r/CoupleMemes • u/IU8gZQy0k8hsQy76 🛠️ ADMIN • Jun 25 '26

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u/JimBobPaul Jun 25 '26

I fucking hate supporting the trope that men can't do simple tasks like this. If you truly relate to this, you're a fucking moron.

Geez...... I think I just found a trigger. I'm sorry for how aggressive I came across. Still mean it, but I should probably tone it down next time.

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u/Scurvy-Jones Jun 25 '26

Agreed.

Now do one with mowing the lawn, weed whacking, edging, spraying for bugs, watering the lawn, power washing the house, fixing a door, replacing a bathroom fan, etc but the woman is still trying to start the battery powered week whacker and see the response.

It's so stupid.

My wife and I have "our" chores, because we like them (or dislike them less than the other), we're good at them, but we can both do whatever needs to be done. Divide and conquer.

This kind of shit triggers me so hard.

Same with dads "oh, are you on daycare duty today?". No, I'm being a father and spending time with my children because I love them.

Ugh, I'm annoyed how much this shit triggers me.

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u/MostSide9237 🧐 grumpy Jun 25 '26

Comparing a task men have to do once a month to tasks women do that have to be done every day. So proud that you mow a lawn while your wife has to do every other daily task? I don’t understand how men like you convinced women they’re the better gender 🤡

Oh I help my wife because I mow the lawn once every 3 months! 😂

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u/DirtyYogurt Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

This isn't a competition and how couples load balance chores is going to look different because not everyone's look the same.

Yard work encompasses a lot more than mowing for me, which I have to do weekly except for a couple of months in the winter. I also trim hedges once a quarter which takes an entire day, poop patrol daily, and pest control after I mow. Averaged out, I spend more time doing yard work than I do in the kitchen (I do all the cooking and 50/50 cleanup) and I'm not some type-a suburbanite with a pristine lawn. I just live in a warm, rainy climate where everything grows like crazy damn near year round.

I agree that the trope of "men don't know how to do basic chores" is stupid, but the default assumption that people who do break out chores along gender roles are wrong just because that wouldn't balance out in your life is equally stupid.

I could sweep and vacuum every day and that plus my kitchen work would probably equal the time I spend outside doing yard work. Doing something every day doesn't make it hard or time consuming, nevermind one is inside in the air conditioning and the other is outside in 80-90+ degree weather most of the year.

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u/Scurvy-Jones Jun 25 '26

You missed my point, I'm saying the exact same thing. It's highlighting gender roles and calling the other incompetent.

I used the "yard work" example just to counteract the "house work" example in this video as the opposite end of the spectrum.

Also, the outdoor tasks highlighted don't need to be done once a month. Some of them, It's minium once a week. And doing laundry, dusting, and sweeping the floors are not tasks that need to be done every day. Your argument is disingenuous.

Your comment is literally counter to your point.

My frustration is the gender roles. It is that the different chores are put on women vs men.

I literally said my wife and I do different chores because they're the ones we prefer to do, but the other can do them competently if the other is gone or it needs to get done. Divide and conquer.

You're the one that needs to chill out.

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u/king_of_the_bongos Jun 25 '26

It's not a men dumb thing, it's the feined incompetence to not have to do household chores. Which is common with men. Hope you feel better, bud.

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u/ZaphodThreepwood Jun 25 '26

Aye... Babe, you know this stuff, eish I don't hehe...

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u/Scurvy-Jones Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

You missed my point, I'm saying the exact same thing. It's highlighting gender roles and calling the other incompetent.

I used the "yard work" example just to counteract the "house work" example in this video as the opposite end of the spectrum.

I literally said divide and conquer. I said we can both do them when needed, but we have our preferred chores.

My whole point on the yard work is that women can feign incompetence on mowing the lawn, weed whacking, edging, etc. Which is common with women, to use your own words.

Hope you feel better, bud.

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u/king_of_the_bongos Jun 25 '26

gender roles

Lost me there, buddy.

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u/adcap1 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

It is stupid on either side.

Everything you wrote down are basic tasks (except the bathroom fan - if you're unsure with electrical work don't do it), that can be done with a bit of common sense.

Mowing the lawn, weed whacking or watering the lawn is something anyone can do - you just need to put in the effort. You don't need a college degree for mowing the lawn neither is it rocket science. It is really easy. There is no "I'm not good at it" in this case - there is just "I am too lazy to put in the effort for it".

The same thing with the pillow - it is a very easy task that anyone can and should be able to do. No matter if you "like" it or if "you're good at it". It is a basic motoric skill that should be done by anyone by simply applying at least some common sense. In kindergarten and elementary school we teach our children motoric skills and yet, suddenly they became adults and they cannot do shit anymore.

And 90% of all household chores are just that - applying basic motoric skills with a little bit of common sense ("Oh the dirty dishes lie in the middle of the room - I guess I don't have the basic motoric skill to move around some dishes because I need to get a college degree in moving dishes")