How hard is it...

[airplane]

I am convinced DH does things wrong that I ask him to do so I don't ask him to do it again

I've only been married for a couple of months now but I am on to him

 

[ckay87]

I am convinced DH does things wrong that I ask him to do

Bingo!!

 

[missypie]

I am convinced DH does things wrong that I ask him to do so I don't ask him to do it again

I've only been married for a couple of months now but I am on to him

I think you're right. Why do guys with advanced college degrees think they can pretend not to get how to do laundry?!!!

DH is a SAHD and has been for over 15 years, so he does the laundry....in a very weird way:

He ADDS EXTRA WATER to lots of the loads.

Nothing is done on delicate, so I get up in the morning on laundry day and do the delicates so he won't ruin them.

He adds amonia to most of the loads....jeez, our clothes aren't that stinky that we need amonia in the water!

The other thing that makes me nuts is that he ONLY does laundry on Tuesdays....it doesn't matter that the kids bring home gym clothes over the weekend that have to be washed, or that DD needs her dance clothes on Monday. So I end up doing about 4 loads over the weekend.

He went through this phase where out of the blue he started putting chlorine bleach in the loads of towels. Not white towels mind you. He ruined about a third of our towels before I figured out what he was doing.

Men!!!

 

[liamsaunt]

I thought of another one. I was feeling ill and the house was needing to be cleaned, so I asked him if he would mind cleaning the upstairs bathroom while I laid on the couch. "Sure, honey," he said. So, off I went to take a nap, and up he went to clean the bathroom.

Well, after a while I start to hear an odd noise. Looking up at the ceiling, I notice water dripping down. Keep in mind that I am TWO floors away from DH and the bathroom he is cleaning. I went up to investigate to find DH frantically trying to plunge the toilet as water spills all over the floor. After running downstairs to turn off the water, I came back up to find out what was going on.

He was cleaning the bathroom, you see. Cleaning it very thoroughly. With paper towels. That he was flushing down the toilet in mass quantities.

I clean the bathroom now.

 

[kbkids]

I thought of another one. I was feeling ill and the house was needing to be cleaned, so I asked him if he would mind cleaning the upstairs bathroom while I laid on the couch. "Sure, honey," he said. So, off I went to take a nap, and up he went to clean the bathroom.

Well, after a while I start to hear an odd noise. Looking up at the ceiling, I notice water dripping down. Keep in mind that I am TWO floors away from DH and the bathroom he is cleaning. I went up to investigate to find DH frantically trying to plunge the toilet as water spills all over the floor. After running downstairs to turn off the water, I came back up to find out what was going on.

He was cleaning the bathroom, you see. Cleaning it very thoroughly. With paper towels. That he was flushing down the toilet in mass quantities.

I clean the bathroom now.

- remind me to never complain again the DH refuses to clean the toilets!!

 

[airplane]

My DH cleaned the bathroom once since we moved in (a year ago). He broke the tooth brush holder and the toilet bruch holder.

Once again, they do things like that so we won't ask them to do it again

 

[WIcruizer]

I don't allow dh to do the laundry anymore - he has shrunk so many clothes it isn't even funny. He just throws everything from the washing machine into the dryer, puts it on high and walks away...... He claims he's trying to help -

Ok ladies, I'll let you in on a secret. Promise not to tell. This an age old male trick, passed down for generations. When asked to do things you don't want to do, follow the 3 step plan:

1) "Forget" to do it and hope nobody notices, or it gets done by soemone else.

2) If that fails, claim "you don't know how"

3) If she shows you how, screw up the task so badly you will never be asked to do it again.

What can I say? We're a sorry bunch.

 

[Marseeya]

Ok ladies, I'll let you in on a secret. Promise not to tell. This an age old male trick, passed down for generations. When asked to do things you don't want to do, follow the 3 step plan:

1) "Forget" to do it and hope nobody notices, or it gets done by soemone else.

2) If that fails, claim "you don't know how"

3) If she shows you how, screw up the task so badly you will never be asked to do it again.

What can I say? We're a sorry bunch.

That shouldn't be funny, but it is.

 

[HOGFAN]

I dont do DHs laundry anymore. I do my own and DS(12). I work full time just like DH. His percentage of dirty laundry is probably 60 percent and I got tired of doing 2-3 loads a day. I think if he had to do his own he would realize how much he messes up. If he runs out of underwear or jeans or whatever, he runs out.

 

[Micca]

I'm the DH in the household and I'm doing laundry right this very moment. I don't mind it at all, nor do I mind doing the dishes or cooking. The rest of the housework...I don't understand at all (except the trash--all men must take out the trash).

 

[stm61]

my dh did the exact same thing! His excuse: "you never said turn it on"! The man is over 40, he's run a construction crew on major federal projects, you think he'd have the sense to turn on a dryer! No dear, I wanted them to sit there overnight because I just adore the smell they get! Ds12 has done the same thing, but at least he has the sense now to ask if I want it run now or (when it's hot and I'm trying to not heat up the living rm) if I want it run later that night.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

my DH wont even do laundry
i feel your pain
also the part about actually turning the dryer on thats what my DH says

 

[CherCrazy]

Originally Posted by WIcruizer
Ok ladies, I'll let you in on a secret. Promise not to tell. This an age old male trick, passed down for generations. When asked to do things you don't want to do, follow the 3 step plan:

1) "Forget" to do it and hope nobody notices, or it gets done by soemone else.

2) If that fails, claim "you don't know how"

3) If she shows you how, screw up the task so badly you will never be asked to do it again.

What can I say? We're a sorry bunch.




That shouldn't be funny, but it is.

That SHOULD be funny, but it ISN'T!!!

I once left a penny on the bathroom floor as a test for my DH to see how long it would take him to pick it up. It stayed there for TWO YEARS until we moved. For all I know, it may be some other guy's test now in the same house.

 

[Marseeya]

That SHOULD be funny, but it ISN'T!!!

I once left a penny on the bathroom floor as a test for my DH to see how long it would take him to pick it up. It stayed there for TWO YEARS until we moved. For all I know, it may be some other guy's test now in the same house.

I've done things like that before too! Once with DH it was a bag of trash. I'd asked him to take it out and he wouldn't. I sat it in front of the door. He just walked around it. For a week! He just started going out another door.

But that penny thing is hilarious! Did you ever tell him about it?

 

[Nancy]

I've done things like that before too! Once with DH it was a bag of trash. I'd asked him to take it out and he wouldn't. I sat it in front of the door. He just walked around it. For a week! He just started going out another door.

But that penny thing is hilarious! Did you ever tell him about it?

Both your stories remind me of the "everybody Loves Raymond Episode" with the suitcase on the stairs.

 

[CherCrazy]

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PS...I told DH that he failed the penny test. "Penny, what penny??" Oh well.

 

[DisneyTarheel]

I asked him to put the clothes from the washer into the dryer.

Not too tough, right?

Well, he put them in the dryer okay, but he didn't turn the dryer on!!!

Sounds to me like he did exactly what you asked him to do?

I do my own laundry. My DW has her hands full with laundry for herself and DS3, DS2 and DD1. She also seems to have her hands full with general day-to-day rearing of the kids. Not sure I buy that, I mean, how much work could that really be?

She does get very exasperated with my (IMHO) extremely efficient manner of sorting my laundry, however. What is wrong with sorting your loads based on what goes in the dryer and what gets hung up on the drying rack?

 

[Ragnrok23]

I am convinced DH does things wrong that I ask him to do so I don't ask him to do it again

I've only been married for a couple of months now but I am on to him

shhhhh

that's our secret little trick