[Gordon Steadman]

Does that mean she should be laying bricks and building patios whilst you do the 'inside stuff' 

Basically, the answer should be yes but nah, we just get "oh but you are so strong and I'm just a little weak female". I still avoid the right hook wherever possible.

Then again, the dividing lines inevitable get blurred. I do the cooking but Ronnie does the dishwasher stuff - can't see the point of them myself, it only takes a few minutes to clear a meal's dishes - I don't iron clothes as mine look the same as they did five minutes after I put them on. The floor looks dirty after a month or two (tiled) but Ronnie seems to think that it needs doing more often so I don't argue, just let her get on with it. Having to sit there with my feet in the air for twenty minutes does wonders for my stomach muscles though.

I mow the grass too so, once again, those marital agreements get bent into un-recognition. In the end, just getting on with stuff seems the reasonable option not to mention the safest.