How do we split the housework so nobody is keeping score?

A draft split of the housework, invisible jobs included, to bring to the table and adjust together.


When to use
When the laundry argument has happened three times and you want a calmer way in.
Time
10 min

The prompt

I want to propose a fairer split of the housework. I live with . Our weeks look like this: . What bothers me most is that . First, list the twenty or so jobs a home like ours runs on, including the invisible ones like planning meals, noticing what’s running low and remembering appointments. Then stop and ask me to correct the list and say who does each job now, including the ones the others do that I tend not to count. After I answer, draft a split as a table: job, how often, who, and why that person. Base it on time and energy, not on who’s to blame. Mark anything you’re assuming about what the others would choose, flag where they’d likely see it differently, and give me three questions to settle together.

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