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Do you put your partner's clothes away?

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Pogopogopogo · 23/04/2020 09:38

I'm currently on maternity leave and our baby is almost 5 months old. I do 90% of things round the house and 100% of anything to do with the baby. He takes control of the garden and plants in the house. Very occasionally he will cook, clean the bathroom and vacuum but mainly I do it. I put away mine, our baby's and all towels and linen. Should I be doing his as well. I appreciate I may sound petty but as a grown man I think he should do it. So do you put your partner's clothes away?

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NChangeForNoReason · 23/04/2020 22:53

My DH hasn't put away a single piece of my clothing away EVER!

I used to pile to his up but he would procrastinate and they would end up on the floor.

I now do all laundry for him and DS. We have a cleaner so I do 100% of tidying and 90% of cooking.

DH does all garden, car, caravan, bin and DIY tasks. He will also do 50% of DS tasks (nappy, bottle, wake ups) when not working.

LovingLola · 23/04/2020 22:55

There is no point talking to him about it. He isn't one to listen

Don’t have another child with him.
Don’t rely on him financially.

saraclara · 23/04/2020 22:59

I used to sort the clean laundry into piles in the living room (I quite enjoyed that bit). Then my late husband and my kids picked up their own piles of stuff and put them away.

My husband and I shared the ironing on Sunday evenings. We'd put on whichever light drama/old tosh series was on the TV, and iron while we watched.

Electrical · 23/04/2020 23:16

How is he a ‘partner’? All he contributed is sperm and watering a plant or two (sticking to a theme..). He’s a sniping boyfriend and shit example of a male to your kid. Will he radically change his shitness himself, or does he expect you to service him indefinitely?

BackforGood · 23/04/2020 23:37

Am genuinely surprised how many people put their partner's clothes away. Nothing to do with the overall situation the OP is asking about - just an observation.
It isn't a point of principle at all - I'm a firm believer there is no 'right' or 'wrong' way of doing things as long as both halves of the partnership are happy and work is generally fairly distributed - it just never crossed my mind to put anyone else's clothes away once they got past about 5 yrs old.
I've always sorted clean things into piles and everyone puts their own things away or not if they are teenagers .

violetbunny · 24/04/2020 07:17

I dump his unfolded into a pile on his side of the bed Grin
But then I do about 80% of the chores / mental load already so bugger folding them and putting them away.

vanillandhoney · 24/04/2020 07:31

Nope. He has a basket of clean washing in his gym and that's where everything gets dumped for him to sort through.

I'm happy to do the washing but there's no way I'm putting his laundry away for him as well!

sindylouwho · 24/04/2020 07:41

No I don't as he never put mine or kids away.

SweetPetrichor · 24/04/2020 09:38

No, we put our own away. I do make sure everything is washed - that's on of my jobs - and when it comes of the airer I put them into two piles...he puts his away, and I put mine away. We don't iron anything so it goes straight from the airer to the drawers. I don't do his because he has a system.

AlessandroVasectomi · 24/04/2020 09:49

Since the children have flown the nest we each do our own washing and put our own clothes away. However, I always have to close her wardrobe doors and occasionally close her drawers! What’s the point of doors on a wardrobe if you don’t close them!

Fiddlersgreen · 24/04/2020 09:56

It’s really interesting to see how other people do things in their homes.

I do all the washing in our house, i get home from work about 2 hours earlier so I usually chuck a load on then. I then separate into 3 piles, one for me and DH and one each for the two teens who put their own away now. It never occurred to me not to put DH clothes away too if I am in our room putting my clothes away anyway

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