Hah! I love this question!
But I "hate" the answer!
Every Friday night, after everyone is gone for the night (oldest son) or sleeping soundly (spouse and youngest son) I get out a large scratch pad, print in bold letters, CHORES, and proceed to write down what I wrote the week before. Vacuum upstairs, Vacuum Downstairs, Vacuum Stairs, clean hallway bathroom: sink and mirror, tub, toilet/area...ect, ect. Week after week I need to SPELL out the clean-up stuff that we do every. frelling. weekend. Sometimes I add a few things but generally it's the exact same, every week.
Mid weekend I yank out the list to see what's been signed off upon (when the chore is done it get's initialled on the list). Depending on the level of productivity I may rewrite the list and BOLD even more words to drive home the point about what needs to get done.
Recently, my eldest son after I'd nagged anyone w/in earshot that the chores were not getting done, suggested that if they were done throughout the week, there'd be less to do on the weekend. I gave him a withering look and explained that chores are in fact done every. single. day. by the two grown-ups in the house. Me especially, but spouse as well as he does all everning meal cooking--then there's making a table, cleaning up, loading, unloading the dishwasher and putting dishes away and they are but one task in many parts done--obviously not ever by my son. That is why he pays to live here.
I have a question!
Is it true that men cannot see dust?
All three adult-size people of the male persuasion in this home claim to not be able to see dust.
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