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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 155114" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Good ideas, Abbey! Might have to try that! lol</p><p> </p><p>For me it was hard to let everything 'pile'. I found myself "putting my foot down" but then once things got gross, there I was, furiously picking it all up again so I could function only to gripe again later! So I had to take a different approach, and I picked one thing to walk away from at a time. My first was the kitchen. They still don't always clean it up like I'd like, but if its not clean and I feel like cooking supper, I'll just walk thru it and say "I'd cook if I had some counter space" or even sometimes "clean it up so I can cook dinner". They're doing it now and I'm moving on to another "pile". (Plus my mom's been coming to help and my husband is embarrassd sometimes. It doesn't hurt.) For me, tho, letting everything go at once was too hard.</p><p> </p><p>We're a far cry from "sharing household chores" but I am well into the process of getting my message across that I will not be the sole one responsible for them. Its a good start. husband cooked supper the other night while I put the starter on my truck. Did dishes, too. Progress. You can do it, too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 155114, member: 1848"] Good ideas, Abbey! Might have to try that! lol For me it was hard to let everything 'pile'. I found myself "putting my foot down" but then once things got gross, there I was, furiously picking it all up again so I could function only to gripe again later! So I had to take a different approach, and I picked one thing to walk away from at a time. My first was the kitchen. They still don't always clean it up like I'd like, but if its not clean and I feel like cooking supper, I'll just walk thru it and say "I'd cook if I had some counter space" or even sometimes "clean it up so I can cook dinner". They're doing it now and I'm moving on to another "pile". (Plus my mom's been coming to help and my husband is embarrassd sometimes. It doesn't hurt.) For me, tho, letting everything go at once was too hard. We're a far cry from "sharing household chores" but I am well into the process of getting my message across that I will not be the sole one responsible for them. Its a good start. husband cooked supper the other night while I put the starter on my truck. Did dishes, too. Progress. You can do it, too! [/QUOTE]
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