Share the Load
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Share the Load
Running a household is a difficult task for anyone. It’s important to share this role with your wife. Cooking, cleaning, picking up and dropping off the kids and caring for the family pet are not the most fun activities to perform daily, but they have to be done. Coordinate with your spouse and come up with a routine that fits everyone’s schedule. Don’t just think because you wash the cars on the weekend and take out the trash your pulling your weight around the house.
Take turns rotating between doing the dishes, cooking dinner, grocery shopping, clothes shopping and dropping off and picking up the kids from school. Like all great partnerships its shared responsibilities that make it work. You’ll enjoy a better marriage, home life and teach your kids how a household is run.
