“I'm depressed. I don't vacuum.”— Liz Doran, Josh Thomas, Thomas Ward, Rose, Debra Lawrance, imdb.com
“Joke or not, these images all express a common point, namely that women are so desperate for their male partners to do their fair share of the housework that they’ll barter favors, sexual and otherwise, to ensure that the job gets done.”— Madeleine Holden, melmagazine.com
“The funny thing about Thanksgiving, or any big meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it then go home and cook, chop, braise and blanch. Then it's gone in 20 minutes and everybody lies around sort of in a sugar coma and then it takes 4 hours to clean it up.”— Ted Allen, amazon.com
“Grace: Fold the corners. No, fold. Fold the corners. Frankie: They're round. They do not fold. Anyone who can do this is a powerful witch. Grace: Well, I can do it. Frankie: I rest my case.”— Marta Kauffman, Billy Finnegan, Frankie Bergstein, Lily Tomlin, imdb.com
“Well, I got news for you, pal. You've only got two lives left. And if you buy the farm, that means I gotta do all the chores. We don't want that now, do we?”— John Kricfalusi, Ren Höek (voice), Billy West, imdb.com
“An hour was allowed at noon for dinner and more chores. We stayed in the field until dark, then supper, and still more chores, family worship, and to bed; making all together a hard, sweaty day of about 16 or 17 hours. Think of that, ye blessed 8-hour-day laborers!”— John Muir, amazon.com
“This is now an empirically proven fact. Dishwashing causes more relationship distress than any other household task.”— Caroline Kitchener, theatlantic.com
“If you have to dry the dishes And you drop one on the floor– Maybe they won't let you Dry the dishes anymore.”— Shel Silverstein, amazon.com
“OCD can literally paralyze a person from getting stuff done. It can become difficult to get out of bed, to leave your room or to do any number of basic daily activities.”— Lance Weiss, elitedaily.com
“Simple, every-day tasks, can be so much harder to perform than you think.”— Carla Robinson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Iron for him. Unlike what many ladies think, you do not have to take your boyfriend on a holiday to the Caribbean so as to make him happy. Simple things like ironing his clothes without making a fuss about it will make him love you.”— Emma Scott, medhealthdaily.com
“You do an equal amount of work. Neither of you feel like you’re taking care of the lion’s share of the chores. You’re both working hard to keep the house clean and the rent paid.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“You can make your needs known to him even without talking. Write everything down on a piece of paper, and display it where he can see it. You can also send him a text message listing the things you would like him to do. Whichever method you choose, make sure to end your message with a WIIFM (What’s…”— Maine Belonio, youqueen.com
“Sometimes, saying ‘I need help with the household chores’ isn’t going to register in his head. When it doesn’t, tell him specifically which chores you need help with. You can say something like, ‘Please take the trash out’, or ‘Please mow the lawn’. That will make things easy for him. It sometimes h…”— Maine Belonio, youqueen.com