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maxinebr · 11/03/2024 17:14

Hey ladies I need advice. So my fiancé and I are talking and he wants me to remind him to clean the bathroom/kitchen. Now he only works 2 days a week and he's always home. If he sees something needs to be cleaned he doesn't do it. I have to ask. Just recently I decided that I would see how long he'll go before cleaning the bathroom. I eventually gave in and did it myself. I'm trying to explain to him that we both see things need to be done. And instead of knocking it out I have to ask/remind him.

Like am I be unreasonable for not wanting to ask for those things??

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Bananalanacake · 11/03/2024 19:39

Ah, so that's why living separately 'won't work' for him, he may have to pay his own bills, poor lamb,

maxinebr · 11/03/2024 19:39

SKG231 · 11/03/2024 19:34

Get a whiteboard for your kitchen with the list of daily task that need doing.

Take out the bin
hoover bedrooms
clean downstairs bathroom

when they’re there in front of him he’s got no excuse.

I have whiteboards all over. To remind me of low supplies , bills etc.

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Obeast · 11/03/2024 19:36

maxinebr · 11/03/2024 19:31

I pay all the bills he may buy a couple cleaning supplies.

Oh, how embarrassing. Never pay to have a parasitic boyfriend.

Avoid dating entirely, you need to do extensive work on your standards before going near another bloke. You risk being made a complete fool of again, by a different one.

SKG231 · 11/03/2024 19:34

Get a whiteboard for your kitchen with the list of daily task that need doing.

Take out the bin
hoover bedrooms
clean downstairs bathroom

when they’re there in front of him he’s got no excuse.

maxinebr · 11/03/2024 19:33

Reading this back it a little tough. Things were not always like this. But it has been rocky for a couple months I have tried to be supportive and help in anyway I can. But I also get tired from work. So I kinda want him to give the same effort as I do. And right now it's not happening.

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maxinebr · 11/03/2024 19:31

Bananalanacake · 11/03/2024 19:30

Ok, at least he was honest with you about preferring to live together. But does he earn enough on those 2 days a week to pay his equal share of rent/mortgage/bills/food?

I pay all the bills he may buy a couple cleaning supplies.

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Bananalanacake · 11/03/2024 19:30

Ok, at least he was honest with you about preferring to live together. But does he earn enough on those 2 days a week to pay his equal share of rent/mortgage/bills/food?

maxinebr · 11/03/2024 19:03

ElaineMBenes · 11/03/2024 18:59

I just asked him to leave. I'm honestly tired and it hurts

It might not feel like it right now but your life just got a million times less stressful.

I know it will I just have to keep pushing.

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ElaineMBenes · 11/03/2024 18:59

I just asked him to leave. I'm honestly tired and it hurts

It might not feel like it right now but your life just got a million times less stressful.

Orangello · 11/03/2024 18:57

this is not a serious topic, is it? Throw the lazy loser back. Oh, and you need to shut up so you don't argue? Abusive as well.

maxinebr · 11/03/2024 18:56

ElaineMBenes · 11/03/2024 18:54

He said that won't work for him

What works for you though?

He's taking you for a mug. There are better men out there, I promise you!

I just asked him to leave. I'm honestly tired and it hurts

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pootlin · 11/03/2024 18:56

I despair that women still think they only deserve these workshy, lazy cocklodgers.

Why have you given all the power to him, OP?

ElaineMBenes · 11/03/2024 18:54

He said that won't work for him

What works for you though?

He's taking you for a mug. There are better men out there, I promise you!

scaredofff · 11/03/2024 18:53

Don't you have a mind of your own? It doesn't matter if it won't work for him it may work for you as a couple

How can he think there's any problems when you are picking up all the slack and not holding him accountable. Don't marry him. You'll be his skivvy with a miserable life

nickelbabe · 11/03/2024 18:50

You need to leave this man (or chuck him out) before you go any further!
Do not marry this man.

MinnieMountain · 11/03/2024 18:49

I bet it won’t work for him OP 😆 He’s got a cushy number living with you.

maxinebr · 11/03/2024 18:46

Bananalanacake · 11/03/2024 18:39

How about living separately but staying in a relationship then he can clean his own bathroom whenever he feels like it, hoping you earn enough to live on your own.

He said that won't work for him

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maxinebr · 11/03/2024 18:46

Birch101 · 11/03/2024 18:22

Yeah I wouldn't date someone like this let alone build a life and financial future together.

How old is he??

35

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Bananalanacake · 11/03/2024 18:39

How about living separately but staying in a relationship then he can clean his own bathroom whenever he feels like it, hoping you earn enough to live on your own.

Birch101 · 11/03/2024 18:22

Yeah I wouldn't date someone like this let alone build a life and financial future together.

How old is he??

JerkintheMerkin · 11/03/2024 18:19

Reminders on his phone?!?!?! Has he just started year 7 and still transitioning?

HandShoe · 11/03/2024 18:12

Throw him back and don’t let him waste anymore of your time.

Attackofthekillereggs · 11/03/2024 18:08

Go and have a read of some -almost any-- of the threads on the Relationships board for a glimpse of what your life will almost certainly turn into.

He won't magically change. He really, really won't

Please don't marry him. There are plenty of actual adult, functioning males out there. Find one of them.

youveturnedupwelldone · 11/03/2024 18:00

As I right that when he does it he says he is "helping" you?

Basically he's saying it's your responsibility isn't he. You notice, he does, your responsibility. He notices, he does, his responsibility.

It won't get any better. Especially if you have to not complain to prevent arguments! Again, your responsibility.... are you seeing the pattern?

He won't lift a finger once you're married, and he will be one of those "great dads" who doesn't actually parent their children (because that's "your responsibility", along with cleaning the toilet).

ElaineMBenes · 11/03/2024 17:56

Don't marry this man.
It'll only get worse.

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