MEN!!

[kittywings]

Why do men ask how to do something and then completely disregard your instructions?
Why do they refuse to put recyclables in the correct bin?
Why do they spill water all over the counter and down the wooden cabinets trying to clean a George Foreman grill instead of just moving the grill over by the sink? Why also do they feel the need to use the brand new clean towel to (poorly) wipe up the water when there is a dishcloth and paper towels right there?
Why do they use a fresh sanitized pot that was set aside for lotion-making for making their oatmeal and then leave it in the sink?
And then why must they re-use the same pot after it has already been re-sanitized?

Can you tell that my DH is driving me nuts today?

 

[Rosey]

Why can't they figure out how to put a new TP roll in the TP holder thing...

Why leave all the cabinets open??


I feel your pain!

 

[dagmar88]

Me to!

why does he ask me EVERY morning where his undies are wile they've been sitting on the same shelve for 2,5 year?

 

[Guest]

This is my standard answer to my hubby when he asks where something is .
You have lived here as long as I have , it is where we always keep it , unless you didn't put it away :shock: He is getting better I have to say


Kitn

 

[dagmar88]

haha, that doesn't work over here! Cause when I do find what he was looking for within 2 seconds on an odd place; he keeps persist he hasn't put it there...
Finding the thing is usually easier than have to listen to Mr. Stubborn whining

 

[Rosey]

omg mine does the same thing "well I put it here!" and like I tell my 8 year: "if you had put it there, it would BE there".

We have gremlins that must move things around here :roll:

And every time he unloads the dishwasher, nothing is where it belongs..hello! Doesn't he know where they go after 2 years of being in this house?

 

[heyjude]

My husband is neat as a pin, my kids however.......... :roll:

Jude

 

[kittywings]

My DH is pretty good about the TP roll replacing but I also have to talk to him like a 4 year-old sometimes when he's trying to find something/asking stupid questions.

I am lucky in that he does TRY to do stuff, but sometimes that's worse because I just have to go back and do it all again. I once got back from a ship after being gone 7 months and he was bragging about how IMMACULATE the house was. Well... I will give him that there wasn't any clutter, etc. but there was about a 3 in. think coating of dust on everything and there were piles of stuff hidden away in cabinets and drawers.

He's no longer allowed to do laundry, load the dishwasher, or make the bed.

I guess I get irked because with his job (firefighter) he is gone 24 hrs., then home for 48 (they are about to switch to 48/96) and I have been making sure that the house is immaculate before he gets home in the morning, even if it means I'm up til 3 am cleaning. EVERY SINGLE TIME, I wake up the next morning and there's dishes all over the place and his crap laying all over.
CAN'T I ENJOY THE CLEAN HOUSE TOO?!!

On the odd occasion that he gets a "bollocking" he says "how come I never complain about anything?" And I say "because I don't do anything wrong!" I asked him what annoying him I do and all he could come up with was leaving tea bags and mugs with spoons around.... so I STOPPED!! That was 4 years ago...

Geez, I sound like a shrew!!! But he's just irritating the hell out of me today... especially because we just started a workout challenge between us/low-carb diet (well at least I am, he THINKS he's eating low carb, but he's got no idea) and he made 3 breasts of chicken for lunch. I took a shower and come downstairs.... it's GONE!

edited to add:
Strike the chicken thing, I found it in the microwave... but I did think of more complaints:
he refuses to cover things before putting them in the fridge so things dry out and are wasted.

 

[dagmar88]

he refuses to cover things before putting them in the fridge so things dry out and are wasted.

LOL same here!

 

[Rosey]

mine does cover things..but yes, i was gone 2 weeks last year and I cleaned until I left so it would be clean..omg I won't even tell you the state of the house when I got home. I was :shock: and he had bragged about how he kept it clean.

Clothes everywhere, dishes everywhere...trash...omg.

I guess I should be thankful all the animals were still alive!

 

[artisan soaps]

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[kittywings]

I guess I should be thankful all the animals were still alive!

On that same time when I was gone, he had been telling me that our cat, Ted, had a "new trick." He had begun to scoop out food from his bowl and eat one piece at a time. When I got home his breath was HORRID. He used to sleep on my pillow and I couldn't breathe with him there. I ended up taking him to the vet... he had some kind of weird gum disease and had to have all of his teeth removed... for $1200. Talk about feeling like a bad parent!

 

[vivcarm]

My husband will leave dirty dishes beside an empty dishwasher! :shock:

 

[kittywings]

My husband has been barred from loading the dishwasher because he doesn't do it correctly and I always have to re-wash them... I can't tell you how many times I've found dirty dishes put away in the cabinets!

 

[CarmenJean]

Good grief - this thread makes me feel AWFUL. My OH packs the diswasher - better than me - covers anything that goes in the fridge, and will moan at me if I forget (which is almost never now), cooks better than me, cleans better than me, and pretty much does most things better than me. He doesn't do ironing .... but then again, neither do I, he can do the washing if I'm away, and he actually knows how to feed the kids when I'm not around (and it's not always MacDonalds!). So I feel awful because I truly thought that many men are just like him. If there's a mess - he'll clean it up (whether it's his or not), and no, he's not a neat freak - he can't be with me around!! So he's become less neat, and I've become more tidy .... somthing of a middleground if you like. But I am still not as neat as I'd like to be. But then again, creative clutter is better than idle neatness. :wink:

 

[dagmar88]

Hahaha, all I can say is I LOVE being single!

- but trust me, I've lived with both sexes and they're equally as frustrating

True! I lived with 2 other women for some time; and after a while we all had are period together... Total mayhem!

 

[kittywings]

Good grief - this thread makes me feel AWFUL. My OH packs the diswasher - better than me - covers anything that goes in the fridge, and will moan at me if I forget (which is almost never now), cooks better than me, cleans better than me, and pretty much does most things better than me. He doesn't do ironing .... but then again, neither do I, he can do the washing if I'm away, and he actually knows how to feed the kids when I'm not around (and it's not always MacDonalds!). So I feel awful because I truly thought that many men are just like him. If there's a mess - he'll clean it up (whether it's his or not), and no, he's not a neat freak - he can't be with me around!! So he's become less neat, and I've become more tidy .... somthing of a middleground if you like. But I am still not as neat as I'd like to be. But then again, creative clutter is better than idle neatness. :wink:

LOL, as much as I complain, I have it pretty good. He has to have SOME faults! As I tell him when I bitch at him I tell him "look, I know I'm being nit-picky, I'm sure a lot of women would kill for what I have (as evidenced by the giggling checkout girls at any store we go to)... but as my motto says 'treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen.'" Then he tells me that I'm ripping off his lines.

 

[oldragbagger]

Me to!

why does he ask me EVERY morning where his undies are wile they've been sitting on the same shelve for 2,5 year?

I have been known (on numerous occassions) to offer my husband a tour of the house.

 

[oldragbagger]

Hahaha, all I can say is I LOVE being single!

- but trust me, I've lived with both sexes and they're equally as frustrating

I will give him a tour of the house anytime he needs it. I wouldn't trade him for anything!!

 

[Rosey]

Me to!

why does he ask me EVERY morning where his undies are wile they've been sitting on the same shelve for 2,5 year?

I have been known (on numerous occassions) to offer my husband a tour of the house.

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LOL mine would kill me if I suggested it.

He does know how to feed the kiddo too and he does cook but I don't let him because he: 1. uses every dish he possibly can. 2. always asks me to do this or that or help. Well I might as well just do it myself then.