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

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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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ButtockUp · 05/03/2022 22:24

I'm the only one who can clean a toilet.
It's obviously a very highly skilled job that can only be done by me as I have ( apparently) a PhD in Ceramic Cleansing .

BoodleBug51 · 05/03/2022 22:33

Bloody hell if I start making a list I'll never stop.

I was dangerously close to a full on meltdown today after finding "D"H had had a 2 hour nap this afternoon. I haven't had a fucking nap since I was a toddler.

WeatherwaxOn · 05/03/2022 22:40

I'm the only person who can see the clean washing put at the foot of the stairs/actually on the stairs (to go up and be put away).

lisaandalan · 05/03/2022 22:55

Do the dishwasher, tidy the kitchen, put things away that I never got out, do the washing, hanging it up, clean the windows, mop the floors do the dusting. It's never ending. X

Bumpsadaisie · 06/03/2022 08:27

Know what's happening in everyone's lives
Hold four complex schedules in mind simultaneously .
Book holidays.
Plan meals and order food in.
Do laundry.
Make amazing savoury food often from my own head.
Remember family birthdays.
Empty bins and recycling.
Plan cultural trips eg galleries concerts museums
Plus music is my special area.

TBF DH is the only one who can
Fix things
Sew things
Garden things
Sort cars
Take kids on adventurous activities
And if someone is ill or has hurt themselves Daddy knows best what to do and how to be calm.
Art and design are daddy's special area.
Only daddy bakes bread and. makes pizzas.

axolotlfloof · 06/03/2022 08:57

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

I am the only person capable of thinking up meals to fucking feed everyone. I hate it.
I hate this too. DH says "I'll cook... What shall I cook? Will DS2 eat..."
MinnieMountain · 06/03/2022 09:15

Put the bins out.
Know which bin is to go out on the rare occasion that DH does it. I’ve told him every time that I just check what the neighbours have out.
Pay the cleaner.
There are probably many more but I’m only hiding briefly whilst DH gets DS ready for swimming.

sofakingcool · 06/03/2022 09:18

I'm the only one who knows something/can do something according to DH Hmm

I have absolutely no idea how he lived alone for the 8 years before we met! Confused

MrsPear · 06/03/2022 09:24

I’m the only one who can do anything remotely domestic - that encompasses more than just cooking and cleaning btw

Branster · 06/03/2022 09:43

@thistimelastweek

Only I know if the dishwasher is full or empty.

Takes a very special skill to open it up and look..

One step up: I'm the only one who knows where the dishwasher is. Possibly the only one who knows what it does. Definitely the only one who can operate it.

I'm also the only one who has special vision to notice and physical ability to take stuff left at the bottom of the stairs AND redistribute accordingly to upstairs (very secret) locations

Workinghardeveryday · 06/03/2022 09:49

Well now you ask, he is mine:

All meal plans including breakfast and pack lunches
All cooking
Filling and emptying of dishwasher
Pick up dirty laundry from all bedrooms
All household laundry
Changing of all sheets weekly
Cleaning all bathrooms
Cleaning windows
All household admin
Arranging of any tradesman we may need
All kids activities
Dusting
Weekly shop and shop most days for milk etc
Walk the dog
Feed the dog
Bath and dry the dog
All cleaning of the household
Decorating
All ironing
Tidying away of all crap left around the house daily
Tidying of bedrooms
Cleaning carpets when needed
Putting a new toilet roll on after using the last one
Overseeing kids baths daily and teeth brushing

But I do count myself lucky as he does wipe the kitchen down every night and take the bins out.......🙄🙄

WonderingFree · 06/03/2022 10:14

I am the only person that knows when a hand towel is dirty and how to replace it.

MinnieMountain · 06/03/2022 10:50

Change the beds is another one. DH has moved into the spare room so that I can sleep better, so I’m absolving myself of responsibility for that room. I changed the bedding in there last after my DF visited. I’m curious to see when he gets round to doing it.

