I'm housesitting for my mum at the moment as my 23 YO brother is a bit of a pain...
He's the laziest person I've ever met. I've been cooking his meals and my OH does the washing up after. Brother spends pretty much every evening in the pub after work, so eats when he gets home later. I wake up in the morning to his half eaten dinner on the side, plus other general mess everywhere... So I've gone on strike. I've been cooking his meals (my mum does it and asked me to continue while she's away) but have been leaving his mess on the side for him to sort out. So far he's accumulated 10 glasses and three plates, one still has dinner on it from 3 days ago...
My mum babys him (she does this in all aspects of his life and thinks she's helping), I've tried to tell her that she's making him a nightmare for his future partner/anyone he ends up living with but she gets defensive and there's no point pushing the point further. When I ask him to tidy up after himself, we end up arguing.
I have one week left... AIBU to keep leaving his mess everywhere?! It's driving me crazy looking at it, and I know it'll go back to my mum tidying up after him. Am I making my own life difficult out of stubbornness?! The mess is horrible but I really think he needs to realise that there's not a magical cleaning fairy who tidys up after him...
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notsurewhattodo123 · 14/08/2016 14:23
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