Quote Originally Posted by Eaglewalker
I have a theory -- and it's been borne out by nearly everyone who has answered the question -- that if there are more boys than girls in a family, the boys don't do housework (doing dishes is excluded from the theory). If there are more girls, the boys share in the housework. The theory only holds when the siblings are relatively close in age.

If he wasn't trained and he's not in the habit, he's not going to change unless it's to his advantage -- i.e., he'll lose something important to him if he doesn't mend his ways.
Not necessarily, maybe his mom was a clean freak and since he's grown old he can do whatever he wants. I would call those "rebel slobs" . In my hubby's case both his parents worked and went to school and also they were kind of slobish so he did not know any better. With a little patient and the fact that HE WANTED to do the right thing, things got "cleaner". I am a clean freak but not to the point of making his life miserable. I have to admit, he is a great husband and goes out of his way not to see me mad, and I spoil him A LOT .