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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haven't you all had roommates over the years that were worthless regarding the work, chores, activities...whatever you want to call it.....required to maintain a reasonable level of order in a home?

I am talking about basic comm sense.  I have lived with some folks who could not clean a bathroom or kitchen or any room really, some could not do laundry, some could not clear a walkway or car of snow effectively, and don't get me started on the fuse box or mowing a little patch of grass.

Just have your kids be able to effectively handle some simple basic tasks for their sake and everyone else they have to live with.[/quote]

Plenty of us [b]have had[/b] spouses like this...[/quote]

+1 Yup. But I will stress the bolded above. Have had. Past tense. No longer married because they made maintaining a home fall primarily on someone that was raised to do so. They never learned how or valued doing so if they did. And everyone can’t afford a maid and to outsource. Maybe one person (man or woman) can carry the load to do it all before kids but it all goes to shit once those kids start leaving a mess and it’s only one person doing all the work.[/quote]

This is why I am probably more strict with my sons than my daughter about chores.  I want to make sure my DILs sees them doing their fair share of household chores that we all know tends to fall on the female species.[/quote]

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