‘How to get men to do chores’

Posted on April 9, 2016 by KG

Is a NZ Stuff news headline.
I’d have thought the answer was simple, ladies.
All you have to do is create enough time in his day – and the best way to do that is for you to learn how to clean out the grease trap, replace tap washers, fix a broken window, change the oil in the car, climb up into the roof space to locate and fix that leak that only happens when it’s blowing southerly, fix the toilet cistern valve…..the list goes on. It’s endless.
Of course, it might take you a while to learn a few things but hey, women are better at multi-tasking, right? So you’ll be able to flip through some home maintenance manuals while having (ethically sourced) coffee with the girls during the next shopping trip.
There ya go – problem solved.

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11 Responses to ‘How to get men to do chores’

  1. Seneca III says:
    April 9, 2016 at 08:00

    Situation normal then?
    This is the way things work: according to the time and place and the duality of the needs of the moment such actions define the essential meaning of a family – a man, a woman and their children joined together in love and commitment with an intent to contribute to their commonalty each according to his or her means, biological evolutionary determinants, ability and, in times of crisis or overwhelming circumstance, each able and willing to pick up a torch dropped by the other.
    Of such things are we what we are and, yes, perfection escapes us, but there is no better way.

  2. Darin says:
    April 9, 2016 at 14:22

    My Dad was Navy and as he says two things every sailor knows how to do is mop and polish.My mother was complaining to him once about how she had spent all day cleaning house.His reply was “what took you so long?”He wasn’t kidding either,I once saw him wash the dishes,run two loads of clothes through the laundry,sweep,vacuum and mop the whole house spotless in 45 minutes flat.The man was a cleaning machine and he did it so my mother could have time to pursue her hobby and volunteer at church.
    Other than that”what’s it take to get a man to do chores around the house?”I overheard my buddy’s SIL ask his wife how she managed to get him to do house work. She said -“simple,I f–k his brains out twice a week and really put my back into it” :mrgreen:

    • KG says:
      April 9, 2016 at 14:52

      “I once saw him wash the dishes,run two loads of clothes through the laundry,sweep,vacuum and mop the whole house spotless in 45 minutes flat…”
      And that’s ALL it should take. Housework is a pretty trivial business, really.

      • Darin says:
        April 9, 2016 at 15:06

        Yup,and taking care of a mess when it’s a small one means it will never become a big one.

        I also noticed recently while cruising a local dating website just how many women are complete slobs.They take their profile pic with a floor full of dirty laundry or a counter full of dirty dishes as a backdrop.Nothing like first impressions http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_unsure.gif

  3. mara says:
    April 9, 2016 at 18:33

    In my world, the third alleged Brussels bomber would be singing falsetto within 30 minutes of interrogation, give or take the time it takes the officers to have their coffee break.

    • Bo Chandler says:
      April 9, 2016 at 21:13

      I would allow him to flee into Molenbeek. Then, I would announce via loudspeaker that he was to be turned over by the inhabitants of the district or their homes would be pounded to dust by artillery fire.

      I would do this every time time I caught a terrorist, sometimes multiple times per terrorist.

      In this regard either their solidarity would be broken or the pretext would exist to flatten an islamoslum.