Opposites attract – we all know the saying. This is surprisingly often true in relationships. There can be many examples: for example, our partner is an absolute master in road navigation and will find the right direction in literally any circumstances. While in our case, for example, the second one person not very good orientation in the field. This may concern various areas: minor repairs, cleaning, laundry, cooking, planning, organization, saving, paying bills, etc. A lot depends on your character traits, preferences and predispositions.
Well, what about household chores? We often share them spontaneously in relation to what works best for us. It’s good when we complement each other. However, it is worse when one of the parties ignores these obligations… because there are many such stories.
Readers shared with us various interesting stories, indicating that in their relationships the division of responsibilities results from very diverse reasons. And they are not that obvious. As 34-year-old Klaudia writes – and also warns – her problem is only seemingly trivial, especially since it’s the heating season now.
Household duties. “If my husband is gone, I am left without heating and hot water”
“I can’t… adjust the radiator. This has been the subject of our many years of arguments. I prefer warmer, he prefers colder. But he is the one who knows about technical innovations, he bought special programmable overlays and set the time when he should heat. I didn’t manage to do it.” “So far, I can’t figure out how to change them for longer than an hour, because every time I correct my settings and restore my husband’s,” Klaudia adds jokingly.
She is echoed by 40-year-old Hanna. “It’s the same for me – I can’t adjust the furnace at home, I don’t even touch it. So if my husband is not at home and, for example, something breaks, I am left without hot water and heating,” she writes. But she has a certain “superpower” herself.
However, I can assemble furniture much better and faster. My husband will install the door upside down every time or something like that. And I could actually take up assembling furniture professionally
– says Hanna.
And finally, “stereotypically” – as she says – she is unable to “explain to her husband which compartment in the washing machine the powder goes into.” “I finally switched to laundry capsules. We have one less topic to talk about, but our lives are better,” she sums up.
Home repairs? “It’s very stereotypical, but my guy is very smart”
Kamila, 31, calls herself a “total zero in technical matters.”
If I were single, I would use Fixly (my friend does this and says it has saved her a lot of stress). Recently, for example, my toilet broke down and I wouldn’t know what to do. I know it’s very stereotypical, but my guy is very knowledgeable when it comes to things like repairing things. It’s similar with my parents
– I’m writing.
“I don’t do anything car related”
In turn, Zosia, a 29-year-old, refrains from any issues related to car maintenance.
“I don’t do anything related to the car, i.e. I will go to the car wash, but my husband is responsible for changing tires, refueling, paying for insurance and other such things. Besides, there is one place in the house that I also don’t clean because, as he claims, “my husband ‘I don’t do it carefully’ and it’s about cleaning the bathroom,” reveals our reader.
Household duties. Division? “My husband locks himself in the bathroom and relaxes with household chemicals”
“I don’t cry about it because I hate cleaning it and he locks himself there, turns on his favorite music and has 40 minutes of relaxation with household chemicals,” she adds. “I can take care of the rest in this time.
Oh, and my husband doesn’t buy children’s clothes, shoes and things yet, because he did it once and you don’t want to know what our daughter was wearing… plus, he gets very angry when he sees the prices. He used to be outraged why children’s shoes are so expensive
– says Zosia.
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Source: Gazeta
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