to want to leave this letter on the bathroom mirror for all to read?

[CheerfulYank]

Dear Husband, Feckless Brother, Tantrumy Son, and two male dogs:

I realize I am the only member of this household without a penis. However, I see no reason why this automatically makes me in charge of the laundry, dishes, and general tidying up. I realize I am at home more than the rest of you, as I work part time, and I am happy to take care of the house in the afternoons while I am home. What I am not happy to do, DH and DB, is pick up after grown men. If you cannot put your boots/coats/dirty dishes/garbage in the proper place, I am going to find a different proper place for them, namely one in which you could only remove said items with the help of a proctologist.

Please take this advice, or in the future I will not be the only one without a penis. (she said sweetly)

Ever so sincerely,
CheerfulYank

[Coldhands]

Ha ha. I know what you mean and I only have a DH and a young DS so he isn't old enough to bug me with mess yet. Its bloody annoying that I do all the picking up after people all the time! Arrggggg

[posieparker]

Get yourself a large box and everything they dump on the floor goes in it, when they run out of clothes they will notice!!!

[mumblechum]

Amen to that.

I've actually given up now and accept that my role in life is to be a dogsbody who nobody appreciates

[tearinghairout]

I love it, especially the last line . But they won't know what a proctologist is... Tell'em it's someone who cuts off things.

[CheerfulYank]

Well I appreciate you mumble!

[omaoma]

bin the stuff they leave on the floor. b*gger the box!

[SixtyFootDoll]

Go for it
DH USED to be like this until I put everything he didnt pick up/ put away into a bin bag ( including dirty plates and cups) and put the bag on his side of the bed.
I think he finally got the message.

[Dominique07]

No YANBU

[toothgenie]

I feel sympathy for you, although I live in a house where there are no 'penises'. I'd leave the note, just a shame I can't be a fly on the wall when they read it.

[mamas12]

I actually put his dirty underpants, socks and some other things into his briefcase once and he opened it up in a meeting

[edam]

Sixtyfoot, if I left a bin bag full of dh's assorted leavings by the side of the bed, he wouln't bat an eyelid - it'd still be there, ten weeks later...

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

Edam, I think we share the same dh. Some time ago he went away for a week with his friends, before they went he made them a nice big fry up. I came home from work to 8 or 9 place settings soaking in a greasy puddle in the sink. I stacked it all up and left it by the back door. I bought a new plate and cutlery set for myself to use while he was away. He was astonished to find it there when he came back and embarrassed in front of his posse.

[JustMoon]

LOL @ mamas12, might have to use that one..

[edam]

bloody well done kreecher! Bet he never pulled a stunt like that ever again.

[TottWriter]

YANBU, though I (sadly) have my doubts that it will work. My DP has his moments, though he does at least put the toilet seat down (unlike my FIL, urgh) and does most of the cooking and washing up (that's because I'm marrying a connoiseur of food though!).

Still, the pile of stinky laundry which festers down the side of the bed until the smell drives me to pick it up and put it in the wash is quite irritating. We only have a small bedroom, and the whole room pongs.

Came as a bit of a shock though tbh, my Dad is an utter neat freak!

[MmeLindt]

Leave it on the fridge like a friend of mine did.

We were at her house, her DH is quite a bigwig in DH's company and we were all rather amused to see two signs on the fridge. A small and rather politely phrased one:

"Don't forget to close the door of the fridge"

and then a huge one:

"Obviously you did not see the SIGN below asking you to CLOSE THE DOOR OF THE FRIDGE because otherwise you would have done so. The contents of the fridge will SPOIL if the door is left open for days when you are on a business trip"

I bet he was very embarrassed.

[tulpe]

YANBU.

Aside from one of the cats and the dog, I am the only penis-free person in the house, compared to 3 be-penised humans

I feel your pain and I fantasise about leaving the same kind of note day after day.

DH kindly offered to work from home for a week last year so I could go on hols with two of my dsis's (is that grammatically correct?). When I returned 7 days later, not only did the whole house stink of "boy" but I also had to clean the place from top to bottom as we have rather differing standards of clean (which I can only attribute to the penis/non-penis situation).