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to not want to be told how to run my own home?

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Ladyanonymous · 09/11/2010 16:04

OH is in the forces, lives on base 50 miles away in a room with an en-suite and he has a cleaner. He has 3 kids, none of them live with him. He stays here every weekend Friday to Monday.

I work full time I have 3 kids who live with me and I have my own 4 bed house (over 3 floors). The house is mine not jointly owned.

OH's kids come and stay here a couple of times a month. We split the food bill when he is here but I pay the mortgage, gas, electric, council tax, TV licence, phone, Sky, broadband etc etc.

I get the house ready for him and when they come his kids. I also do all the cooking as OH cannot cook Hmm. Essentially it is gradually becoming his home.

I am not anal about cleaning nor am I a complete slut - my house is lived in although sometimes things slip a bit. Due to simply not having enough time, and not really needing to live in a show home. Admittedly my 13, 11 and 8yr olds should help more, I am trying to get that into place gradually without introducing a regime which involves me barking orders at them about washing up, homework etc the minute they get in the door. As a single mum I would like a good balance.

Recently more and more OH has started nit picking about domestic chores I haven't done in my own home and having a go saying I should get my kids to help out more - to the point he has begun to start on them a bit himself when he is here at the weekends, yet not making his own kids help either (ok 2 of them are only 6 and 4 but there are little things they could also do to contribute, just so there isn't a massive divison between his kids and mine). Often when his kids are here he spends a lot of time on the ccomputer downlaoding stuff while I cook etc Hmm.

AIBU and to feel resentful and pissed off about the way he is behaving and how do I respond and make my point without turning every minor domestic chore into a row???

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Myleetlepony · 10/11/2010 08:00

This reminds me of a time when I chucked a boyfriend out of my house who had got himself a bit too comfortable. I came home and he'd taped over the second episode of a drama I'd taped to watch. So, he'd let himself into my house (fine, he had a key), wanted to tape a programme on TV, taken one of my vidoes that was unlabelled and sitting on top of the video (meaning to me that it was the one over it.
His point of view was "You should have labelled it, it it's left blank then I assume it's OK to use it".
My point of view was "It's my video, I don't have to label it if I don't need to and you don't have the right to help yourself and spoil it. And... it's my video recorder, my tell, my house..." - you can guess the rest I'm sure. It was a final straw.

Myleetlepony · 10/11/2010 08:01

Sorry, that should say (meaning to say that was the one I needed to watch next) and taped over it.
Can we please have an edit option for a few minutes???

Ladyanonymous · 10/11/2010 08:58

I can see what you're saying - but no he comes without his kids too - we have every other weekend with no kids and then every other weekend with sometimes just mine and sometimes 5 or 6 kids Confused

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DinahRod · 10/11/2010 09:08

Had to laugh at friend of mine, I asked her how it was going with her new man who'd moved in and she said she'd told him to move back out after he said, "Where's my socks?" and stood looking expectantly at her.

Ladyanonymous, simply tell him it your home and this is how you like it, but he's more than welcome to do any cleaning if he wants to.

Acanthus · 10/11/2010 09:21

Sorry if I've missed this - does he have his own home anywhere? If he does, I can't see when he goes there. If he does then it's fair enough that he pays his bills and you pay yours, but if he doesn't, presumably he sees your home as his home and should be paying more. Or are you in an in-between situation where neither of you is sure whethre your home is also his?

ChippingIn · 10/11/2010 11:42

LA - we have talked about this before!! It's not getting any better is it? He treats it like a B&B!! & now he's nagging at your kids, in your home, that you pay for!

FGS - he is taking the piss and you are letting him.

If you are happy for it to become his home (I can tell you I wouldn't be, I'd be sending him packing because I think he's a twat, but there you go, I don't see the good bits (struggling to see where you do either?!) then you need to decide what his contribution will be. Sharing 'food' costs is not enough to give him the right to call it home! Especially when he earns twice what you do and has no overheads. He's taking the piss, he really is.

I am really suprised that you can't see that he's using you and now being bloody rude with it.

As for cleaning out under your bed - that would have got him his marching orders! how fucking rude!

He should be making your life easier, fun, happy - not bringing all this additional stress.

Honestly, you always come across as such a lovely person and it's pissing me off that he's taking you for such a ride and you are letting him! Grrrr

ChippingIn · 10/11/2010 11:44

and tbh it's a credit to your kids that they haven't told him to 'do one' and if they have - well, good on them! This bloke comes in at weekends, every second weekend brings his kids who don't have to lift a finger, then starts 'having a go' at them....

Grrrrrr

Myleetlepony · 10/11/2010 17:26

Wot Chippin said, that is it in a nutshell.

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