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Men do more housework.

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GiveMeSomeSpace · 07/02/2013 18:43

How do you confuse a Daily Hate reader?

Tell them that immigrants are natural preditors of paedophiles

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AThingInYourLife · 07/02/2013 18:50

DH gets through more housework than I do.

I'm slow and inefficient. He is like a machine.

My Dad's share of housework would be more than my mother's if she allowed him (or anyone) use the washing machine (ishoos).

My BIL and brother both seem to pull their weight, never heard sis or SIL complain.

RL and MN diverge on housework.

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Daddelion · 07/02/2013 18:53

AThingInYourLife

You know revealing the truth, and portraying men in a positive light will not be tolerated.

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purrpurr · 07/02/2013 18:55

Did I just read 'men' and 'positive light' in the same sentence? Noooo.

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Pascha · 07/02/2013 19:01

I don't do 8 hours of housework if I can avoid it. DH is infinitely tidier and more houseproud than me. This is the boy who, as a teenager, would take a bowl full of hot soapy water to his bedroom every monday night and wash the top of his wardrobe and the skirting boards. Voluntarily.

Not that I think the piece is accurate or unbiased, but the basic premise is certainly true in this household.

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Pan · 07/02/2013 19:08

I'm massively re-assured by the fact that this is being reported in the DM, AND by YoupiJob's research method and survey details have been fully described in the article. Hey, otherwise it could have had it's veracity questioned. Phew!

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AThingInYourLife · 07/02/2013 19:13

"This is the boy who, as a teenager, would take a bowl full of hot soapy water to his bedroom every monday night and wash the top of his wardrobe and the skirting boards. Voluntarily."

:o

Hahahaha!

I thought my DH's adolescence sounded dorky! :)

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amillionyears · 07/02/2013 19:17

Good. Marvellous.

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TheDoctrineOfSciAndNatureClub · 07/02/2013 19:18

66% of men do something and 62% of women do it and this "turns gender stereotypes on their head"?

A 4% difference?

Ok-dokey.

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Daddelion · 07/02/2013 19:19

Pascha.

That is not normal. Does he like scatter cushions?

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Pan · 07/02/2013 19:20

The only man I have ever known to do more housework than his female partner was a bloke eerily similar to the Kevin Kline character in "Sleeping With The Enemy"

Maybe I just hang with fellow slatterns.Grin

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Pascha · 07/02/2013 19:23

Grin No. Cushions are on a strict one in - one out basis. I'm not allowed to add to the quantity. He likes things very clean, not particularly well decorated.

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Pascha · 07/02/2013 19:25

He does pull the towels straight, now I come to think about it (but is not a stalking psycho). He can't control the toddler stuff all over the place though. That gives him some trouble.

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Daddelion · 07/02/2013 19:33

Well.

That's conclusive then it's true.

Next!

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AThingInYourLife · 07/02/2013 19:33

Pan - I know a few, but it's not about their crazy high standards.

Just that their female partners have very low standards indeed.

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Daddelion · 07/02/2013 19:36

AThingInYourLife

That's two breaches of the code.

One more is excommunication.

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Pan · 07/02/2013 19:37

ATIYL my kinda gals. Sadly v few and far between.

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AThingInYourLife · 07/02/2013 19:38

You can't excommunicate me!

Then I'd have to pay attention to my children.

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AThingInYourLife · 07/02/2013 19:40


It's just clutter, not dirt, oh no.
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amillionyears · 07/02/2013 19:47

btw, do all dadsnet threads automatically appear on mumsnet?

I wandered over there today, and was quite surprised to see that I was on there!

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Pan · 07/02/2013 19:52

No, just the really important ones, amillionyears.

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ipswichwitch · 07/02/2013 19:56

Not in my fecking house they don't

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Piemother · 07/02/2013 19:56

Hmmm. Had one relationship where it was pretty equal. Exh claimed to do loads but didn't do anything useful/helpful plus he was v slow and used it to obstruct other stuff.
But he'll be along shortly to polish his halo I'm sure Wink

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deleted203 · 07/02/2013 19:58

Are these unemployed men?? Who does 30 hours a week housework? (Taking Sundays off that's 5 hours a day!). My DH is out the house doing 14 hours hard graft and doesn't get in until after 7.00pm most nights. Would it be unreasonable of me to suggest he skips the evening meal and does housework til midnight? Given that he is out for work at 5.00am?

Hmm...I shall wave this article underneath his nose immediately...oh no! I can't. He's asleep on the sofa Grin.

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ipswichwitch · 07/02/2013 19:59

That was meant to be
men do more housework
Not in my feckin house they don't

Hard to copy n paste correctly when you're doing the dusting (grumble)

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