I do more yard work than my husband. I don't even like it!!

I do the yardwork and gardening in my household too. It can be quite a chore, especially in the summertime. Hubby does help out some though, with the heavier stuff, and the tilling, and he will rake, since I hate to do it. I try to make it so he has as little as possible to do, because he works 60+ hours a week. I know, I should try to get him to pitch in more, but he is so busy. I like the satisfaction of having it all done so he can relax. We don't really have to shovel snow here, but I know he would do that without question, because he knows my back can't take it. Your neighbors probably admire you for what you are doing, or they view your husband as being completly lazy, lol.

My husband is really good to do anything outside but doesn't do anything much to help inside the house and I feel that once in awhile it would be nice for him to help out a bit inside . I stay home more then he does and understand that he works hard but there are days I am exhausted also and would appreciate just a bit of help .

Oh Sylvie, SAHM have to do EVERYTHING from dawn to dusk, deal with EVERYTHING for the kids, pets, home, in my case all Shreks paperwork and telephoning etc too. I think it happens to all of us, and an sure it's a kind of punishment because they don't see the kids as much as we do so theyre jealous. lol. Does your hubbie pull the "but I've been at work all day" line on you as the magnet in his bum hits the one in the sofa stopping movement for the whole evening? Except for tv control, lol. Shrek did do our guttering this year, my dad leant me an electric lawnmower last summer as I cannot start the petrol mower, I used to have to load his gardening tools into the trailer for him to do other peoples gardens but never mine, pig. In our home I do almost everything, he did mend a cupboard door last night as the dog had pulled it off somehow while I was out and suprisingly he hardly moaned about it. There seems to be a switch in their heads that says we are sat around drinking coffee or seeing our pals all day while they are toiling away. Even when he is at home Shrek doesn't tend to do anything to help as then he "needs/deserves a rest as he's been at work all week etc". It's amamzing they don't see us buzzing around and realise it's not all ladies who lunch. Even when I worked he didn't do much, I think it's just like haveinga stroppy teenager in the house most evenings and just pretend to myself I'm a single mum with 3 kids instead of 2. If you find a way to stop this behaviour let me know.

mine is the reverse i think he does all the work outside the house and sometimes cleaning to inside ...whew..your husband is really not the outdoor type of work i guess..it really depend on each hobbies and character in doing so...well sad to say you have to bear with it and love him more ,,,

That sucks! Being a stay at home mom is also a full time job- I wirk outside of the house and so does my sig. other but he does most of the outside work. Sure I help if needed-- I love being outdoors. My daughter and the 2 of us rake the yard in the spring to get the branches out , clean up the yard, plant the garden (we have a huge one), he weeds it! and we all pick it. He mows more often than me-- We have 5 mowable acres-- I do at times help-- but we have a zero-turn lawn mower so it takes only about 3 hours... I do push mow- and keep the flower beds up- Then again I do most of the inside work- cleaning, etc. We share cooking. Marriage and partnerships should be 50-50... Kick your hubby's butt more often to get him going!