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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I guess the wage gap myth can die.  Women are graduating colleges and getting jobs at higher rates.

In any case - let's define housework as well.  I don't vacuum, do laundry very much if at all.  Know what I've done?  Put in new floors, built a garden, all outdoor work, maintain vehicles to the best of my abilities (I'll take it in for complex stuff), replace lighting fixtures, outlets, plumbing (I outsource hard stuff, plumbing can ruin your house if you mess up..trust me), pet upkeep (feeding, walks, vet visits)...

So let's see them break up that.  How many women now the lawn, out in floors, do demolition or repair things?  Not many I reckon.[/quote]

What EVER are lesbian couples to do without MEN to help take care of these things?  :roll:

Get over yourself. [/quote]

That's and exception, not the norm.  And I'm still going to say not many.  I'd also like to add, I have yet to see one female handyman or builder.  They just don't get into that line of work because it's "men work".  This is why they don't do it themselves either.  I have yet to see a woman build a deck.  I have.  [/quote]

I don't get your point. Your saying that the article should allow for people like you while simultaneously whining/bragging about how few people are like you?

That seems dumb. If you are such a rare deck buildin hoss of a unicorn why should the study include outliers like you with hobbies? That isn't housework. [/quote]
Okay, complex issues like decks and installing floors not included, other maintenance tasks like auto repair, electrical work, plumbing, simple HVAC should be.  As should outdoor work.  Think it's easy building mumtiole garden boxes and putting a nice fence around it?  Or cutting down tree branches or climbing on the roof cleaning out filth from the gutters?  It needs to be defined, what is "housework"?[/quote]

It's comparing apples to oranges. Some of these activities only take place a couple times a year like cleaning gutters or cutting down trees branches. Others are one time projects even if they take multiple weeks to complete like garden boxes. But indoor housework like cooking/cleaning/laundry/etc needs to happen on a daily or weekly basis.[/quote]

This is BS.  There isn't a week that goes by where there isn't a list of things to do that takes hours.

Wanna switch?  Fine. You can fix the garage door you broke on Tuesday.  Or replant the garden the kids tore up while playing.  Or replace a bunch of wall sockets because you want ones that have integrated USB charging capacity.  Or fix the dishwasher because it got jammed with the glass you broke but failed to clean up thinking it would magically wash away. Or rake leaves, its fall now.  Plus the fall plantings, etc.

Get the point?[/quote]

Your dw finds a lot of extra busy work for you to do? Neither dh nor I have ever broken a garage door. We don't have a garden but dh does mow the lawn 2x a month. Wall sockets with integrated USB charging are nice but not really necessary or life changing enough that I would want dh or myself to expend the effort. But if I really wanted them, I would do it myself. If I break glass in the dishwasher, I clean it up immediately. Ditto for dh. (Though dh has done something to what you described when he was a kid.) We don't have trees in our yard so no leaves to rake. Also no fall plantings. Our yard is basically a 20x30 patch of grass for the kids and dogs to play in.

Life's busy enough without creating extra work for ourselves. It sounds like you don't enjoy the yard work. Maybe it's time to outsource or simplify. If your dw is the one who wants the gardens, then she should be the one to do it. 
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