What WON'T you do?

[BaBaBa]

Are there any chores around the house that you refuse to do?

I won't empty the central vac (or anything else that involves going down in the cellar)
I won't clean 'meaty' dishes 'cause I'm vegetarian and I think they're gross.
And I won't set mousetraps (or pick them up)
I try to avoid the really heavy lifting stuff 'cause I know he could do it that much easier, but I wouldn't refuse to.

[limabean]

I can't think of anything I truly will not do -- DH and I both pretty much do whatever needs doing around the house. He tends to do floors and I tend to do bathrooms, but if he were gone and the floors needed sweeping, I'd just sweep.

If something is really difficult for me to do (too heavy or whatever) and it's convenient to wait for DH, I'll wait and let him do it, but if it absolutely must be done and I'm the only adult home, I'll usually find a way to get it done. Of course, that wouldn't apply if I were pregnant or under restriction for some health-related reason -- I won't put myself in danger, because then what use would I be to my kids?

[AFWife]

Originally Posted by limabean

If something is really difficult for me to do (too heavy or whatever) and it's convenient to wait for DH, I'll wait and let him do it, but if it absolutely must be done and I'm the only adult home, I'll usually find a way to get it done. Of course, that wouldn't apply if I were pregnant or under restriction for some health-related reason -- I won't put myself in danger, because then what use would I be to my kids?

This...

Usually heavy things or things up really high can wait...

[Tangled Hill]

Taking out the trash - but not because I hate the chore, itself. It's just that it's hubby's job, and if I start doing it, dh never would again. I just have to leave it until it's so full, he finally takes it out. If it were me, I'd take out the garbage more often, but I hate feeling I have to do every. single. thing. KWIM?

I also refuse to clean up hubby's computer room. I just close the door.

[Drummer's Wife]

I, too, refuse to empty the central vac canister. I wouldn't even know how!

I can't think of what else, though. I'm sure there is more, if I asked DH he'd probably come up with a long list.

I do, however, take out the trash and recycling bins almost every week. They don't pick it up until noonish so I don't mind (DH usually is running late in the AM's)

[jjawm]

I don't do toilets, or litterboxes, or dog poop. My thinking is that I deal with poop and pee every day all day, and I need a break.

Plus, the two boys used to be messy pee-ers until they had to clean up their own toilets. Now they're much cleaner!

[DandeCobb]

I don't go up to the attic b/c their are squirrels up there! AHHHHHHHH anything that needs to go up there sits in the hallway till DH does it.

DH does not clean out the dishwasher, EVER, he claims he can't , it is just the one thing he can't stand, he can do dishes all day long but not clean out the dishwasher

[MamaJenese]

Clean out the cat litter boxes. I will soemtimes scoop them if there is a stinky poo and DH is at work. But he came into this realtionship with those cats ( I am sooooo noit a cat person), so they are his resposibility. They are actually his ex wifes cats, when they spilt up 8 years ago she was coming back for them in 6 months:.

[SAHDS]

I won't take out the trash (it's too awkward and heavy to take out of the bin) or pick up dog poo in the backyard.

[riverscout]

Can't think of anything that I won't do inside the house. Outside, I won't mow the lawn or clean out the gutters.

[LeighB]

Take out the trash. I certainly can, I just hate it so much! We live on the 3rd floor and the dumpster is a million miles away.

[mamadelbosque]

The only thing I can think of that I never do is clean the litterbox... but thats cause its my dads' cat an so he does it I mostly don't haul firewood these days - thats mostly DH's job, but I do do it occasionally when we're out (or nearly so) and nobody else is around for whatever reason.

Oh, I also don't do much trash-taking-outing... mostly cause' my dad still does that for the most part (its just part of his routine on monday mornings)... when he was gone for a couple weeks last summer we erm.. forgot... a couple weeks in a row :

[kamilla626]

I don't pick up the dirty laundry that accumulates on his side of the bed. I do the laundry that's put down the laundry chute, but if he runs out of clean clothes because they're all on the bedroom floor, that's his fault.

[vm9799]

i don't take out the trash.

i don't chop wood for our fireplace (or carry it in)....too heavy.

i don't do yard work......actually, dh won't LET me do it. this is his "baby". lol!

i won't deal with any rodent "situation".

thankfully my husband has no issues doing these few things since i do EVERYTHING else around the house.

[WeasleyMum]

After two years of either TTC or being pregnant, I don't do the cat's litter box anymore. And she's MY cat, really. I can't think of anything that I "won't" do, although like many here my DH usually takes the trash out, the recycling, and keeps the porch tidy and not too trashy-looking.

[Baby Makes 4]

I don't take out the trash, sort the recycling or take the bins to the curb. Those are mostly my 13yo DS's jobs.

I also don't kill bugs or do anything that involves a ladder.

DH doesn't do anything that involves a cleaning product. Don't get me wrong, he's a huge help. He folds laundry and puts it away, vacuums, puts toys away, shovels snow, rakes leaves, kills bugs etc... He just doesn't clean stuff, it's like he can't see the dirt.

[TanyaS]

There's not really anything I refuse to do. If it cannot wait and is difficult for me, I'll still do it. There are things that dh typically handles: attic, mowing, electrical repairs, etc.

[Peppermint Leaf]

for the most part -- I look after the inside and he looks after the outside and garage .

I have always left the garbage to him but as of this week I am taking that job back -- in cleaning up the garage (because he never does) I discovered a ton of newspapers and popcans that he never put to the curb.

We have 2 sets of stairs in the house - 1 which is carpeted - he dirt devils the carpeted stairs for me. he changes light bulbs, and makes a great cup of coffee

[Getz]

I refuse to mow the lawn. Though it has gotten to the point where I have to pick up the yard (toys, dog bones, etc) so DH will do it.

I refuse to take out the kitchen trash or put the trash at the curb. Though, I have started taking out all the other trash that used to be his job and sometimes I will put trash at the curb if I am going that way.

I refuse to start his laundry. Though I put it in the dryer, fold it and put it away for him.

For everything I refuse to do, it seems I do half of the chore anyway.

But, he pretty much takes the kids for the evenings (they like him better anyway), he doesn't care that the house is messy and he does help out when I ask him to (I hate unloading the dishwasher so he will do it when asked). I guess I shouldn't complain.

[SuzyLee]

RODENTS! I don't do any kind of non-bug creature. In the house of the yard, if I find a body, I am screaming DH's name at the top of my lungs.

I strongly prefer not to do bathrooms (it is DH's chore for this reason) but I will take pity on him if he has an awful week.