Same here. My mother and father were equal partners. Each worked, each helped around the house. Granted, some of the "chores" were more inside duties: laundry, dishes, cooking, cleaning; and some were outdoor things: lawn care, home repair, mending fence, taking care of livestock, etc.. But if the roles needed to reverse for a while, mom would willingly help out in the field, and dad would gladly throw in a load of clothes. Neither was the servant of the other, and as a result, I learned early on to cook, sew, make a bed, wash clothes, and keep a clean house, besides mowing hay, feeding cattle, patching a roof, or stringing barbed wire. I can't help but think that level of equality made me into a more rounded person, and a better husband to an appreciative wife.
Unfortunately, I was cursed with two UNappreciative wives and I dumped both of them.