Matt and I have this age old argument, which goes a little something like this: Me: Babe, did you wash these clothes? Matt: Yes. Me: Umm, did you add fabric softener? Matt: No. You know I hate to do that. Me: It still says “softener added” on the washing machine, but you are saying you [...]
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Is it His Job or Her Job?
September 22nd, 2011 
Emily One of the points of contention in the first few years of marriage is figuring out how things are done in this new family. His parents did things a certain way as my parents did, and to us, each way seemed correct and/or normal. For me, I’m used to certain chores being reserved for the [...]
Where Do You Stand on the Chore Wars?
September 27th, 2010 Emily I caught a segment of the Today Show last week where resident relationship expert Dr. Robi Ludwig presented survey findings over what they dubbed as “The Chore Wars.” The CLR survey asked men and women their opinions on household cleaning and – shocker – they didn’t really agree. Sixty-nine percent of women felt that they [...]
Finding a Home Cleaning System
March 22nd, 2010 Emily Spring has officially sprung — at least, according to the calendar — and thus kicks off Spring Cleaning Week on NewlyWife. Sometimes I wish the idea of clean weren’t so subjective. Do you ever find that your definition of tidy doesn’t match that of your spouse? In my experience, these definitions are determined by the [...]
Poll: Doing the Dishes
February 20th, 2010 Megan [source] My hubby and I have a really hard time with getting the dishes done. We have a dishwasher, and we have no problems running it. Unloading the thing is the big problem for us. We run it and then forget to unload it and get busy and the next thing you know, dishes are [...]
