Women, Do You Make Your Husbands Do Their Own Laundry?

[Road Runner]

I am currently engaged and this topic came up today when I was sorting laundry. Now, I believe in the idea that if somebody is able to do their own laundry then they should, so that's why I'm not going to do my man's laundry for him unless he's sick or he's busy doing other chores and asks me nicely to do it for him. Generally speaking I will expect him to pull his weight and do half of the work since it's the twenty-first century. Same with dishes and what not. What do you guys think?

 

[Mr Natural]

I can guarantee that after a few weeks of me and my filthy, disgusting, smelly clothes that you’d be happy to do my laundry.

 

[Orangecat]

A marriage is a partnership. Unless previously agreed upon, chores should be divided equally. Of course, if one partner is unemployed, they should do the lion's share of domestic chores while the other pays the lion's share of the bills.

 

[Road Runner]

Actually, now come to think of it splitting it up where sometimes I do the laundry and sometimes he does it sounds even better.

 

[Cecilie1200]

I am currently engaged and this topic came up today when I was sorting laundry. Now, I believe in the idea that if somebody is able to do their own laundry then they should, so that's why I'm not going to do my man's laundry for him unless he's sick or he's busy doing other chores and asks me nicely to do it for him. Generally speaking I will expect him to pull his weight and do half of the work since it's the twenty-first century. Same with dishes and what not. What do you guys think?

Laundry in my house is done by whomever is free to handle it at the moment. Sometimes my husband throws his clothes in wash himself (his clothes are always washed separately from everyone else's, to make sure they don't get mixed up with our sons'). Sometimes he'll ask me to because he's busy with something else. Sometimes he'll ask the boys to do it because we're both going to be out of the house. Dishes tend to work the same way.

I handle the advanced-level chores (the ones that they won't do to the level I want them done) and they do the chores that are hard for me because of the arthritis in my hands. I can't hand-wash pots and pans, for example, because the ability to grip something heavy with one hand and scrub with the other is painful.

 

[Mr Natural]

I have no idea how to run the washing machine.

Nor do I care to learn.

 

[petro]

My wife is notorious for starting the laundry then living out of the dryer the rest of the week.
Usually I get stuck finishing it if I want my clothes upstairs.

I am the clean freak of the house.

 

[petro]

I can guarantee that after a few weeks of me and my filthy, disgusting, smelly clothes that you’d be happy to do my laundry.

So, the Not So Mr. Clean.

 

[Road Runner]

I have no idea how to run the washing machine.

Nor do I care to learn.

Yeah well I wouldn't want to be married to you anyways so I don't give a shit if you're a lazy disgusting slob.

 

[deannalw]

No. If there's laundry, I wash it. I sort according to color, not people.

 

[Care4all]

My husband does all the laundry... For 32 years now.... He's weird, and likes doing it.....!!! I've been blessed! And he handles the trash, taking it out, and dropping it off twice a week at the dump!

 

[Orangecat]

I have no idea how to run the washing machine.

Nor do I care to learn.

Judging by your political views, I'm not surprised you can't figure out how to operate simple household appliances.

 

[Road Runner]

My husband does all the laundry... For 32 years now.... He's weird, and likes doing it.....!!! I've been blessed! And he handles the trash, taking it out, and dropping it off twice a week at the dump!

Wow you're lucky that you're so spoiled lol

 

[Cecilie1200]

No. If there's laundry, I wash it. I sort according to color, not people.

I sort by color and type, but I have to sort by person a little bit. My clothes can't be mistaken for anyone else's, because I'm the only woman in the house, and my older son is quite a bit larger than my younger son, so it's easy to tell theirs apart. My husband, however, is right between the two of them in size, so it can be easy to mistake his clothes for belonging to one of them, or vice versa, so he keeps his separate.

 

[Anathema]

I am a very strong believer in Traditional Gender Roles, including division of labor. That’s the way my wife and I live our life together.

 

[Road Runner]

Judging by you political views, I'm not surprised you can't figure out how to operate simple household appliances.

I bet Joe Biden doesn't know how to either.

 

[Road Runner]

I am a very strong believer in Traditional Gender Roles, including division of labor. That’s the way my wife and I live our life together.

To each their own.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I am currently engaged and this topic came up today when I was sorting laundry. Now, I believe in the idea that if somebody is able to do their own laundry then they should, so that's why I'm not going to do my man's laundry for him unless he's sick or he's busy doing other chores and asks me nicely to do it for him. Generally speaking I will expect him to pull his weight and do half of the work since it's the twenty-first century. Same with dishes and what not. What do you guys think?

My first question.
Do you work,as in outside the home.

 

[Road Runner]

My first question.
Do you work,as in outside the home.

At the moment no I'm on SSI due to my disabilities.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I have no idea how to run the washing machine.

Nor do I care to learn.

Oh I can run one but I havent done a load of laundry in 30 years.