My husband asked me today why I hadn't aired up the tires on the car. I explained that I felt he should do that. He asked why he should do that and I said, "I gave birth to the babies you can air up the tires." Which is pretty much my answer for anything I don't want to do but needs to do done.

But I also let him fix my computer. I figure why learn, I've got him. Now there are things that I do that he doesn't. For instance he cannot, for the life of him, figure out how to work the dang washing machine. I banned him from using it finally because I was tired of having to clean out the filter on it.

So what chores do you have at your house that are pretty much yours or your husband's?

My dh can't work the portable dishwasher if his life depended on it. I truly am scared to even let him try, he'd probably flood the kitchen. He's actually pretty good with laundry, but it took a few years for him to figure out what my laundry standards are and that if he doesn't meet them he has to listen to me complain about it, so he's very meticulous when he helps out.

He takes care of the garbage, kitty boxes (hooray!), cars, garage organization and care of both lawns. He also fixes computer issues, I figure he's good at it, so he can do it

I'm better at all the house stuff, not because he's not capable or willing, but I do a more thorough job. I have a picture in mind what the house should look like when it's clean and only I seem to be able to achieve that level of clean. If he tries to help out, I appreciate it, but always feel like I need to finish up after him and it hurts his feelings. So, it's better that I just make the house my job.

I am so so jealous! A husband that cleans the cat box. WOW!

My DH is good at most things I can do. I've always said if I died no one would even miss me!!! Except cooking.....poor thing can't cook at all. If I ever died, he & the kids would eat fast food or carryout for every meal. I had 5 surgeries in a 5 year period, and each time he'd go out and get Einstein's bagels for breakfast, and then McDonald's or some fast food for lunch, and then pizza or something for dinner. OY!!!

But I can't complain because he helps do laundry, helps clean the kitchen & bathrooms, mows the grass and does all lawn care, YES...CLEANS THE CAT LITTER BOX , does all the car stuff, pays the bills, vacuums, just about everything.

The only things that are mine alone were music with the kids, cooking & indoor and outdoor potted plants. Everything else he can do too! Told you I'm quite dispensable!!

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Due to medical issues, DH does the trash, a lot of the vacuuming and things that require body power. I do the paying of bills - hate it. He's always done the trash, but I used to do pretty much everything else around the house except for the heavy stuff.

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I do all of the house cleaning, laundry, dishes, shopping, cooking, etc.

He sometimes takes out the trash (always takes it to the dump), car maintenance & repairs , house maintenance & repairs, mows lawn and plows snow. He is very handy and knows how to fix everything.

Even when I worked at the office, we split the chores this way.

This is basically how it is around my house, but he likes to cook, so he jumps in there once a week or so. And he usually does a big breakfast one day on the weekend. He writes out the bills (he's got a master plan for our debt and finances and it's no good for me to be of much input here), I do dr appts w/dd, most of the diaper changes and baby baths and such, and almost all of the babysitting all of the time. He does things like building stuff and yard work. He's currently working on a smoker to make meat in. Yummy!

Okay, I guess i can't really complain. My hubby ALWAYS does the laundry and folds and hangs, the whole 9 yards. He knows I hate it and he doesn't mind. He ALWAYS takes the garbage but I ALWAYS vacuum. He also puts the sheets on the bed because he knows I hate it! I do have to beg him to do some things like little handy work stuff around the house but all in all I am not complaining!

My husband does anything around the house that needs doing, but most of the inside stuff is my "job". Mostly he'll just do the dishes once in a while and extra yard work (I do the mowing).

We cat-sat for a few months and he was in charge of the litter box because I was pregnant at the time.

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I do all the grocery shopping - not that dh can't do it - he'd do fine except he'd spend too much $$!

I do all the clothes washing, I also do 99% of the cleaning, 99% of the cooking. He does help out with our cleaning marathons every few months, and he grills.

I do not grill. I don't like grilling - I don't even know how to work the grill and I have no desire to learn now.

I also do not do anything technical. Even change batteries if dh is around. If anything needs fixing, I just hand it to dh. I don't even look at it. He is much much better at that kind of thing than I am.

And I don't remove bugs either unless no one else is around. If ds is around, I ask him first to take a bug outside, then dh.

Dh takes the garbage out to the curb, also recycling. He also cleans the kitty box as well. It's his cat, I never ever started that one! He fixes everything around here - he is very very handy so he repairs everything from cars to plumbing. He also built our huge deck - designed it and built it all himself! Also built wall to wall bookshelves in our library, and put crown moulding in the kitchen.

I pay the bills and balance the checkbook, not because he can't do it - but because I'm the one spending most the $$ and I need to know what's what money wise. We do sometimes write them out together when I'm getting bogged down - I'll write, and he'll write them in the checkbook or visa versa.