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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest fucking scam that men have gotten away with is "men take care of the outside and the maintenance and the cars". First of all, none of us are living on major acreage.  People with big yards end up outsourcing, and most of us in the region are on postage stamp lots, or condos or townhouses. Unless you are into mega-landscaping, the outside is nbd. No 100k+ families I know are out there on ladders cleaning gutters. "Maintenance?" Lol- my DH isn't under the sink or in the electric panel or tiling the bathroom. My favorite is the "car maintenance".  I LOVE doing the car "maintenance". I take it to Acura a few times a year and sit in their nice waiting room drinking coffee and playing on my phone. There was probably a time where all of this was hard work, when owe actually did this stuff, but it's been so pared down and outsourcing this stuff is the norm while us ladies are still trying not to feel guilty about hiring a cleaning lady. All that's left for the guys is taking out the trash (while u run around the house and round it all up and bag it up and put it in the can". And trash is only once a week!![/quote]

We lived on a quarter acre and all I can say is that we had a fair amount of yardwork - mowing the lawn, weeding, mulching, raking/bagging leaves, trimming shrubs, planting flowers, gutters, occasional painting etc.  Add in snow shoveling and - yes - the outside work kept dh quite busy on the weekends.  We had our division of labor the way it was for a reason. I got the kids out of his hair while he took care of those chores - usually the kids and I would go out and do something fun while dh worked in the yard (park/playground/mall/Grandma's house/play date).

People get way too caught up in making sure that everything is even/steven split right down the middle.  You can do *most* of the cooking/cleaning/yard work/income making/car maintenance/child care/pet care/whatever...without compromising yourself as a person.  Just try to be fair about it.[/quote]

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