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[quote=Anonymous]A few things. It helps to really lower your expectations for meals. Each meal doesn't have to be gourmet, Have a menu of five simple things everyone can eat and make those things only. If your husband is a griller, make him plan a meal once or twice a week that you can eat and have leftovers. Everything you make should be enough for leftovers the next night. If people won't eat leftovers, they can fend for themselves (this will get easier as your kids get older). Laundry - buy enough clothes so that you only have to do it once every two weeks. Husband can do his own laundry. The kids will soon be old enough to put their laundry away if you set it up so that they can reach things. Mine has been putting hers away completely independently since she was in 1st. Outsource everything your husband "says" he does so that he can help out more. I know you said you don't want to get into a discussion about that, but my husband said the same thing, and the "chores" he was doing were not priorities and we both agreed on that. And we outsourced the ones that were (i.e. yard, etc). He now cooks at least once a week, does all of his laundry and puts it away, and we take turns juggling weekend sports and grocery shopping. [/quote]

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