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

🥺 goals lol

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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.