My husband has got the grouting done.

Is this a euphemism?

As Bluesigns notes - they stop doing it when it’s done back to them. And this is because they’re doing it consciously. They want attention - they think they deserve the thanks and appreciation that the tasks that you do apparently don’t. When you do the same to them, they realise it’s not working so they stop. Funny that.

Aaargghh. Mine does this too. We both work F/T. Him 6-2 so he’s home by 2:15. I get in about 6:30. Usually he just washes (some) of the dishes and pushes the hoover round the living room. If it’s rained and he can’t walk his beloved dog for the obligatory 3 hours he might do a bit more. But then I have to hear about it in great detail!! Every. Single. Small. Thing!!
I say thank you but want I really want to say is what do you want? A fucking medal?!

My DH sewed some Badges on DCs Beavers jumper last night. Not exaggerating when I say he talked for 20 mins at Me after, explaining how he did them, which angle, the spacing in the thread, how did I think they looked? Were they same as the others, or probably neater, right?

I had this, but I responded in kind - made a point of telling him when I’d made the bed or put the shopping away. He got the message.

My friend is currently dealing with this issue with her husband because she has always worked from home and he has recently started from home so she has I put my coffee cup in the dishwasher/I put the bin out/I’ve just finished my meeting/I’ve opened the post etc all day long. She sent me a Facebook video the other week where a woman said her husband did it all the time so she started doing it back eg I’ve been shopping, I’ve put the shopping away, I’ve recycled your newspaper, I’ve put your cup on the dishwasher, I’ve refilled the toilet roll etc and my friend said she was going to do the same, I got a message on day two saying her husband had stopped doing it.

Mine came in to tell me he was washing the patio - like I couldn’t hear the pressure washer?! I’ve done a load of dishwashing, 3 loads of laundry and the Tesco order.

DP tells me when he's done things. I feign interest for many of them, especially the ones involving his car. I wonder if he wants a reward chart?

He's not interested in me having done the laundry or the cleaning I note.

Mine went on a full on spring clean this morning, I walked into the living room to the sofa pulled out and him hanging onto the window frame trying to polish the curtain rod.
Although rather than telling me what he'd done I was called upon every few minutes to ask what I thought of the living room rug in a different position, then a few minutes later what do I think of it a cm further left than it was before 🙄

Must be something in the air today