Well, I got stuck with all the work around the house - as soon as I proved my ability to manage, my husband left it to me. Now I have been widowed for 13 years and I still do it and more...and I like it: I have a big house to take care of and I live here alone - my both children´s families moved to the place of their work. I keep the house for them. A garden, two pets. Wood/coal boiler. A small inherited forest - planting new trees, timberwork with my son, chopping wood myself...etc etc. But I am quite proud of myself, you know. :-)
Well, and my hands are ...well, rough.LOL (I used to play the piano. Now I play the guitar...)