MrsDThomas · 06/03/2022 16:21

If i died, the sheets would never be washed.

Marmelace · 06/03/2022 17:03

I was watching my 16 year old ds put his laundry on and fold washing out of dryer, so I asked if he thought he could manage the house for a week by himself? His answer, "Yes, but it wouldn't be as tidy, I'd live off takeaways and I wouldn't need to wash clothes as much, as I wouldn't bother getting changed". Here's me thinking I'd taught them well Grin

MadMadMadamMim · 06/03/2022 17:07

I'm the only person who can bleed the boiler cos I was here when the plumber fitted it and he showed me.

I'm also the only person who can apparently remember 'bin' day - even though DH has been retired for 7 years now and is at home. He still needs reminding every Tuesday evening that the bins need to go out - and WHICH bin it is.

Riverlee · 06/03/2022 17:11

I’m the only one who…

Knows what’s on tv today (look at TV guide!)
Knows what the weather is going to be like today
Knows what for tea
Gets the washing in

Thecazelets · 06/03/2022 17:32

If i died, the sheets would never be washed

Same. Also clothes as I am the only one who ever operates the washing machine. In fact the whole house would be cold, filthy and possibly repossessed if I died as DH is completely clueless on pretty much every domestic front including:
Car MOT and servicing
Car, household and travel insurance
All food and household shopping, meal planning and cooking. Even thinking of what to have for dinner. It's a huge deal if he produces a toast-based meal once a week when I am just too wiped out to cook after a 12 hour working day.
Cleaning. We do have a weekly cleaner but she doesn't e.g. wipe door handles and light switches, sweep the porch, wipe dust and fingerprints off the front door, descale the kettle, clean the inside of the fridge or wipe the cutlery drawer when it gets all crumby, or inside the bathroom cabinets when the gunge builds up on the shelves. Lots of other small jobs like this inside and outside the house that need doing regularly. Not sure it would even occur to DH that this sort of thing ever happens or needs to be done
Cleaning windows. I do now make DH do the kitchen skylights once a year as I can't physically reach them, but oh my god the palaver.
All household admin - DH wouldn't know how to pay a bill or who to pay it to. He has no idea who any of our utilities providers are.
Arranging any tradesmen or repairs. DH's only role in this is to try and say we need more quotes once I've managed to get someone to actually turn up and come up with a price.
Fixing the boiler/arranging repairs/setting the heating timer. DH has no idea how to even repressurise the thing.
Decorating - it took 6 years to get him to help me decorate one room.
Putting together IKEA furniture - a friend and I used to help each other with this as neither had a DH inclined to or able to help.
Putting a new toilet roll on after using the last one and then placing the old one in the bin
Noticing when towels have gone damp and smelly and changing them rather than using the same one for days on end
Arranging all childcare and drop off and collection of dc at or from said childcare at 7.30 am and 6 pm regardless of own horrendous commute
All clothing and household purchases; noticing when the dc need haircuts, coats or new pants...
Maintaining all friendships and arrangements to meet up, go out for dinner etc - if it was left to him we'd never go anywhere or speak to anyone
Anything at all to do with dc's education and health, from arranging dental check ups to getting their essential vaccinations, putting them in for the 11+ exams or paying their university accommodation fees
All phone and internet contracts. All computers, routers, TVs, netflix subscriptions etc.

He's fairly good at

booking theatre and cinema tickets
putting the bins out (although I have to be the font of all knowledge on collection days, and apparently only I can book a tip visit)
putting the laundry away once I have collected, washed and dried it
washing up after meals (although I have to wipe all the surfaces down as his standards are somewhat agricultural)
emptying the dishwasher and bringing me a cup of tea if he is first up in the morning
mowing the lawn
buying his own clothes and shoes (!)

He is actually a lovely man. Probably my own fault as I have allowed it to happen over the last couple of decades and am the first to admit I like to be in control of my own environment and money. However we both have intense and demanding jobs, and it was absolutely exhausting when the dc were small. Less so now as only one older teenager left at home.

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