Towel-gate

[Tunip]

DH had a bath on Saturday night.
He left his towel on the sofa. Shoes in the bathroom door way, jeans on the bathroom floor. (There were no throws of passion involved to explain the scattering of clothes, it is just where he took them off )

They are still there.

AIBU to leave them there?

and

AIBU to ask you to join me in towel-watch to see how long the towel stays on the sofa?

PS I am not enabling his behaviour by picking up after him, hence stuff is where he left it. I know life is short to get wound up by these things- but it is too short for me to go around picking up after him

PPS I don't want a divorce

PPPS I think these threads always mention what a great DH and Dad he is - he is!

PPPPS He has had a shower since then

OP I admire you. I would like to take a similar stance at times but I just cannot live in mess and therefore perpetuate the myth that tidying is my job and shouting discussing the issue seems to not make a blind bit of difference.

I am a bit confused as to why a towel would be left on a sofa though? Surely people dry themselves in bathrooms or bedrooms? I find the idea of people drying themselves in the sitting room rather skanky tbh. I can't rationalise that - just a feeling! Didn't you say anything at the time?

Is it still there OP?

I dont have a husband with skiddy underpants either Ineeda, but if he works from 7am til 8pm and leaves a towel laying about, I am not loathe to tidying up a bit.
On the whole my DH is tidy, but nobody's perfect.

He went out.

He came back.

It's still there.

He wasn't actually drying himself in the living room, but carried the towel through with the intention of doing something with it - put in laundry/bedroom?

God knows.

Pick up all the crap. Put it under the duvet along his side of the bed. Tuck it in nicely. Repeat as needed.

Nice idea Sue but he'd probably just push it to my side!

I asked him once to NOT leave his shoes between the end of the bed and the wall as I tripped over them if I went for a wee in the middle of the night. When I went to bed that evening he had arranged ALL his shoes between the end of the bed and the wall!

Tunip I know this is a light-hearted thread but that just makes him an immature pain in the ass really doesn't it.

If you'd said don't leave your shoes there because I am a control freak and insist that you leave your shoes at perfect angles to the wall over there, his response would have been funny. When you've asked him to do it because you could fall over in the dark and hurt yourself, not funny and actually quite a mean way of saying he is not going to do anything you ask of him.

Unless there is a long-running practical joke element to your relationship that I'm not privvy to.

I was going to say leave it but I'm not sure now after those last 2 posts.

Sounds a bit off TBH.

I used to just gather up all the stuff, and put it on his side of the bed without saying anything. Trouble was if i got to bed last it would all be on my side, just shoved over!

I am so grateful for a wood floor in new house, so he can't do sock slugs, my ultimate favourite thing about him! He used to use the friction of the carpet to drag his socks off, and leave them stuck to the carpet like big blag slugs.

I also particularly enjoy the "stair pile" where i put everything that needs to go upstairs on the first stair whist tidying and dh steps over it at risk of breaking a limb, and says he doesn't notice stuff there......!

Oooo! Sock poo! Why do women never have that?

You are all correct of course, DH can be very childish whereas I can demonstate my maturity by starting an internet discussion about how long a towel has been sitting on my sofa!

I do what ConnorTraceptive does - all dirty clothing left on floor is dumped in his wardrobe. Ditto wet towels. Then it's his problem, not mine.

I also purchased him three lovely, fluffy bath towels in a distinctive colour (his favourite). These are 'his' towels. When there are none left to dry off with, as all are at bottom of wardrobe, he knows to chuck them all in the washing machine. Cuz. I. Ain't. Doing. It.

The towel-watch is fun, though.

OOOO!

He's just announced he's going to have a bath ..... which towel will he use????

This is significantly more exciting than watching televised golf. Has he chosen a towel??

I love this!
Can you put some googly eyes on the towel today, maybe add a fluffy tail tomorrow etc etc, until it gains life.
Am currently devising a remote controlled element for maximum entertainment

Noooo, I can't bear that he might MOVE THE TOWEL, just when it is getting good

Damn! -going to have to wait a bit longer - he's going upstairs to fart around on the computer do the male equivelant of mumsnetting

loving this thread :O and the idea of a live action mouse type towel with remote control yes i made it a mouse...

It would need to be a moooooose, it a mouse.
Can we make antlers out of flannels?
A loofah tail?

crafty Norks

Clearly I meant to say NOT a mouse

I remember a thread a couple of years ago which involved sowing mustard and cress seeds in a pair of abandoned boxers, and waiting for the dh in question to notice the fine crop of greenery that ensued. Just saying.

Oooh, style sneaky!

antlers would be great trying to think what moose look like cos i keep seeing rudolph maybe a comic relief nose for the moose to dress up as rudolph?

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