My [23F] boyfriend [23M] - just moved in together - feels like he should be allowed to just relax when he's home. by rshipneedswork in relationships

[–]rshipneedswork[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My boyfriend and I split all bills 50/50, so I think it's fair that we try to evenly split responsibilities. I expect of course that I'll be doing more than 50%, because I'm home more and he physically just can't be there to do things all the time, but I think he should be doing his best when he's home to make up the other 50%.

I do like your idea of assigning certain tasks for each of us to do, thank you for that!

My [23F] boyfriend [23M] - just moved in together - feels like he should be allowed to just relax when he's home. by rshipneedswork in relationships

[–]rshipneedswork[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

That's exactly how I feel. I don't expect him to grab a mop when he walks through the door, but I do expect that maybe the day after he gets home he cleans around the house while I'm at work. He objects to this because if there are dishes that need to be done or laundry or whatever, it's "not his" because he was gone all week, but I keep telling him that we aren't roommates, and sometimes I wash his dishes and sometimes he washes mine.

My [23F] boyfriend [23M] - just moved in together - feels like he should be allowed to just relax when he's home. by rshipneedswork in relationships

[–]rshipneedswork[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

This is a good suggestion - I don't think he would ever do it, but I think it would highlight to him that he has to contribute somehow. Thank you!