Real Life Stories - November 2019

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Step number one was the household chores. I felt that while Tom did chores around the home it was only when I told him to do them. He took no responsibility or initiative at home and if I didn’t nag him to help he never would. I told Tom that each Sunday night after the kids went to bed the two of us would sit down and plan the weeks work schedule. For the first two weeks I helped him devise a schedule as I doubted he even understood what needed to be done on a weekly basis. After that he was to have a schedule prepared in advance each Sunday night which I would approve or amend as I saw fit. I also added home improvement projects if I thought we needed something extra done around the home. The majority of the household tasks would not only have set days for completion but Tom was now the primary housekeeper. I would continue to do the majority of the cooking as I was home earlier however all post meal clean up, all laundry, more then 50% of the weekly cleaning and all yard work excluding my garden was now his responsibility. Kid’s lunches for school were shared as was preparing breakfast for them.