My husband used to be helpless like that but not any more. At one point we were having problems with our washer and there was something he had to check each time. He got in the habit of doing the laundry and does it all the time now. He has also accepted the job of emptying the dishwasher as his own. I am not going to try to convince him otherwise. He had decided that I don't tuck the sheets in tight enough to suit him so on laundry days he always makes up the bed with the clean sheets thought I make the bed every other day of the week. He has actually become very helpful in his old age. It is a shame he couldn't have been as helpful when we were raising 3 kids and I was working part time and going to school but I am thankful for what I have now.