member
    Do an equal share of the housework when he/she is home? Yes. I've been doing most of it, but I wasn't working for two months. But if I ask him to do something, he does.

    Cook for you? Not really. I prefer cooking anyway. But again, if I give him a recipe and ask, he'll do it, and he has cooked me some tasty meals in the past. He does all the grilling.

    Go food shopping? Buahaha yes.

    Give you massages when you ask? Sure.

    Tell you you are beautiful/handsome? Not really, but we've never been like that. I dunno, doesn't bother me.

    Buy his/her own clothes?! Actually, most are gifts from his family for his birthday/Christmas.

    Notice the dust? Not really, but neither do I.

    Take the children off so you have some free time? We have no children, thank goodness.

    Arrange anything or is it all left to you? Uh, sure.

    Open his/her post? Yeah. I'm not comfortable opening his mail anyway.

    Do any paperwork ever? I guess, but I'm not aware of doing any paperwork myself.
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