STILL FIGHTING OVER WHO DOES HOUSEHOLD CHORES? 🤔

Dividing household chores fairly and efficiently is essential for maintaining a clean and harmonious living space 🏡

We firmly believe that everyone in a household is responsible for putting in their part of the work to maintain the household — this is one of the issues we talked about even before moving in together, as we don’t want it to become a source of tension in our relationship and it makes no sense to proceed further if we’re not aligned in our views (glad we agreed haha!) 🤭

This is definitely not an easy topic to broach to your significant other or household members, and here are some essential tips which we found useful in helping us to divide the chores👇🏻

⭐️ 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

Start by having an open and honest discussion with your partner and/or household members (yes, this includes your parents or in-laws if you’re staying with them) 💬Understand each person's preferences, strengths, and schedules, as this will help in coming up with a chores schedule that takes into account everyone’s abilities and preferences 📝

For instance, I enjoy cooking and meal prepping, but really hate washing and cleaning up. I’m mostly responsible for cooking the meals, while 🙋🏻‍♂️ helps with cleaning and washing.

⭐️ 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌-𝑰𝒏𝒔

This one might be tough for some of us, but it’s crucial to have regular check-ins with your partner and/or household members to see how everyone is doing, obtain feedback on the distribution of chores, and make the adjustments where necessary. It is important that everyone can voice their concerns or suggest changes to this 🗣️

For instance, we would sometimes discuss household issues over the weekend, when both of us are less stressed from work and in a better headspace to listen to each other. There was a particular week where 🙋🏻‍♂️ was very swamped with work, so I volunteered to also take on some washing duties so 🙋🏻‍♂️ can focus.

⭐️ 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈

If your budget allows, you can consider hiring external help, such as part-time cleaning services, to reduce the burden of household chores. This can be effective and relieve some of the workload 💆🏻‍♀️💆🏻‍♂️

While we doing simple tasks like vacuuming on a daily basis, we do hire part-time helpers from time to time to help with deep cleaning our place. This definitely frees up valuable time for rest and other tasks.

Overall, while household chores can be a potential source of tension, it is not an insurmountable challenge that can’t be tackled ⛰️ Remain open to discussion and be willing to adapt as circumstances change! Last but not least, remember to express appreciation for each other’s efforts! 🥰

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