This book is about a single mom raising two sons, one of which has asperger syndrome. I've just recently started this book, but I'm already hooked.
After reading the first few chapters, I started to think about some of the "House Rules" that Matt and I have developed through these first weeks of marriage. Maybe you'll get as good of a laugh as I do when I read over this list. You can just imagine the fights that we've had that have lead to these rules!
1) I cook, you clean.
2) You cook, I clean.
3) I work late, you take care of dinner.
4) You work late, I take care of dinner.
5) Last one out of the bed, makes it...no questions asked.
Last, but not least...and definitely my favorite...
6) If someone trips...you must ask if they are o.k before laughing.
:)
Those all sound like good rules! :)
ReplyDelete1. If something is about to run out (be it a cleaner, food item or personal hygiene product), you must tell the main grocery shopper. If you forget to mention the item and you run out of it, you can't complain. If you have an issue with it, go out and pick it up yourself (take a coupon).
ReplyDelete2. First one to find a clean dishwasher unloads it.
3. If someone does laundry, they must put the other person's clothes in a respectable pile. The other person can fold them how they want, but clean clothes MUST be put away within 3 days.
4. Until you are responsible for EVERY SINGLE chore in the house, you are not allowed to complain about chores the other person primarily does. (This will have more meaning when you have a yard to cut).
5. If you are the person to take the last of something, speak up. Last piece of TP, put a new roll on. Last paper towel? Put a new roll out. Last cookie? You better hope you have another box stashed away somewhere. (Or whip up a new batch before the other one gets home).