Wonder if he'll notice...

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That I've scrubbed the house from top to bottom? OH due home from work soon and since I got out of bed this morning I've done nothing but scrub the place and tidy up.

The kids are tucked up in bed, I've opened the wine. It looks and smells clean --might've left a little Zoflora in the bowl (I know, I know)

I'm hoping for a big, "oooooh, it looks really nice in here". Am I setting myself up for a massive fail in the appreciation department?

Nah !
He’ll spot the bit you have missed.

I mean , yes , massive fail.

Love a freshly cleaned house! Hopefully he appreciates your hard work! Is he the sort to notice these things?

Dinners on him

Not a chance

He'll spot the one thing you haven't had time to do, do it, and then won't shut up about it until you shower him with endless praise 😂 Seriously though, well done you!

I'm 50/50 at the moment as to whether he'll bat an eyelid!!

@PirateWeasel haha. Have you met my OH?

No chance if he is like mine. I painted the garden fence last week, a completely different colour. He even bought the paint. Asked if he noticed anything different, nope. It isn't a small fence either.

He'll need 'urgently' the very important thing piece of junk you have carefully put away.

Well if he doesn't notice then you are legally entitled to a second bottle of wine and no sharing required!

Hell, I had to check to make sure I hadn't started a thread and forgotten about it!

Be nice to get a word of recognition or appreciation. Like he gets for his efforts.

He did notice after he'd cooked tea that I failed to profusely appreciate him and it like I usually did. Which did motivate him to 'notice' that the kitchen looked great, love.

Yes it does. I've cleaned it up again after you lot came home and trashed it.

Oh, and pass the . The bottle please. And the straw.

He'll sigh, take a swig of wine and ask, "so, what've you been up to today?"

I hope he notices, for your sake! But my DH thinks I've done the whole house if I just hoover the stairs, as it's the first thing he noticed when he comes in.
also he told me once that he'd left the kitchen 'pristine' for me after I'd come home from being away a few nights...but the vase on the table was full of dead flowers! Welcome home darling

He'll sigh, take a swig of wine and ask, "so, what've you been up to today?"

LOL! With the sigh indicating how the noble hunter has been Oh So Tried in his Day, is So Exhausted, and would you pleeeeease ask him about it. . . so he can hold forth. At length.

No. Before I went back to work my OH came home every day to an impeccable house, absolutely spotless, and he would pick up on things like a plate in the sink. Now it's the other way around, and I come home to a shithole, but I can't say anything. Men are shit.

I've got another couple of bottles out back, shall I bring 'em in? This could be a bigger party than any of us envisaged. . .

You could do what I do. Text him that you have a brilliant surprise awaiting his return. Then when he come home lead him all round the house telling him how long each task took and requesting fulsome praise.

It sounds ridiculous but I've done it about 3 times and it's had two major benefits.
1, he does more of the routine chores (floor sweeping, counter wiping etc) without being reminded
and 2, he does his big chores (meal planning/food shop/cook and clean up as he goes) without expecting me to praise him beyond a thank you.