I am sick to death of hearing about how much more housework women do than men. SICK OF IT! The bottom line – it all depends upon what you mean by housework. I maintain and repair my wife's car, my son's car and my car. I mow the lawns, I weed the gardens, I trim the bushes, I rake the leaves, I keep the gutters cleaned, I replace the filters on the furnace/AC, I keep the house painted, I unplug the drains that are stopped up by my wife and daughter's long hair, I fix the fuses when my daughter’s hair dryer blows them, I repair our appliances (the hardware loves guys like me), I shovel the snow off the driveway and sidewalk, I keep all the various electronic gadgets - DVD recorders/players, videos, stereos, computers, printers, scanners and wireless networks – working: and in my spare time I retile two or our four bathrooms, I work about 50 hours a week earning a very good salary that keeps the show on the road, and I come home and get to drive my daughter to her extracurricular events, I have sat up ALL NIGHT - MANY times with my sick kids but you know what? BUT I don’t complain, I don’t say a word. Oh, I also pay the bills, I organise our once a year vacation (flights, motels and ground transport), I take the three dogs to the vet and clean their vomit off the carpet, I share in the dishwashing, I am Clark Griswald – I put up the outside Christmas (sorry I mean holiday) lights, I keep our inflatable boat patched, I change all the low voltage (quartz-halogen) lights (the ones with the little screws whose threads always strip), I retrieve the various kites, balls and other things that kids throw up on the roof, I help with the grocery shopping and do all the hardware shopping. AND GUESS WHAT? I DON’T COMPLAIN. Sorry, I take that back, I do complain. I complain about the notion that men do less "housework" than women. Men get no credit for doing work that is not called housework or domestic work. Well, if all the stuff I do around our house isn't housework, what is it?