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What are the only person in your house able to do?

68 replies

ElliotGoss · 05/03/2022 19:35

I'm the only person who can rinse a sink after someone has cleaned their teeth. I'm also the only person who can turn a washing machine on and move clothes to the tumble dryer!

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Orchidflower1 · 05/03/2022 19:37

I am the only person in my house who can put socks in the wash basket.

BeaLola · 05/03/2022 19:37

Both of the above ! + ironing, putting clothes in laundry bin , being tidy (!)
Working the tv properly - if left to myself and DH !

Orchidflower1 · 05/03/2022 19:37

Oh and hang up damp towels- clearly another of my talents 😩

ClariceQuiff · 05/03/2022 19:38

Sew buttons on - or, in fact, any kind of sewing.

DueyCheatemAndHow · 05/03/2022 19:38

I'm the only person who knows what times the kids nap, what they need for swimming, how the kids like their baths run, how to unblock a toilet...

I'm done. Actually.

Marmelace · 05/03/2022 19:39

Put things back where they come from. I swear they do it to piss me off. Juice bottle left on side when it's home is less than a foot away! Why?

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 05/03/2022 19:40

Everyone can remove lint from the dryer but only I can walk three steps in order to put it in the bin.

Marmelace · 05/03/2022 19:40

Oh and I apparently know where everything is! I do most of the time, but that's beside the point Grin

Invasionofthegutsnatchers · 05/03/2022 19:42

Understand school stuff. I'm a teacher which helps

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 05/03/2022 19:43

Find things

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 05/03/2022 19:43

I am the only person capable of thinking up meals to fucking feed everyone. I hate it.

coffeepleeease · 05/03/2022 19:45

Most things but then it's just myself and 5yo DD so I'll let her off haha

MrsDThomas · 05/03/2022 19:45

I have a place for everything, but it seems im the only person to put them where they belong.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 05/03/2022 19:47

Notice the recycling needs moving to the outside bin
Dispose of the old toilet roll tube
Find things
See mess

RomainingCalm · 05/03/2022 19:47

I am the only person in this house who can hear the beeping of the tumble dryer when the water container needs to be emptied. Ditto the oven timer. Ditto the beep when the washing machine finishes. Ditto the answerphone beep (on the rare occasion that someone calls the landline and leaves a message).

I clearly have supersonic hearing.

MargaretThursday · 05/03/2022 19:47

Find anything.

This morning ds asked me where his t-shirt was. I walked into his room removed it from the back of his chair that he was sitting on and handed it to him. He said he'd looked everywhere.

Magnalux · 05/03/2022 19:48

Put toilet roll in the bathrooms !!

Ethelswith · 05/03/2022 19:48

I am the only one who knows what goes in the recycling. Despite the leaflet being on the noticeboard just one pace from the bins

HelloCanYouHearMe · 05/03/2022 19:49

Im the only one who knows how to turn lights off

Marmelace · 05/03/2022 19:49

I have one lad, who seems to magically disappear to the bathroom, everytime it's his turn to do some chores. Or it ok, in a minute. Aaaargh Grin

Kite22 · 05/03/2022 19:50

Change the toilet roll tube

AlwaysLatte · 05/03/2022 19:51

My husband is the only one who can fix things like electrics or plumbing. He's a keeper!

Nomoresmoresthensnores · 05/03/2022 19:52

Finding anything anywhere
Knowing what's happening on any given day. Or even what day it is
When the bins go out
Knowing what needs replacing at the shops
When children have grown out of things
What food everyone will eat and when it's needed.
Directions to anywhere in the UK (and Europe!)
When the DC have holidays/exams/parties/school
Everyone's birthdays and addresses
Who supplies what things in terms of utilities insurance etc and when they're due and how much.
When the clocks change.
What the weather is likely to do on any given day
The names of DCs friends, their teachers, club coaches, friends parents and neighbours.
When our DC are feeling sad or worried and how to try to work it out.
A lot of random facts on history, science and geography.

It's why I'm now getting divorced. I may as well just remember them for myself (and the DC...but I'm training them so hope isn't lost!) Grin

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 05/03/2022 19:52

Remove spiders.

Chishnfips · 05/03/2022 19:54

Cook eggs and clean the shower which I'm happy with really because I don't empty the cat litter tray or empty the recycling.

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