My husband is a typical Pakistani husband... doesn't do a thing around the house... no cleaning.. no cooking.. no washing dishes.. I do it all alone.. And he admits he hates doing it.. and that I shouldn't be worried about always making sure the house looks good all the time.
This is what he does though.. ever since we've been married, there is not a single thing that I have asked for and he haven't bought for me, no matter how pricy it is. Not a single place I wanted to go see and he didn't take me there. Not a single time, when we have fought over something and I had to say sorry first. He is the one who says sorry first always and does something really nice to make up for it even if it is my fault. As I have mentioned in few other threads... he is a doc by profession and he has calls on weekends. Even when he is dead tired, he takes me out on weekends because he knows I stay home all week. After we got married, we stayed in Pakistan and since we don't live there, we didn't have a good car to go out as a couple. He booked a really nice car with a driver for me so I could go do my shopping. Everytime his mom asks him over the phone .. is there something you want from Pakistan.. he always says... buy something for my wife.
What I do... Wake up every morning with him and make him fresh lunch for work. He wakes up super early to be at work on time. When he is on call, I bring lunch to his workplace and we sit and eat together at the hospital. I do more for his family then for my own family. I told my parents that their visit will have to wait, because I want his parents to visit and live with us first.