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by smackeyacky 1610 days ago
Serious question: my wife seems to have a never ending list of these things and she would likely take it as some kind of passive-aggressive middle finger if I recorded all the stuff I did and then showed it to her. I think I'd rather keep it to myself unless she stumbles across me swearing at something with tools in my hands.

The fact that I find most of these domestic chores completely unfulfilling (i.e. just a long, constant reminder that buying a house means you suddenly realise that without you bashing on it, it will fall down in record time) is not something I want to be reminded of.

So, while I appreciate the idea, I just don't want to see how much of my "free" time is consumed with gardening, fixing stuff, honey do's etc. and I'd rather see a log of what I did with my hobbies instead. Kind of like the opposite to this.

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Regardless of this app and speaking just as a spouse, I think it's important to feel like YOU accomplished something, regardless of whether anyone sees an official record saying that you did. Weekends fly by and I feel like I didn't tackle anything, but some sort of record (piece of paper, this website, etc.) can help remind me that, oh right, I did shovel the driveway five times and that's why I didn't get around to vacuuming the floors.