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1. PREFERENCE: Choose what you prefer (and maybe even like??)to do and what you prefer to avoid.
2. SKILL OR EASE OF COMPLETION: Consider strength, knowledge, experience, and limitations (allergies, bad backs, sprained middle fingers, broken legs, etc.).
3. AVAILABILITY: Plan around if someone is an at-home worker/homemaker, scheduled with later/earlier/longer/shorter hours, has flexibility, or travels.
4. FLIP-A-COIN-LAS VEGAS-STYLE: Heads you do it, tails I don’t. Just kidding!
5. TEAM CAPTAIN PICKING: Both partners are automatically Captains. Draw straws to go first. Longer straw makes one selection first. Second chooser gets two consecutive picks. Continue alternating until all jobs have been selected from the list you created together. No cheating!
6. GENDER TRADITIONAL: Always acceptable if practiced by conscious, specific, and spoken agreement:
HE SAYS: “I do all boys’ stuff which is XXX.” SHE SAYS: “I do all girls’ stuff which is XXX.” HE SAYS: “DEAL.” SHE SAYS: “DEAL.”
Role reversals are so totally acceptable,too!
7. SET-IN-YOUR-WAYS METHOD: The only way to get something done your way is to do it yourself– or possibly hire someone else to boss around. ____________________________________________
MORE INFO LINKS: Lists- Housecleaning Wars List; Posts- Pt1 4-14-08, Pt2 4-20-08; Quizzes- Housecleaning Wars Quiz
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