Paula and I had a fairly traditional division of labor when we were younger, with me working to earn the money, cutting the grass, shoveling snow, etc... and her doing the household stuff. Occassionally I'd do household stuff too, but that was an exceptional thing.
As she's gotten older and in poorer health, I've been doing more and more of the household stuff. I do essentially all of the laundry now, and all of the sweeping and vacuuming. Sometimes I cook, and I always put away the pots and pans and dishes after the dishwasher's done with them.
When we married, I was quite willing to do more. My Irish grandmother had raised me to eschew notions of "women's work" and "men's work." She was really quite the 1st wave feminist, having grown up in a family of girls with only one baby brother. But Paula wanted that division of labor, and I was willing to be flexible.
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Date: 2005-12-03 03:01 am (UTC)As she's gotten older and in poorer health, I've been doing more and more of the household stuff. I do essentially all of the laundry now, and all of the sweeping and vacuuming. Sometimes I cook, and I always put away the pots and pans and dishes after the dishwasher's done with them.
When we married, I was quite willing to do more. My Irish grandmother had raised me to eschew notions of "women's work" and "men's work." She was really quite the 1st wave feminist, having grown up in a family of girls with only one baby brother. But Paula wanted that division of labor, and I was willing to be flexible.