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Wife hides dishes

82 replies

beanbagluv1 · 17/04/2024 21:38

I've packed away nearly all of our plates/mugs/bowls and cutlery and left 1 thing of each for me and DH. We're only two people (and a baby) but somehow dirty dishes always pile up. AIBU?

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uhOhOP · 17/04/2024 21:58

Justcallmebebes · 17/04/2024 21:54

Why are they packed away? Are you moving? Are you the wife? So many questions

The answers to these questions can be understood from the OP. The wife is posting, and is presumably fed up of the constant cycle of having to wash dishes, so has limited the number of available items so that there will never again be a pile of washing up to be done (by her, one assumes). (And so they are not moving.)

Ratfan24 · 17/04/2024 21:57

I've thought of doing this before! But it will mean you have to wash up after every meal or snack.

betterangels · 17/04/2024 21:56

That's ridiculous.

PostHummus · 17/04/2024 21:55

Are you the person described in the title as wife? Because you're the one hiding things.

AdultReindeer · 17/04/2024 21:55

I did this once in my teens when I was sharing a house with three boys. I confiscated all extraneous crockery and cutlery because it had got to the point they were eating out of dirty saucepans.

Outside of that scenario, it does sound pretty extreme.

Justcallmebebes · 17/04/2024 21:54

Why are they packed away? Are you moving? Are you the wife? So many questions

PostHummus · 17/04/2024 21:52

1 of each thing per person, are you kidding?