JRuss - the only thing I might add to what ForGump had to say is that instead of 50% which is room-mate territory, go for 100%. You may have to anyway. If she asks - then tell her that. I know that my W certainly gave me odd looks whenever I did perhaps (mind reading!) thinking that "hey - this is real".

I'm not sure how it affected my W when I was so much better at taking care of the housekeeping than she was. I think she probably thought it was a "kissing up" action on my part because she would leave me a thank-you note or go out of her way to say how nice it looked.

Oh - and make sure that your coq-a-vin is better than her's. Me - I still struggle with Minute Rice.

On BD
H52, W50
T27, M26
S21, D23
BD-9-Mar-16
D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18
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