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should I break up with my girlfriend? (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by eight@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 39 points 9 months ago

when it's her turn to wake up at 6am and water the chickens

if youuuuuuu think getting up early to take care of the homestead is a "taking turns" kind of thing, you might not be a redneck

[-] farting_weedman@hexbear.net 25 points 9 months ago

It’s nice that people have the idea of equity in mind when describing an idealized work structure, but it’s a constant negotiation and ought to be.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 14 points 9 months ago

I wasn't describing an ideal work structure, just a reality if you have a homestead and two people living on it

[-] farting_weedman@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago

Oh no, I agree. They’re your chores or the other persons chores until someone gets too overwhelmed to handle it then they fall to the other person until the same thing happens again like one of those giant rotating pendulums swinging around knocking the dominos down in slow motion.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

bean

[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago

Yep with only 2 people both are getting up early to get to work.

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 18 points 9 months ago

also if you think you need to wake up early to get your chickens water lmao

[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 19 points 9 months ago

Yeah “watering the chickens” is the least of your worries on a small farm. Literally just put a bucket of water in there for them and swap it out for clean water every once and a while. There’s a hundred other more pressing tasks