This is an average week for me. What is an average week for you?

@free_man (7330)
United States
June 24, 2011 9:28am CST
About 3 days ago I mowed about an acre of land. I did two loads of clothing that means washing drying folding and putting them away. I cleaned the house making the bed washing the dishes and swept the kitchen floor. The next day I mowed about 2 acres and did the house cleaning too. Plus weeded one or two flower beds. Yesterday I watered all the flower beds weeded two roses put mulch around one put up a wire fence for our cucumbers. Today I vacuumed the whole house a bedroom the living room the hall way and the bathroom rugs. Did two loads of laundry did the dishes and cleaned up a mess in the garage. Am I not doing enough? I did all this before 9am each day. Oh yes we took and hour each day to listen to the teacher of Gods word http://www.shepherdschapel.com/index.htm . So what am I not doing? My husband has been losing his temper says I have been shucking some chores! What are these chores? I can't see what I am doing wrong can you see what I am not doing? I guess you can tell by this I am a little hurt today? What is an average day for you? Oh I didn't sweep the kitchen floor which I will do as soon as I post this.
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@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
24 Jun 11
hi free_man even when I dont work and am at home for one or two weeks I dont get a tenth done of what you do in one day. With the workload you described here I dont really understand what your dear husband has to complain about. I can call myself lucky cause I did a little bit of our ironing. As we use an iron working with damp/water I hang the freshly ironed clothes into the living room over night so no moisture will get into the closts. I think I will put them away tomorrow evening or Sunday morning the latest. thats all I accomplished today.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
24 Jun 11
Hi Ritter. It made me so mad this morning when he got onto me that I walked a mile in the rain. He didn't even seem to care that it was raining when I left! He gets this way every month towards the end of the month when we are struggling to make ends meet. I just plain don't know what to say to him today. I don't have to iron anything since I quit working years ago. But that in itself is a chore!
• Lippstadt, Germany
24 Jun 11
I am so sorry to hear you were walking through the rain and he didnt even notice. Has happened here as well. I think that there are troublesome times in every marriage here and there and i hope you soon do see light at the end of the tunnel and are happy together again.
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• United States
25 Jun 11
Hi RitterSport If I were her I would just not do anything for a few days to show him what it's like to NOT do anything. I would tell him to get up and help me.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
24 Jun 11
I hear you, my husband seems to think I do nothing either..I am impressed you are able to listen to G&hearts'd word daily, I am fortunate if I get to once a week. Now my husband has twice this week gotten on me for not cooking supper, because my math school work doesn't bring in money, I have to sacrifice my time trying to do my work and cook him something.... Sure, it is my job, but we had spaghetti sauce for a week now and my oldest son made something a couple nights ago, and yet he thinks I should drop everything and cook him something..Plus he is always buying canned meals no one in this house will eat, why can't he eat that? He also know how hard this class is and that it's different from my other math courses and I have to take time to understand and plan the best way to use the online course..I started just over a week ago and just now have a plan, because it was totally confusing and my instructor was zero help,... I think men who do this have a problem, don't know what, but it is a "I do so much and you do nothing" mentality, and no matter how much you work, they will never be satisfied..
@free_man (7330)
• United States
24 Jun 11
Hi Carmelanirel. I don't understand how they think either but it really confuses me at times. The dinner part that really gets on my nerves. I made hamburgers last night and he got all pissed off because the hamburger didn't touch all sides of his bun. He said they weren't big enough! He said I don't really try to cook like he does! What the heck I am me and he is him no two people are just alike!
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• United States
24 Jun 11
I don't know free_man, I do know that his dad was critical, so maybe your husband's father was also critical??? My husband denies it and I believed him, until my daughter brought it to my attention, so now I can pick out every critical thing he says, whether about me or someone else and it really makes me mad...
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
26 Jun 11
Hi Carmelanirel. That is not it he wasn't raised with his dad around. His dad divorced his mom when he was only 5. But he did have some critical step dads. He got over it after talking to a friend of ours today. I was so mad yesterday that I threw a candy dish across the room and it shattered. He got my point real quick. I don't ever throw things any time.
