I have complained, moaned, nagged, disagreed with him, for 47 years (not all the time of course but you know what I mean). Now he is poorly and I really really want to keep him just the way he is.
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My DH is more like US, in housekeeping anyway. I think men generally get a bad rap. Maybe the issue is generational? I am fortunate that my DH was one of two sons reared by an exacting domestic MIL and so he is tidy, cleans, decorates, and taught me to do a 'nice' laundry (MIL words) 
DS is the same. My DD is making progress re-training DSIL. Good luck there.
DH has done all the housekeeping (and to my standards!) the past year because of my severe lower back problems. Plus gardening a 2 acre plot on his own. He brings out seating for me so I can comfortably enjoy chatting with him as he weeds. He refuses to cook (except grill) LOL. Oh, he has a full time job plus 45 minute one-way commute. I am enormously grateful for everything he does.
PS I have built fences, block walls, brick pathways; installed insulation, put up and caulked siding; shoveled out for a jacuzzi, designed landscapes, and ran the concrete mixer for years. Maybe that's the cause of my back troubles? So, I am not a princess in case it seemed like that!
Genes or environment? Both?
From whom do you think I am more at risk? The feminists or sweet grumppa and feetlebaum?? 
I was having a moan yesterday - entirely justified, I hasten to add - about DH and a wise friend commented "Why can't a man be more like a woman?" do you remember the similar song from My Fair Lady sung (?) by Rex Harrison?
It got me thinking.........
Why can't a man be more like a girl?
Women are better at coping with stress
A small bar of chocolate, or maybe a dress
But a man with a gripe just moans without stopping
While the women that I know, ....they simply go shopping.
A man's got a headache - just hear how he groans
A woman feels down, she picks up the phone
And rings up a girl friend to chat on for hours
There's no point in hoping that he'll bring her flowers.
While some men have good points and others have uses
Like dealing with spiders, carrying luggage on cruises.
Some know about parking and some about maps
But for most of the rest of the stuff we have APPS
We can all multitask and we don't make a fuss
Oh why can't our menfolk
Be more like US?
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