I hate being the nagging wife.
I've let a lot of standards slip as a result as I don't want to be constantly nagging at DH to clean up after himself. However, our house is currently on the market and we need to make a quick sale. Naturally, we've had to step things up a gear.
Would the following piss you off?
Within hours of you telling DH that he needs to really make a big effort with being clean and tidy, after spending an entire day cleaning and decluttering the house he does the following:
Gives DS some food and leaves the table and floor covered in milk whilst he goes to play with DS in the other room.
Takes out a colouring activity to do with DH and then goes to the previous room again, leaving all pens and colouring books scattered across the coffee table.
Dresses DS for bed and leaves his dirty clothes on the kitchen worktop.
Leaves his own shoes in the middle of the floor in the lounge.
Leaves DS' toys in the bath after bath time and doesn't tidy them away in the box again.
Puts away the dishes after dinner (I cooked and washed up) but stacks all of the bowls and plates in one pile because he can't be arsed to sort them out and you open the cupboard and get attacked by the precarious tower of dishes. This is after returning from visiting my sick grand-parent straight after dinner. He had also not bothered to get the washing in, so on returning home at 9.30 pm this is the first thing I did!
I'm sure that after speaking to DH about us needing to be a little more house proud, he's actually turned the opposite way within hours. He's usually untidy, but I'm sure he's not this bad? I've dropped my standards a lot since being with DH because I can't stand the sound of my own nagging. He hasn't done his fair share of the cleaning in weeks (he has things he's responsible for and I'm doing it all!)
Anyway, I lost it when the plates tippled over and told DH to get his act together, i got very angry. I then continued pouring some wine for us both when he then declared that HE no longer wanted to be in MY company and took himself off to bed?! Huh?! Is it me or am I the one who should be feeling annoyed here?
I think any other time, I could let these things go or atleast make a few sarcastic comments instead of losing my shit. But we've got house viewings tomorrow and Ive been prearing the house all day... do I need to chill out and stop nagging or is it him?
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ludolooby · 05/07/2016 22:21
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