How To Divide Household Chores In A Marriage

Posted on July 8, 2008 in Marriage Advice, Marriage Problems

Household chores are one topic of war amongst most couples. Reason being one person handling too many responsibilities and the other hardly handling anything.

It is very important that both the partners come to a common agreement about the division of household chores and stick to it faithfully. Once in a while doing up your spouse’s share of work would be nice and sweet.

Here is a list of household chores, which should be equally divided amongst you both.

Cleaning Rooms: Both of you can come up with a conclusion as to who will clean up the rooms everyday. You can alternate the duty every month.

Cleaning Bathrooms: This task again can be alternated every week amongst you two.

Buying Grocery: This is an important ask that you two should decide.

Cooking: A woman is mostly given the responsibility of cooking, but at certain times the man can also take up the responsibility of cooking when the wife is tired.

Washing Clothes: Either help can be hired from outside or one of the spouse can take this responsibility.

Folding Clothes: If one of you likes washing clothes the other can support up by folding the clothes.

Dusting The House: Dusting the house once a week is essential. But in some cases one of the spouses may be allergic to dust , in such cases the other can take it up.

Cleaning The Vessels: This is one task that both of you can do, when one is washing the other can dry the vessels and stack them up in their place.

Paying Of Bills: This is also one of those tasks which both of you can do together. This way both of you can have a check on the expenses.

Taking Care Of Children: If both of you are working, then you can hire someone who can take care of the child or if this is not possible, its again up to both of you to divide the work. This can include taking the children out to the doctor or visiting their school, taking them to the park etc.

Gardening: Taking care of the garden, mowing the lawn, watering the plants is something else that you two need to discuss.

Couples, who are planning to get married, should discuss these tasks before they get married. Things become a little easier after marriage.

It is important that a couple discusses these tasks regularly; it is not just your office but also your house that needs to be managed. The way you manage your house will greatly reflects  how you will mange your workplace.

Keep these things in mind and enjoy a hassle free marriage.

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