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[quote=Anonymous]I also saw this posted on FB this morning and while parts of it resonated with me, otherwise I felt lucky because my DH definitely does 50% of the household work. He manages all our finances, packs the kids' lunches each day, and doesn't use cluelessness as an excuse to not do laundry, load dishwasher, etc.

He also does more grocery shopping than I do, although I cook dinner more often- that probably cancels itself out.

I still do most of the planning though- logistics, travel planning, the emotional work like gift giving etc. But he's at least very aware of this, and he does more of the financial planning, yard work (I know this is so gendered- but he loves gardening and I have a black thumb), car maintenance. So it's a pretty even partnership, IMO.

I think he is a good partner in this sense because he was raised by a low-income single mom. So he did a ton of stuff around his house growing up, and couldn't be inept. He had to make himself dinner, clean up around the house, etc.[/quote]

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