Re: My Wife - Seven Year Itch?

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:29:27 GMT, Emma Anne 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> So if we do half the household chores, you'll help change the oil in 
>> the car, 
>
> Grease Monkey does this
>
>> wash and wax the cars, 
>
> Car wash
>
>> tune up the snow blower, weed whacker, 
>> lawn mower, 
>
> Local repair shop
>
>> clean the gutters, fix the roof, mow the lawn, 
>
> DH does these, except we hire domeone to fix the roof.
>
>> shovel the 
>> snow, 
>
> Both of us
>
>> pull weeds, spray toxic weed killer, 
>
> I do these
>
>
>> kill the spiders, rats, and 
>> mice, pick up the dead mice and rats and reset the traps, 
>
> Thankfully only spiders at our house.  We both take care of them,
> although I catch them and put them outside, while DH kills them
>
>
>> fix the and 
>> clean the furnace, 
>
> DH puts an air filter in each season.  Anything else is the repair folks
>
>> fix the water and pipe systems, 
>
> Plumber
>
>> get the sprinklers 
>> ready for winter, 
>
> Me
>
>> shoot the skunks and ground hogs, 
>
> N/a
>
>
>> and all that other 
>> stuff that really doesn't matter? 
>
> Call and wait for repair people?  Me.  Plant things in the yard and take
> care of houseplants?  Me.  Water the lawn and plants?  Me.  Put up
> pictures?  DH.  Painting?  Both of us.  Move heavy stuff?  DH or both of
> us.
>
> Summary:  most jobs have been taken on by one or the other of us; i.e.
> we've specialized.  But we don't divide them up in a particularly gender
> related way.  Also, we hire out quite a few things (oil changes, etc.).

It's all well and good that you have the disposable income to hire out 
those things that you do.  If you have enough disposable income, you can 
hire a cook and a maid.

My wife and I don't.  Over the years, I've literally saved 10s of 
thousands of dollars by doing a lot of the household improvements and 
repairs myself.  When I first started, I really didn't know what I was 
doing, so the Time-Life repair series books really came in handy.

Here's the question.  You hire out all those other things, do you have a 
cook and a maid?  If not, why not?

-Tony

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