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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Think more broadly about the example you're setting for your child here. You're showing him that marriage isn't about working together, trying to be good to each other, etc., it's about staking out what you want to be responsible for and then refusing to go outside of it for the benefit of your marriage or your household. That's not really a recipe for a healthy relationship.[/quote]

I get what you are saying, but in fact I am not comfortable with a model for my son where he seems mom doing all of the cooking and cleaning from morning until night, and runs the household, and her job is 24/7 while dad is off the clock once he gets in the door. I do all the cleaning-I have a really nicely kept house. Our sink doesn't have dirty dishes in it, our counters aren't sticky, our floors are swept, we always have clean clothes, our bathroom towels are always fresh, our cars are tidy, DS's toys are nicely kept and rotated, our bills are paid and paperwork is in order, our taxes are filed, etc. Before we had a kid, DH would go out for a breakfast burrito on Saturday, while I spent an hour on cleaning.  I'm not resentful, I love having a nice guest-ready house, and so does DH. We often have guests over. But aside from cooking, I pretty much do everything, and I actually think DS should see dad doing some household stuff as well.  DH isn't a natural cleaner-upper, so I don't think he's going to all of a sudden pitch in more on that front. [/quote]

Doesn't dad do lawn work, bathe kids, put kids to bed half the time? Cook dinner on weekends, breakfast on weekends?

All that you posted about a well oiled household seems normal. [/quote]

Nope-town house so no lawn to speak of, I do baby bath right after dinner (food in hair and all that), rarely puts DS to bed bc he is just getting home when DS goes to sleep - he never offers to do so, and I don't want to thrust baby in his arms when he walks in door. We alternate caring for DS on weekend mornings, so we do breakfast on our own, and weekend meals we usually go out or take out. [/quote]

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