Gender Roles

A friend of mine recently posted about the divison of labor in her house and how well it did or didn't conform to traditional gender roles. I've always been pretty sure that we're totally non-conformist on that front so I decided to put it all down on paper and see if I'm right...

"Man's Work"

Bringing home the bacon: We both do this. We each work 4-days a week and take one day off to stay home with Dylan. My mother-in-law picks up the slack.
Taking out the trash: This is all G. Not quite sure why but I'm not complaining.
Servicing the car: G again. Not that he does it himself, but he takes the cars in to get the oil/tires changed, etc.
Budgeting/Bill paying/Taxes: Me. I'm much more right-brained than my artistic husband.
Discipline: There's not really much discipline going on yet but I imagine this one will be more me when it comes time. G's a big marshmallow.
Mow Lawn: We haven't yet had a lawn to mow. I could see myself taking this task on in 2012 once we finally own our very own postage-stamp...but maybe we'll work out a deal with our neighbor who really just loves to mow...
Clean Cars: All G. He's much more anal about how often they need washed, so he does this one himself.
Shovel: Haven't needed to shovel yet either...depending on what we agree with our neighbors, if we have to do it ourselves I'm nominating G all the way.
Put together furniture: Me. Not necessarily because he doesn't want to, but I'm way too impatient and he's way too laid-back. I want it put together pretty much the instant I get home. Mostly I enjoy it, too.
Hang pictures/secure furniture to walls, etc.: G. Living in concrete houses, this always involves drilling, anchors, etc...I'm leaving that one up to the boy in the house.
Change lightbulbs: Let's see, he's 6'1" and I'm 5'2" - who do you think changes the lightbulbs? The man doesn't even need a stepstool!

"Woman's Work"

Childcare: During the day playtime and entertaining/watching mostly falls to me. Not to say that G doesn't do it, but usually I'm the one warming Dylan food, feeding him, playing with him, etc.
Cleaning: Pretty much it's G. (If anyone's cleaning that is...) We mostly try to always have a cleaning lady. We haven't found a replacement for our last one yet so this weekend we gave Dylan to his grandma for a half day and the two of us attacked the house from top to bottom. We'll probably do that again in another 2 months if we haven't found a cleaning lady by then. Mostly I'm the tidy-er and he's the clean-er.
Cooking: All G. Pretty much entirely his realm. I cook baby food for Dylan (although he's gradually been taking on more of that lately, too). Really he's much better at it and enjoys it a hell of a lot more than I do.
Laundry: Again it's mostly G. I'll fold Dylan's clothes but most of the washing/folding falls to him. This is primarily because G creates the most laundry. (Or did until Dylan came along...) He's the one who insists on wearing two t-shirts a day and washing them after a single wear. In my opinion, that means he gets to do the lion's share of the laundry since it's mostly all his anyway.
Diaper Changing: Both of us. Whenever there a massive stinky we both just try to be busy doing something so that the other one has to take care of it. :)
Bedtime rituals: Both of us. For the moment there's one kid and two of us. And we both focus on him entirely pre-bedtime. We switch off days on who gets to read his stories, but even the one not reading is usually in the room making sure the binkies are ready on the night table, the sleep sack is laid out and ready to go, etc.
Bathtime: We're both there, but it's G who does the actual washing.
Garden: Once I have a garden again this will be all me. This is my one non-nerdy hobby.
Wash Dishes: Mostly him. If he's not around I load the dishwasher, but if he's there he's just going to reposition everything I put in there anyway - so why bother?
Grocery shopping: G. Mostly I'm just too lazy but also he has a better grasp of which products are cheaper where (meaning not only which store but in which country). Before Christmas we tried a new phase where I was responsible for the grocery shopping since I'm better at sticking to the budget (generally this meant we went as a family but it did result in lower grocery bills). Since we got back from the States he's been doing it again. I guess we'll see how this one shakes out in the long term.

Hmmmm...I guess my list doesn't highlight our gender roles so much as how spoiled I am in general. G really takes care of us, doesn't he?