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@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
26 Jun 11
OMG that is alot of work. My average week is about 4 loads of laundry a week which I usually do on Monday. Also grooming my dog. I sweep the floors every morning and once a week mop all the floors. Clean both bathrooms and kitchen. Change both the towels and sheets twice a week. I dust at least twice a week too. Take garbage out twice if not three times a week. Clean the poop everyday that my dog does. Once a week rake leaves and pick up the leaves. Cut down banana leaves off of the banana trees. Trim bushes when need be. I also water the trees and flowers if we don't get rain. I also at least twice a week go to pick fruits or veggies from the trees. We have mangos, plantains, bananas, breadfruit, starfruit, green bananas, avocadoes. All are at different times of the year. Right now its the ending of mangos and we will be going into avocadoes real soon. Also on top of all this I usually cook dinner at least 5 times out of the 7 days a week. I can't believe after all you do that your husband seems to think you are not doing your share. Unbelievable!
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
26 Jun 11
Hi Lelin. Sounds like you have your hands full too. Wish we had all those trees growing in our yard. Found out he was upset with his brother because he has taken back the B word wife from hell and that it is just eating him alive. And then his brother calls us wanting to get into his pockets and they make twice the money we make in a month. It just got to him yesterday so bad that I got the short end of the stick. A friend talked to him today and he realized that is what was his problem he has been telling me all day how sorry he is for treating me like that. Thank God!
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
27 Jun 11
An average week for me starts off to a slow start on Monday. I try and figure out what I need to get done, during the various areas in my life. Then on Tuesday, I start slowly getting it done, but it does take a little bit for me to get into gear and to get a lot of it done for sure. However, it is just something in life that really does need to get to it. By Wednesday I have a pretty good idea of the direction that I need to go and I am rolling into whatever I fact do. It really is something where I have a clear schedule in my mind and I get everything done, online work, real work, schoolwork, work around the house, anything really, one step at a time. Then by Thursday I really hopefully should have the vast majority of everything really done a lot of the time. However there are some really busy weeks where I don't. Which is getting dangerously close to being an average week a lot of the time but what are you going to do. Then Friday I should be wrapping up most of everything but not necessarily the case sometimes. Hopefully by Saturday I am able to relax, able to chill, able to get everything that I need to get done, done but again, that is not necessarily going to be the case for sure. Then Sunday I just am sitting, waiting, preparing myself for the following day and the cycle of life continues. Again and again until driven completely insane.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
28 Jun 11
Hi Megmatt. Wish I could wait a day to do anything but with us owning our home and have two or three yard jobs that we need to do we don't have the time to waste. The only time we can get a day off and then it really isn't a day off cause we have other work is when it rains we get to relaxe a bit but not really. It is raining today and I have the washer and dryer going as I am writting on here my husband is busy making the dogs their peanut butter cookies that is for a week. He does this at least once a week. Then when the clothes are done I have to get up and make the bed then put the clothes away. Thank God I can't vacuum today the dogs are in the house. So will be in the garage working on the air compressor a guy we know gave us last night.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
28 Jun 11
Friend no average week for me this week was very dangerous for me. Because my mother in law was out of station and our all servant is also on holiday. So all workload was on me. I am so tempared on my husband some time because classes and all household work is so hard and my husband is not helped me in any work. So due to tiredness I was annoying on my husband and he is also annoyed on me. But this for small time after some time everything is ok.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
28 Jun 11
Hi Surkharathi. Never had a bad mother in law always have been blessed with really nice mother in laws. Sure hope you get some rest and your husband is understanding. God bless you for taking care of your mother in law.
• United States
24 Jun 11
I feel for you honey, and most women have it like that too. I'm so glad I'm lucky in that sense. My husband works all day and we do have trouble making ends meet, but he doesn't take it out on me like that. Every day I get up feed the kids and all our animals, then I wash dishes and clothes. When the kids take a nap I paint the house and work on it. Right now I'm building a pen for one of our dogs, I just have to put up the door. But if I fall behind on housework or just don't feel like doing something one day, he doesn't complain. He knows its hard work just taking care of our 2 young kids. In any spare time I get, I'm working online to make money for things I want. I'm looking to redecorate my bedroom in an Asian theme. He encourages me to try to make money online. He says if other people can do it, so can I. But I'm sorry to hear you are treated like you sit on your butt all day when you work hard. It may be the stress of not having enough money for nicer things too, since its worse at the end of the month trying to make ends meet. Have you tried talking to him about all you do? He may not see all you do or understand how much work goes into it. Try reversing roles. It might help if its possible to do it.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
26 Jun 11
Hi SilverVixen and welcome to my lot. Sounds like you have a real busy day too. I found out it is all because his brother took back his wife and they are trying to get money out of us. He has never said things to me about sitting on my butt. He always tells me thank you for working so hard. After throwing a candy dish across the room and not cleaning it up and not doing a single thing today he knew I was pissed. We talked to a friend of ours and he pointed out what the problem was. My husband has been telling me all day how sorry he is for treating me so bad yesterday.
