Anyone else have a DH that likes to " announce" completing a mundane task ..

[Sundancerintherain]

.......like a bargain basement town cryer ?
Also likes to announce starting a task. " I am now going to load the dishwasher !"
What makes it even stranger is that he has always done his half of the housework no problem, he is not looking for praise ( I've asked him ) and he is equally as perplexed by my habit of just getting on and starting tasks without a fanfare ( " Why didn't you say you were going to hang the washing ? ") I'm not sure if it's just a quirk of his, or as he says it's a difference of communication

I do have a raft of snarky responses that I like to use
Well done!
I shall inform the world's press!
Amazeballs
Do you need a lie down ?
@zurala he knows where I am, our home is open plan plus I have a large dog who follows me everywhere, it's not difficult to see where I am .

My DH does it too... "Iv put a wash on for you" and...? "Do you want blue Peter badge?"

Mine did this for a while. He comes from a home where mother does absolutely everything and it's quite sexist.
So I don't think he means it but has to say 'I'm just going to load the dishwasher'

I'd say I'll polish your medal then or just at the end it's annoying. Sometimes I would say I'll iron and clean the toilet. Hoover. Do dcs homework with them. Then he would get the message.

Usually so the oh knows what's been achieved and what is left to do ?

Nothing wrong with a relationship where you both acknowledge and praise each other's efforts. I love a "Well Done" from my OH and am happy to reciprocate. A small courtesy that takes no energy and oils the wheels of communication.

Does resenting him announcing his efforts go with a martyred feeling that you get no recognition for yours?

Mine tried that for a while (first four years of twenty). As pp say run a tab out loud for what you're doing and they soon learn they aren't keeping up! Now he's a reformed character pulling his weight - if he slips back into announcements I give an OTT cheery "woohoo!!, get yourself a hero biscuit!"

My OH likes to do this too. "I've just emptied the dishwasher!" then tells me I don't need to thank him when I give a perplexed "thanks?" back to him.

I might start reeling off a list of things I've done to him when he walks in the door.

Or make him a star chart as PP have suggested.

He does fuck all around the house usually BTW. He bought me a new washing line the other day. Presumably to dry my own clothes with seeing as it doesn't belong to him

@Doublevacc

Nothing wrong with a relationship where you both acknowledge and praise each other's efforts. I love a "Well Done" from my OH and am happy to reciprocate. A small courtesy that takes no energy and oils the wheels of communication.

Does resenting him announcing his efforts go with a martyred feeling that you get no recognition for yours?

Quite right. Although my dh announcing he had cleared the cat litter tray for me was a step too far. I pointed out it was the cat that had used it, and that I am now fully toilet trained

I do this. I like a very purposeful moment when I’ve achieved something like hoovered the carpets. It kinda is a mix of requesting acknowledgement of a job well done (knowing that no other bugger will notice), and also satisfaction that I’ve actually finished something without hesitation or deviation caused by small people.

I'm like your DH and my DH is like you!

I find it mildly stressful when things occur that I didn't know about in advance. Examples I can think of are:
DH pruning a shrub in the garden, so that it looks completely different and changes the view from the window.
DH sawing up wood on the patio and I come home to find loads of sawdust everywhere and feel compelled to sweep it all up.
DH having a jam-making session in the kitchen and when I come home I feel my shoes sticking to the floor (after he has, in his words "thoroughly cleaned up")!
DH popping out to the shops without letting me know that he's going out.

If I'm told about things in advance, even if it means that I need to reschedule my plans (to allow for sawdust sweeping, floor washing etc) I can deal with it but it stresses me when things happen seemingly at random.

Wind you neck in @Doublevacc , I stated in my first post that he does his fair share. Try reading what's in front of you before spouting off.

I do this and it’s because I have a complex about being busy. I don’t want anyone thinking that I’m doing nowt when I’m busy —with periods of doing nowt— doing housework.
Also I live in the vague hope that if people k ow I’m engaged in a task then they won’t bug me. It never works.