Re: For those that are married or in long term relationships, how traditional are you
Just wondering how traditional are you in your marriage / parenting roles. How important is this to you? You can also indicate in your posts whether you are a stay at home parent or not, or if you both work.
(this goes along with the would you marry an American question in another poll)
Married 10 years, husband recently medically retired from the military so we have a new dynamic. It used to be that he worked at least 10 hours a day and could be deployed or sent on missions at random. He might wake up, go to work, and then go to France and be back next week. So for a long time I did *everything* and he worked.
Now:
We cook 50/50 (or whatever: who ever feels like cooking mozies in there)
The kids do the dishes and trash (same as always)
I and my older son mow the lawn (I really enjoy doing it)
My husband keeps after the garden and flowers (always his hobby)
I was a stay a home mom and now I'm a college mom (With 4 kids I found it nearly impossible to actually work full time and do everything when he was gone so much so I focused on school instead. We're going to open a business together using my business management degree now that he's retired)
We now do things like grocery shopping, deal with school issues, attend school functions (etc) together.
I do all the home improvement (remodeling, cabinetry - all that)
He used to do vehicle maintenance but due to his health issues I took that over.
- Since his retirement I've been able to relax for once.
[oh - laundry. I used to deal with most of it but lately he's been tossing clothes in the wash. The kids are responsible for their own clothes. Our family's always split the tedious things like cleaning]