• United States
26 Jun 11
Well its good that he apologized to you. I have my share of brother in law issues too. Way too much to put here. And maybe I am a little hard on my husband about his brother but I do communicate why I have these problems. And its not just I don't like him either. But maybe you need to talk more about the problem. This way he can't hold in the stress its causing and take it out on you. But I hope you get this problem resolved. And I hope the guy doesn't swindle money out of you either.
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• United States
28 Jun 11
Now that is one thing I just cannot stand. why do women try to get with married men? My husband has all sorts of girls looking at him all the time. And it has gotten ten times worse since he got a ring on his finger. That is the main reason I have no friends, almost every girl I meet, boyfriend or not, flirts with my husband. One even grabbed him down there! I feel for ya honey, I know exactly what that's like. I will never understand. why women would want to ruin someone's marriage. I really don't like your sister in law either.lol
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
24 Jun 11
i worked this week and tomorrow my mom are opening a booth at a local antique market so i have been busy pricing my finds.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
26 Jun 11
Hi cher. Sounds like fun. I love going to antique markets. Hope you and your mom make lots of money.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
24 Jun 11
Well, there are some days that I don't do as much around here as I need too, but my husband never says much. I have found that I usually make up for it on other days. I would ask your husband what else he expects you to do. An average week for me is to mow grass, feed the horses daily, home school my daughter, try to average 20-30 hours a week working online, doing laundry daily, cleaning the house each day a little( I have a schedule that I use), and grocery shopping weekly and I take my daughter to her homeschool group at the library each Thursday. I also help with anything around the farm that needs done and I also take care of flowers and I cook each day. It sounds like to me that you are busy and he needs to accept that every hour of your day should not be working. Enjoy life a little!
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
24 Jun 11
Hi Carol. Sounds like your life is full too. I don't know what to say to him. But it really pisses me off that he gets these days when he just plain don't think I do anything. I do everything I can before the sun comes up so I can have a little time for my lot. And it makes a little money to boot.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
29 Jun 11
You are a very industrious wife, yet your husband tells you that. Well, maybe because you have overlooked doing the most important things first , like cooking the meals as they come during the whole day. Your husband might have been hungry, but there is no cooked meal for him to eat yet. Maybe you could mow the lawn once every necessary chores at home is well taken cared of already. Prioritize your works, like wash the dishes once you have finished your meal. Do not go to another chore, unless the dishes are washed, something like that.
@sswallace21 (1824)
• United States
24 Jun 11
I would say the only thing you are missing is my house and yard. I would be grateful to have someone around who does all that work in one day. Hope things get better around there for you. Best Wishes!
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
26 Jun 11
Hi Sswallace. Thanks things got back to normal today. Thank God!
• United States
25 Jun 11
Sounds like you are doing way more than your share of work in the house and outside. I wouldn't think your hubby could have much to gripe about. Does he take out the trash or does he just have to hold the chair down? I do the dishes and do the vacuuming and make my bed. I do the dusting and sweeping. My daughter makes her bed and holds the recliner down all day.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
26 Jun 11
Hi Pointless. No he is always doing something to help us too. He don't like sitting in the chair doing nothing. Even when it was raining he was working on the truck. I found out he was upset because of things his brother is doing and I got the short end of the stick. He has been telling me all day how sorry he was for treating me wrong. It took me throwing a candy dish across the room and a friend talking to him to make him realize it. Actually he usually does the cooking and most times he even washes the dishes.
• Philippines
25 Jun 11
an average week for me is like this.. study.. then nothing follows. average isnt it? :D
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
26 Jun 11
Hi Newlyaldrin and welcome to my lot. study then what?