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AIBU?

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so, dh is on holiday / off work... what does he do in the house?

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yousaidit · 17/08/2010 21:49

... while i've been at work?

My belief is, that as i work p/t, and, like many other mums / parents, I deal with two young dc's, do breakfast, take them out and about, load the washing machine, peg out the drying, do the washing up, put awy the washing up when it has dried, bring n dry washing, do roning, put ironing away, make tea... etc etc you will probably recognise the routine.. Dh is amazed that there are parts of a washing machine that spin round.. Hmm

so, while i have been at work this week, dh has taken dcs out wherever, got home, made a sandwich for their tea after taking them to a cafe for dinner, not done any washing up, not pput away washing up i did in morning before i set off for work, not put any washing in, hence no pegging out, dry washing or ironing, not got any tea ready. he then complains that dcs are running riot (they're not, he just hates having to take them to parks... and dd can play him up lie no one..) and when i go to the gym after he has put the dcs to bed (i insisted as he usually only does this once a week and didn't do it once last week) the washing machine that i loaded is stil.. loaded, with a completed cycle, when i get back. when i went to hang it out he said 'be honest, should i have done that?' Eh???? Forty odd and you need some one to tell you if you should have pegged some sodding washing out??? christ, he has done arse all while on 'holiday'. no fucking idea what needs doing day to day in the house becuase he is sodding oblivious... apparantly having a hioliday from work means being on holiday from anything Hmm

he is now in bed and i'm sat up enjoyimng the much better company of your good selves!

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Nettiespagetti · 21/08/2010 00:07

minxie'love it "man magic"

I wish i was my dh line manager as I work with him too and his inability to look at the little things bugs the bejesus outta me. I won't even go to housework!!!

Hope you are ok yousaidit if your dh will respond to a list it's worth a try!

AlgebraRocksMySocks · 21/08/2010 00:14

YANBU. he sounds rather... silly

wow, I'm so lucky to have my DH. he's recently injured his back and so I'm doing literally everything. I am exhausted - really makes me appreciate how much he does normally!

I was thinking of a list type thing actually, fairly flexible where we write on the whiteboard what needs doing each day, so it gets shared out more as until recently I was the lazy one!

yousaidit · 21/08/2010 13:33

OMG... he's doing the ironing again (unironed stuff, too!)

Hmm wonder what he's broken...

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