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[quote=Anonymous]Finances and bills - I set up the online bill pay and make sure they go through, but DH does our taxes every year and manages our investments and retirement/college savings.

Planning vacations - we do this together but don’t go anywhere extravagant.

Housework - I do most of it but he has his chores - lawn care and snow removal, trash and recycling, he took over the litter boxes when I was pregnant and has kept doing them. He also does his own clothes laundry.

Shopping - we’re actually getting close to 50-50 on this because he takes our oldest to Wegmans early-ish in the morning on the weekends. He says there are lots of dads and little kids there! But I do the mid-week trips to Target and Walmart and stuff, and any midweek grocery trips or delivery that we might need. I also manage our Hello Fresh meals, we usually get meals about every other week.

Cooking/clean-up - usually me

Laundry - me apart from his own clothing laundry which he does on his own

Education and kids extra-curriculars - me

Kids medical - mostly me but he’ll definitely take a sick kid to the doctor on the weekend or if he’s home. He mostly takes the lead on vet stuff for our cats, one of whom has some chronic medical issues.

Home maintenance - he’s pretty handy and I am not, hahaha.

Hiring people - the research for who to hire, contacting the companies, and setting up the work is almost always me, but we do talk about it beforehand and I’d never set up work without talking to him first.

Socialization - I do all the kid play dates, kid swimming lessons, kid sports, etc. etc. He gets us together with some of his friends or work friends who have kids roughly the same age though. [/quote]

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