DH didn't move the bloody elf

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This just about sums DH up at the moment. I swear he can't do anything thing without being spoon fed. I'm sick of him being totally useless/lazy.

DD, DS and I away for the night, just got home this afternoon. They talked the whole way home about what the elf might have got up too and when we got back they were disappointed to find him still in the same position. I purposely didn't remind him because he KNOWS about the elf as he reminds me about it every night before bed so I left him too it

I've told them he maybe only moves when they're at home but is it seriously that hard for him to remember one thing?

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Thank fuck this wasn’t a thing when my dc were little. What a waste of time and energy.

If this is all you have to complain about in life then you are doing ok

If this is all you have to complain about in life then you are doing ok

I hope you never whinge about anything minor, ever.

Chick the elf in the bin and have done with it.

I'm so glad this wasn't a thing when my DC were small. It's just a load of extra stress & effort nobody needs in the run up to Christmas.

I'd have taken advantage and put him in the bin and left a note saying he'd gone back to Lapland. Hate the whole thing.

Maybe he just isn't into it but goes along with it as you've chosen to do it.

If he is sufficiently engaged with the elf thing that he can remind you to do it then he has no excuse for not doing it when you’re away.
He is expecting you to do his thinking for him. It’s somehow wife-work that he doesn’t need to trouble his important self with.
I don’t like the elf but this is lazy and/or disrespectful.
If you purposely didn’t remind him though, this is probably part of a pattern of behaviour by him and you waited to see if he’d slip up, because you suspected he would.
Does he accept he should have moved it?

Why the fuck is he asking you every night if you've moved the elf? Is he the type who likes critiquing you?

Elf should now be his job.

Don’t worry about me Soup Dragon - focus on constructive advice re the elf

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I left our elfs on the floor near the tv yesterday. Kids were still about. I intended to do something g hilarious with the castle, but gotstuck into wine and movie instead.
Ds1 came down and said 'did the elves tidy up last night mummy?'
Yes they did ds, yes they did. Wasn't even particularly tidy...
Winning at elves with a completely unobservant ds.
Anyway, this anecdote does not help you at all. Assign dh elf duty for the rest of Christmas. He sounds like a dick anyway.

Whether he thinks the elf is a pile of shit is besides the point. It's the 9th Dec, he doesn't just get to decide now it's not happening. He doesn't hate it. He engaged in it last year. I'm not a big lover of it myself but if it makes my DC happy when they are bordering on the age of nearly not believing then so be it.

Also, this is not the only thing in life I have to moan about, what a ridiculous thing to say, this is the tip of the iceberg but I'm not getting in to it all here. No one ever moan unless it is a life or death situation!

I don't need constructive advice re elf, more like re DH useless elf.

Ltb

I moved mine after bedtime and dd came back downstairs for a drink and noticed he had moved!! Big discussion about how he must have thought she was asleep and I’d gone to bed 🤦‍♀️

Your DH needs a suitably annoyed response at his ineptitude

I will be directing them to him when he gets home from work, "daddy why do you think the elf didn't move?"

Fucking hate that vile creepy elf and why is he so naughty?
So glad my teens are not interested in this shit.

The elf was being naughty and refused to move.

I'm so glad we never did the elf shit.

So I'm planning something big for tonight to make up for lack of movement. DD was at a gymnastics competition today and did really well so thinking something gymnastic themed congratulating her. Any bright ideas?

Upside down hanging from the light fitting with a 'well done' banner in his hand?

I love the elf. I wish that it had been a thing when DD was small - she would have bloody loved it! At school I'm as excited as our year 1, 2 and 3 classes all who have a very naughty elf that does things overnight . We've had tp'd classrooms, marshmallows strewn across the floor, whiteboards drawn all over and pictures of the elf popping up during well used PowerPoint presentations!

Proper Christmas magic, makes me feel all warm inside just listening to the children's excitement.

Can't dh sort it out tonight?

Tell them the elf was busy last night screwing up the O2 network