Husband too capable * lighthearted *

[6rainbow]

I've been feeling ill and in bed and I got up to a spotless kitchen ( our kitchen normally looks like a bombs hit it) a decluttered utility room, and to top off his annoying behaviour he even re potted a plant I had left for dead.

Kids see all fed bathed and happy and he's sat working.

I feel pleased he do capable but also so annoyed that's he's so good at house work and i am so useless

Please tell me I'm not the only one useless at house work

We’re both decent at housework but DH is blindingly efficient, he’s like a silent whirlwind sorting and tidying, it’s something to behold.

Hope you feel better soon.

A one off is easy to do. It is the daily grind of it that is hard to maintain. Just hope he's not telling you all about what he has done in great detail .

@Sleepingdogs12

A one off is easy to do. It is the daily grind of it that is hard to maintain. Just hope he's not telling you all about what he has done in great detail .

Nope he's not even mentioned it. Apart from the plant which he was pleased about.

I am useless at housework, hate it and make more mess than I should at my age. My husband certainly didn't marry me for those skills

Well done, sleeping dog, taking the opportunity to backhandedly do down her husband. Can't miss an opportunity now, can we.

It could be worse. Mine is both efficient at housework, and a morning person. I'll be laid in bed trying to persuade myself that I really need to get moving and start the day. By the time I get downstairs he will have made DS a packed lunch for school, fed the animals, and cleared the kitchen of whatever mess was left from the night before, so I cab stagger in and make tea, feeling vaguely guilty.

DP's 'things' are housework and ironing. I put it down to him being ex-military

@Thunderdonkey

It could be worse. Mine is both efficient at housework, and a morning person. I'll be laid in bed trying to persuade myself that I really need to get moving and start the day. By the time I get downstairs he will have made DS a packed lunch for school, fed the animals, and cleared the kitchen of whatever mess was left from the night before, so I cab stagger in and make tea, feeling vaguely guilty.

Mine is too.

When I see the threads about “why is my husband blind to empty shampoo bottles / toilet rolls” etc etc I have to turn the tables cos that’s basically me

I have other redeeming qualities but he definitely wins at the being organised in life competition

I agree that it can be the drudgery of the constant that makes it harder than a one off. Although seems it did a great job, he can help out more regularly :)

I feel seen! This is our dynamic too but unheard of on Mumsnet. I do try to keep tidy but it's not something I've ever managed consistently. More peaks and troughs. DP is brilliant.

My DP is the same, he’s so much better at me at housework but he also works longer hours than me which puts me in more responsibility of it because I spend more time at home!

I’ve noticed he’s much more efficient and quicker than I am. By the time tea is cooked the tops are clean and the pots are washed and I have no idea how he does it he puts me to shame!

What a shame that in the foreseeable future you are going to be unwell at least once a fortnight.

He absolutely doesn't help out at home, if anything it's me who helps. I cook and love cooking but I'm a messy cook so our kitchen often looks a mess. The point was how much more he achieved with me out the way !

Enjoy it.

Why doesn’t he just take over the kitchen cleaning then, if he’s so much better at it?