Newfound love for cleaning
Sep 18I’ve been very into cleaning lately and I’m not sure whether it’s a nesting thing or it’s because this apartment is mine. At my mother’s house I dreaded it but I went shopping today and bought boring stuff like carpet deodorizer, a swiffer, air fresheners, sponges, and a few other household items and I think I get entirely too excited about purchasing them. I got the swiffer wet cloths that have febreeze in them but soon discovered that the dry ones do work better than I predicted for catching hair so I’ll have to pick some of them up too. I also got a downy ball so I can stop having to watch for the rinse cycle in my washer to add the softener. It may also be because we have pretty defined roles between Randy and I.
The kitchen is my territory. He does not touch my cleaning products or attempt to clean the dishes or do the laundry. I’m set in my ways and if things get out of sorts it annoys me. He also doesn’t vacuum in the house. His area of expertise is cleaning up after Colby outside (pooper scooper anyone?), tools, the car (which he vacuumed this morning in preparation for installing the carseat. I had hair galore from Colby in there) , and of course doing that whole work outside the home thing. I’m a creature of habit and minor changes throw off my whole day. I also do most of the cooking although he does know how. I just like the traditional roles I guess. I also feel that I should be doing the majority of the work at home since I’m choosing to be a stay at home mother while he takes on 10-12 hour shifts 6 days a week.
How do you and your significant other delegate responsibilities in and out of the home? How do you feel about it?
