In my household I am the goto person for... (lighthearted)

[InsanityOf2020]

Untangling slinkies. My kids manage to tangle them up every time the tangled lump of spring appears without a by or leave and i absentmindedly untangle it until it looks like new.

Whats yours?

@Shinyletsbebadguys

My DD(7) is also a Roblox expert!

My DH is the provider of truly awful jokes and random bits of useless knowledge you didn’t know you didn’t need to know.

DD2(5m) is the local dribble supplier. If we’re ever in a drought and no longer allowed to water the plants, I’ll ring her bib out.

Everyf*ing thing. I am so tired of being the holder of all the household knowledge!

Absolutely bloody everything. SS is 17 and if his dad is sitting next to me it'll be 'Linda, what are we having for tea' or 'Linda, is it okay if I make some toast' or 'Linda can I go to my mate's house this weekend?'

Sometimes his dad is upstairs on his computer, and SS will walk from his room, past where his dad is, to come and ask me anyway!

I mean, if it's just a simple question I can obviously answer, but if he's asking permission to do things I direct him straight back to his dad anyway as it's not my place to decide what he can and can't do! So he might as well just go to him in the first place.

It's not even as if I do everything and his dad does nothing - dad would be perfectly capable of answering every single one of his questions!

To be fair it doesn't happen as much now he's older, but when he was younger it happened a lot.

I am the holder of all hoisehold knowledge too, when i am fed up with the "muuuuum where's my...." i answer "look with your eyes not your mouth" before i invariaby reel off exactly where it was the last time i saw it

Finding things, although skills are waning in this department.

Remembering everything. Including what shifts DH is working that week that he added to the family calendar from the app on his phone.

I love when I relinquish meal planning. DH had to isolate a few weeks ago so I made him cook all the teas. Every time he asked what was for tea the next day I told him to check the list on the fridge and figure it out himself

DH does have a few roles including fixer of all things. Whenever DS breaks a toy he now just puts in on top of a set of drawers knowing DH will see it and fix it. Don't even need to ask for it to be fixed.

Anything gross

I'm the slinky person too! DH thinks its magic, he stands and watches me going "but how do you do it?"

The counsellor

I’ve become the IT support desk for two primary-age DC, 46yo DP (he really has no excuse for this but he makes all the tea), and - remotely - two boomers.

Fishing poo’s out of the bath
For some reason every time this has occurred (3), my husband who does the toddlers bath, reacts by grabbing said toddler, holding him slightly but not completely out of the bath and screaming
“PBBANANABAGEL!!!!!”

Yesterday I got home from work and all three DC and my DH literally lined up to ask me things.

Knowing where, in the big drawer full of sets of towels, the towels are kept.

That's really sweet, @LindaEllen. It shows how central and important you are to him, which is lovely to see in a step parent relationship.

Terrified, did they even let you close the front door? I get this and it’s like the world’s most oppressive welcoming committee!

I made the mistake of sitting down having just cycled 3 miles up hill. I had to say 'stop DH, DS2 is halfway through saying something.' Then DD said 'I'm next' and DS1 said 'no it's my turn' etc etc. I nearly cried.

Everything - I live alone,

free therapy ; sewing on a button; checking tone of voice of emails; old-school cooking. DH is very inventive and cooks a lot - loads of new recipes which DC love. But sometimes they just want spag bol and a Victoria sponge and nudge me to get the apron on.

@TerrifiedandWorried

Yesterday I got home from work and all three DC and my DH literally lined up to ask me things.

Oh to you. Sometimes I'd love a few minutes just to think my own thoughts, uninterrupted.

Decision making lots of small ones everyday including what everyone is going to eat.

Everything single thing that needs doing apart from the ironing. The one that annoys me the most is knowing which bins go out on which day when there is a printed bloody timetable stuck up in the kitchen.

@SomethingOnce

I’ve become the IT support desk for two primary-age DC, 46yo DP (he really has no excuse for this but he makes all the tea), and - remotely - two boomers.

I’m the IT support at my school. On maternity leave now so they’re having to figure it out for themselves!

Pretty much everything.

Grammar. And every single thing you could possibly ask about America.

Everything. DP can be standing in the same room doing sweet FA and they’ll still ask me whilst I’m obviously busy doing something else 🙄