Well I just emptied the bin, which is usually DHs job,

[IvyLeagueUnderTheSea]

but it needed doing and I had my shoes on so it made sense.
I must be doing it wrong though as at no time did I feel the need to moan or complain. Neither did I need to announce to the entire house that I was about to do it or had done it. I didn’t need to huff and puff so everyone knew I was doing it. I also didn’t need a 20 minute shit in preparation.

What did I get wrong?

(This is a lighthearted thread and DH is not a twat)

You mean you didn’t wait until it was full to overflowing and then complain loudly when the bag was near-impossible to extract from the receptacle?

amateur.

Oh, yes, what's fondly known in this house as dad's PSA.
I'm going for a shower.
That's nice dear.
I'm going to unblock the sink now.
That's nice dear.

Except the kids have started repeating it. Dad's going for a shower. Yep. Thanks, heard the first time.

Neither did I need to announce to the entire house that I was about to do it or had done it.
^^
^^😁just announced on here instead 😁
^^

Well you didn’t do it properly! Did you even drip bin juice on the floor and leave it there? Thought not!

Tch! See, you know what you did wrong. You didn't huff and puff or complain. Next time, make a fuss. It may be some kind of magical or religious thing which you get great joy from. 😎

Jesus fucking christ, you didn't even complain about the quality of the bin bags being wrong, and the root cause of laborious decanting struggles, spillages and leverage destabilisations?

Beyond amateur, mate. Beyond.

I like to take out the full bin bag but not put a new one in, safe in the knowledge I will stack rubbish up on the side far longer than DH can cope with and he will cave in first😁

You mean you didn’t wait until it was full to overflowing and then complain loudly when the bag was near-impossible to extract from the receptacle?

😂😂

SpindleInTheWind 😂

What you need to do is moan every time someone puts something in the bin, because you have just emptied it 🤦🏻‍♀️

Oh I forgot about that.
Similarly had I used the last one I would have completely failed to tell the person who does all the shopping that we had run out.

🤣
I managed to get a coat out of the hall cupboard and close it again, without knocking the other contents all over the floor and shouting “fucking cupboard, what is all this stuff” whilst trying to shoulder it shut with coats and shoes hanging out.

Hilarious… my husband will squash things down until the bin bag is completely jammed in the bin and then when it splits as he is taking it out, will be absolutely incensed at how bin bags these days are just not fit for purpose 😏

Did you at least manage to assume the half squat position pre-Lift, with a look of steely determination?

Brilliant. Now remember you don't need to clean or tidy anything for the next two weeks because obviously doing the bins once is totally equivalent.

Aren't you supposed to stand on it to free an inch at the top and proudly announce its not full yet ?

I hope you remember to say you’ve emptied the bin FOR HIM, as you’ve done him such a big favour. Expect him to put out tonight in gratitude.

I have the same affliction - I can wash up or hang out a load of laundry without expecting a medal too. I know I am sick, but I just cant help getting on with stuff without making a performance out of them.

to carry on with your household waste theme OP, often Ill take all the recycling out of the kitchen and put it in its correct bins in the garage...which I must just hallucinate doing as the rare occasion my DH does it he huffs, puffs and blows the house down that he is THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS WHOLE HOUSE that ever takes the recycling out.

I think what I’ve learnt from this post is that if I don’t do the big bad wolf dance whose to know I’ve changed the world.

Enlightening evening

But how will everyone know you did it if you don't do a running commentary???

For an entire week I told dh I would go find him a sticker when he kept announcing his 'achievements'.. He isn't as bad but still now and again - raises my BP I am certain..

and the grunting, muttering swearing as the bag is majestic heaved from its cave and held aloft for the family to admire in wonder. The warrior hero conquered the black, tea dripping horror one more time.

I mowed the lawn yesterday. I battled the pull start and got the damned thing going. I walked the walk of the lawn mower and not one sod brought me a cold drink. Today I have boasted about the fact that I mowed the lawn and there are now stripes on it though. (I did leave some No Mow May patched too but I need it shorter in places otherwise my 2 year old falls over and over and over and over a blade of grass).

XH used to make a big ol' drama about the few household chores he did, but Doing The Garden was best- it involved putting on Special Gardening Shoes and much grunting. One time he got ds1 to mow the lawn, and was incensed when he didn't do it 'right' (ds1 was 9 at the time). So to show us all how it should have been done, he flounced outside and did angry mowing. Until he sliced the cable and the mower died...

DP, on the other hand, frequently does jobs about the house and doesn't announce it, complain about it or anything else. It's very strange how much more I want to shag him than I wanted to shag XH. Inexplicable.

I love The World's Strongest Man-Job on C5. Makes my Christmas tbh.