Originally Posted by tinfoil

Good day,

I'm looking for suggestions on how to deal with a spouse who doesn't feel the need to do a whole lot around the house. This has been an ongoing issue that has been discussed on a number of occasions, and I'm getting to the end of my rope. Today while washing the kitchen floor, vacuuming, cleaning the bathrooms & doing a couple loads of laundry, Mrs. Foil successfully accomplished keeping the couch firmly in place in the living room, just in case gravity went out for a few minutes. Oh, and I took care of the spawn's breakfast, lunch, bottle and various diaper changes.

Hell, getting her to water plants often takes longer than simply doing it myself.

She's not currently working, so it's not as though her weekend is her only downtime and the spawn goes to daycare 4 out of 5 days a week, both for the interaction with other children but also so we don't loose one of the few daycare spots in the only daycare that will deal with children using clothe diapers. We're hoping Mrs. Foil does get another jorb.

I'm not terribly picky about cleanliness in many things, other than dishes having to be done nightly, so I don't believe I am asking for much for atleast help with half of the work. Hell, some days I am content with her simply cleaning up after herself, which seems to be a chore in and of itself.

The ironic bit is that a year and a bit ago, my sister and her son lived with us and my wife often complained that my sister would do nothing to help out.

As I mentioned above, it has been discussed and after discussing it, things are fine for a few weeks up to a month or two, and things return to normal. I've tried just letting things go, but her ability to ignore things far surpasses mine, it would seem.