Yesterday, for the first time in 8 1/2 years of marriage, my wife...

[NewJeffCT]

actually used a vacuum cleaner! And, she hardly needed any help in figuring out how to operate it! :loveya:

Somehow, I don't think it will become the norm, but maybe in a few years, she'll be ready to run the washer & dryer?

(and no, we don't live in squalor... either I've done the cleaning, or we had a cleaning lady)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

1. She's a lucky woman

to have you! Now how long until you can get over here and get to work? :rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

3. Most of the time, I think I'm the lucky one

but, maybe I've been brainwashed? My rates are pretty high to travel, though.

[cbdo2007]

2. Awwww, that's fun.

I love it when my wife attempts to clean something. I usually have to end up going over it again, with the vacuum or doing the dishes, or dear God don't let her near the washer & dryer....but it's sweet when she puts in some effort and tries to help out. :)

[NewJeffCT]

4. True

when she does wash a few dishes, I normally wait until after she goes to bed or something and rewash them.

[seabeyond]

7. you guys are just funny

i was reading the other thread about the guy wanting to end the marriage. the difference between imperfection being embraced and laughed and and the imperfection being jabs

when a give and take in relationships.... the imperfections are funny

[vadawg]

5. rofl mine is hopeless at that as well, last time she tried about 9 years ago

she sucked all the hot ashes from a fire, then when it caught fire left it on the floor and came to get me, i was pishing myself laughing at that one...

[seabeyond]

8. d*mn, with you three/four in this thread, i am learning i did this all WRONG.

i need to be incompetent in the cleaning, lol, not good. actually hubby took the imcompetent role, lol, so probably why i chose to do it.

funny

[vadawg]

9. rofl dont worry i put normal detergent in the dish washer and i put metal stuff in the microwave

mmm trying to think of all the other stuff i messed up with technology... hell the only reason i am online is because i have to be at work.

[NewJeffCT]

11. well, my wife is Chinese

and, it is more typical in the more developed eastern part of China for men to do most of the housework... and, from anecdotal evidence of my wife & her friends, somehow I've found that when Chinese women come to the US, they seem to find husbands (Chinese or non Chinese) that do a good bit of housework, too.

However, my ex-wife did almost no housework during our brief marriage, so I see my wife doing any housework as a big win for me.

[seabeyond]

6. bah hahahaha. lol. i love this thread. 16 yrs with a tech guy and i am clueless

on all that stuff and anything machanical. hubby still loves me

it is so funny family and friends ask me computer questions assuming i would have learned soemthing in all these years, adn hubby and i laugh, and laugh

i love your post

[NewJeffCT]

12. well, when it comes to negotiating things

with a contractor or somebody else, I just shut up & let my wife do the talking. She does that stuff for a living and anything I say will just get in the way.

[Heidi]

10. I must admit that I do most of the vacuuming around here, but to CMW's credit,

he test drives every new vacuum cleaner, art supply, kitchen aid or power tool I buy -- to ensure my safety. :rofl:

[zanana1]

13. She sounds like my kind of person! nt

[NewJeffCT]

14. well, she does help fold clothes sometimes

but, I normally have to refold things because they don't fit into the drawers the way she folds them.

[seabeyond]

15. i love this thread. hubby doesnt get to fold clothes, fill dishwasher or pack

why? cause i just do it better, lol

but he excels at going after those piles. you know, stuff accumulated in piles. once a piles starts, it will stay there forever, and just keep on growing. i wont hardly touch a pile. pile of mail. pile of papers. piles..... not my thing. i can pick up, and i do, unless it has made it into a pile of save and look at later

he whips those out.

[NewJeffCT]

16. oh, don't get me started on the dishwasher...

or separating dark & light colors in the laundry We have 3 baskets - one for light, one for dark and one for towels - our 7 year old daughter has known how to do that for years now, but my wife still can't figure it (or placing items in the dishwasher) out.

[seabeyond]

17. i have ONE basket and no one can get the clothes in it. all around.

in the vicinity, but not in. really amazing.

i love your wife.

[NewJeffCT]

18. and, to top it off

my wife is hot and she has two master's degrees. I think her attractiveness has helped her out in terms of housework.

[seabeyond]

19. it works for you....

and her.

glad to hear. i love these stories.

[madmom]

20. Or maybe they know they will be re-done anyway so why do it. I had an

SO who re-did everything I did because it wasn't up to his standard, so I just stopped doing anything at all, why bother. People don't like being made to think they can't do anything right. It's really on par with the "dumb blond" attitude.

[zanana1]

21. That reminds me of my husband during our first year of marriage.

He's incredibly picky about food and he never knows what he wants for dinner. When I was first married, I tried to be nice and I wanted to cook meals that he'd love. After about six months of "I don't like this" from my husband, I instituted the "Cook your own dinner" rule. It's worked great since then. We've been married for 30 years.

[NewJeffCT]

22. No, not really

Most of the time, if I re-do something, it will be when she's not around.