In a household,
Combined decisions are all well and good but let us try to sort out what areas women will be better at than men or reverse situations?
What kind of decisions would you think the women are better and what are those decisions which man should make the final decision?
Are there any areas they should not even bother with and let other just do whatever other person wants?
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I think its better to decide with discussion , but man should have the final say in outside jobs and woman should have the final say in inside jobs :D
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It's a common misconception that men are better with money than women. A recent international survey shows that women are better with finance than men when it comes to household expenses. So it's safe to say that you should let your wife (or future wife) handle your family finances. :D
I think men should do grocery shopping so they don't whine when they can't find milk in the fridge. Women should keep the house clean, because as visual as men are, they somehow fail to see the dirty house and can totally overlook it (though there are exceptions). O well, we can let that go. Trash should always be men's responsibility...
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i think men are better at driving .... yes saudi arab got one thing right ... and umm women are better at cooking
let the hatred beginnn
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Normally women are good at deciding what to cook and what to wear for their man today.
Men are good at deciding how to run things around the abode. Both should stick to their jobs.
^ I think there’s a common misconception that women are better cooks than men ! Probably an excuse for the guys so that they don’t have to cook! How come there are more renowned male chefs than female?? 
Definitely women are better at running a household than a man. My ammi sends my father to buy milk and he comes back with cakes, pastries (that aren’t on the list) …and usually forgets to buy the bread, yoghurt etc. lol
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I personally these shud b discussions and decisions made on mutual consent.
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One Indian friend told me that an Australian neighbor said to his father :" I have been told that all the major household decisions are made by men in your part of the world. What do you say about it ?"
His father replied " That is true. All the major decisions are made by men. But there is nothing major in our lives. How many kids to have , who to marry , how to decorate the house , where to go , what to wear , are not major decisions. Are they ?"
He is the same dad when he came to visit him the same Aussie asked him " Did you come to die ?"
His dad got bewildered with the question and replied" No I came to visit my son".
Poor Aussie wanted to ask " Did you come today." But Aussie's accent sounded like some thing different. :D
I think its better to decide with discussion , but man should have the final say in outside jobs and woman should have the final say in inside jobs :D
There is quite overlap over the boudaries of issues which come in the houshold settings.
Both husband and wife should contribute to the decision making but:
men are better in certain areas than women and women do a great job in other areas than men.
The outside job and inside job do need to be defined.
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Here’s a novel idea. I know, its something you probably never heard of. 
How about…
You figure out what you’re good at, and admit what you’re NOT good at, despite what gender roles your community dictates for you. Provide evidence to support the above.
Let her figure out what she’s good at, and admit what she is not good at. She can provide evidence to support the above.
And then you each do what you’re good at, and afford each other the opportunity to be informed of any decisions and afford an opportunity of consult and veto for each decision.
For example.
Let’s say you cook killer kababs, and your wife doesn’t. So when it is kabab night, you both agree that YOU cook the kababs. But lets say you suck at making daal. So when it is daal night, she can cook the daal.
Let’s say you are horrible at investing money, but your wife is a trained investment banker. Well. Let her take care of the investing, and you can have your veto right.
Let’s say you suck at mowing the lawn, and so does she. You both can agree to spend the money and hire someone to do the lawn for you.
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Why is that hard? Can someone explain to me why that is hard? Why should you invest money when you suck at investing money, just because you were born with an XY genome?
Both men and women can mis-manage the money.
Yes men should do grocery also and they many times do that job well.
One thing though, men do not keep track of the price and care less with the deals, coupons as much as a woman would do.
Regarding untidy house, yes, some men do worry about the mess at the house. And some women are lousy and careless in keeping the house in order while men do notice and point out the problem.
And trash…men should always be responsible of making and creating trash…I agree with you 100%. 
Yes men in general are better at driving no doubt about it but it is not a universal truth. It has to do who had more experience and years of driving and who is better at looking outside, anticipating next few moves and smart enough to avoid getting ticket.
Men cannot act goofy, blondish and do not wear revealing clothes than women, so they may get more tickets.
Women are better at cooking?
If you look at the worldwide cooking trend, men are ‘greater’ cook.
Yes, many men still crave and admire the cooking skills their mothers had.
In fact, some fights or controversies between husbands and wives do originate from argument where wife insists husband eat the meal very different from what he was brought up with.
Explain this ‘around the abode’ my friend.
No, there are far more women who cook a meal than men. Still men are better cook than women.
The difference is that men do not cook a meal as commonly as women do.
Running a household definitely a woman’s job especially when man works, goes outside and woman stays home.
LOL…Not a bad answer. He was right.
Aussies are not poor by the way.
I know this idea PCG!
The idea is very acceptable and practical.
XY genome is dominant to XX genome in practical sense FYKI…lol
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If you know about it, why are you opening threads in attempts to receive our 18-25 year old unwedded guppans' excellent expertise in the matters of household bliss?
If you know about it, why are you opening threads in attempts to receive our 18-25 year old unwedded guppans' excellent expertise in the matters of household bliss?
I never asked 18-25 virgins, maidens and never been married to exclusively respond to the thread.
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I know from your previous posts, you are over 25, PCG. :) I am withholding few other thoughts.......
Anyone can respond what ideas would a person have in mind of a household decision making contribution by man and woman.
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Keep witholding them.
27 soon, and yes, proud of it.
Keep witholding them.
27 soon, and yes, proud of it.
I am good at withholding, don't worry.
Thanks for clarifying it is not 18-25 only I wanted to respond to. :)
^ .....Definitely women are better at running a household than a man. My ammi sends my father to buy milk and he comes back with cakes, pastries (that aren't on the list) ...and usually forgets to buy the bread, yoghurt etc. lol
He would not if your ammi baked cakes for him.
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men need to make all the decisions 
the girl’s duty is to only shop, shop and shop. (and even then after asking the man if she should buy that particular item)
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Khumarrrrrrrrrrrrrr you genius 
Women should have the last word because we like it that way. It makes the home run more smoothly 
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I know 
Oh but nikky, the woman cna’t have the last say at all. The man knows best. In all aspects. After all, he has so much more experience and knowledge just because he’s given the XY chromosomes 