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Dh and his "have we got"?

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mrsshears · 23/10/2011 19:51

Dh drives me insane with this,he is physically incapable of looking for anything and before making/looking for/doing anything must say "have we got"
and has just said it about bread!!!
When the hell we wouldnt have bread i really dont know but thats besides the point anyway because he knows where the bread bin is anyway.
When doing the washing "have we got fabric conditioner"? eerrr have a look?
when helping dd2 dress after a bath "has she got any pants" eerr yes a draw full,just go and get some.
He has also just come into the lounge and said "is there anything else on" to what is on tv at which point i just handed him the remote whilst thinking yes probably as there are hundreds of channels on this tv!
I do love him to bits and this thread is slightly toungue in cheek,but he needs to stop looking for me to have a part in everything that goes on in this house!>>disclaimer

OP posts:
BlueBumedFly · 23/10/2011 21:19

I stick to a world-record winning eyebrow raise and a 'seriously?' with a tonne of attitude that a teenager would be proud of.. .. Usually has the right effect.

MrsPoyser · 23/10/2011 21:29

See, I used to agree with you all. Then dh became sahp and I started working much longer hours and travelling, and the thing is, if the flour/pants/lawnmower aren't in the first place I look, I assume he's put them somewhere else because he's at home most of the time and I'm not. I'm not proud of this, and try to remember to look in a couple more places before asking, but he does rearrange stuff fairly often and it does take me a while to catch on because I'm not in the house as much as he is. Though I hope my mil will soon forget 'dh, where's the mop?' 'Where it always is. By the hoover.' 'Er, dh, where do we keep the hoover again?' Oops. I do cook.

banana87 · 23/10/2011 21:32

My DH is the same. Also the "where is the ___" without even looking for it! And the "oh I need to (insert at least a 10 minute task here)" 5 minutes before we are supposed to leave! I swear they DO NOT have brain cells when it comes to some things, they really don't.

BibiBatsberg · 23/10/2011 21:32

This thread reminds me of the ex who would do all of the questioning mentioned and would even ask me 'are these dry' while he had his hands on various items of washing on the clothes horse and I was in another room.

Evidently ovaries and a womb were also sensory devices more reliable than his own Hmm

HecateGoddessOfTheNight · 23/10/2011 21:41

back off mrs, he's MINE.

At least for as long as it takes him to come over here and train my husband! Grin

I have been known to hiss things along the lines of "Am I supposed to know all this because I have a vagina?"

flossymuldoon · 23/10/2011 21:50

MrHeadlessMan....i can tell you why Curlys wife does 98% of the cooking - as i am indeed Curlys wife!!

It's because he's a lazy bastard! Grin

BibiBatsberg · 23/10/2011 21:52

Oh - just remembered 'is this off'? from the never ending repertoire.

With HIS nose stuck in the packet of meat/fish etc at the time. Well, I don't know, you've got your hooter in it, you tell me!

Ah, happy times :)

flossymuldoon · 23/10/2011 21:52

Actually the grin is for his benefit as he's sat right next to me. I should have added a Angry instead!

chicletteeth · 23/10/2011 21:54

My DH does this re soap. He'll be in the shower of a morning and will ask, where the soap is.

To which I say, I don't use soap. I use body wash, face wash and liquid hand gel I DON'T FUCKING USE SOAP. ONLY YOU USE THE FUCKING SOAP AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT SINCE YOU LAST USED IT YESTERDAY, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.

Grrrrrr.

[hsmile] feel better now

OP YANBU

IdHarmAPumpkin · 23/10/2011 21:56

My default answer to the where is the's, the do we have's, and the have I got's is... '(No) I thought it was a muffin and I ate it.

Drives him at least as mental as the initial question drove me, so I figure we're quits Grin

Having said that, I'm also a big fan of Hilda's response, I think I might start using that to keep him on his toes!

MrHeadlessMan · 23/10/2011 21:57

I just don't get it, personally

Any grown man should be able to take care of himself. A reasonable grown man should be able to take care of himself, his house and his loved ones.

On the other hand.. Is it possible that some of these men are expected to be incompetent, and they are coasting along with it?

cecilyparsley · 23/10/2011 22:06

I think it's a technique designed to reinforce his belief that woman are responsible for all day to day routine household maintenance tasks, domesticity is the womans domain and that kind of thing

Purplebuns · 23/10/2011 22:07

DH is annoying I will be looking for something, most often the mobile phone/bank card.
And I ask 'Have you seen/do you know where the bankcard/mobile is'
He will say 'No' and then it is in his fucking back pocket.
Never checks his pocket just says no until a few minutes later. Arse.

He did this the other day too, was going to catch up with my little sister as he was walking her to school but he had to stay behind a bit to look for his bank card. Where was it? In his fucking back pocket. He never managed to catch up with my Sis.

(Before you get concerned Dsis is 11 at secondary schoool and it is a short walk, just a school rule that pupils are picked up and dropped off.)

I am PG to and it definitely inflames matters Wink

bamboobutton · 23/10/2011 22:07

my dh does all this too

the most annoying has to be when he asks how to cook things, usually stuff that comes in a box, with instructions, and oven temps

DH: how long do i cook this pizza for?

me: what does it say on the box?

DH: oh...... what temp do i put the oven on to?

me: read the fucking boooooooooooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxx FFS

chicletteeth · 23/10/2011 22:09

Idharma

ha ha ha.

That's me from now on (unless it's very early then he will still get an earful)

ItWasABoojum · 23/10/2011 22:23

Is it possible that some of these men are expected to be incompetent, and they are coasting along with it?

So, yet another thing that the woman's responsible for? [hhmm] [hgrin]

helendigestives · 23/10/2011 22:25

I'm the one who says this to him. Grin

jesuswhatnext · 23/10/2011 22:31

the question that pisses me off most? easy! 'what have we got [insert name] for christmas/birthday/wedding present'? i have no bloody idea what WE got them, but i know what I went and bought for them!! Angry grrrr!

borderslass · 23/10/2011 22:34

To prove a point DH came in for his dinner break and asked if I knew where his spare blue-tooth earpiece was found it straight away, his usual one got wet and stopped working [he leaves it on side next to draining board] I spliced my finger this afternoon then burnt myself so was running cold water which got everywhere.

mrskeithlemon · 24/10/2011 12:53

oh god so its not just my dp then!?

Repeat after me 'my boobs are not a locating device, my boobs are not a locating device'

vanillagorilla · 24/10/2011 13:39

My DH has now got the message to at least look for things before asking me, but when he wakes me at 6am to ask me where his car keys, I just say I dont know, its his own fault if he left them within reach of 17 month old DS who then used them to 'start' his toy dyson hoover. And have also warned that DS likes putting things in the washing machine so he should check there too.....

MrsBloodyTroll · 24/10/2011 13:48

My DH can make very important decisions involving millions of pounds at work. Colleagues have in the past told me he's the most organised person they've ever met.

At home, he can't decide what to have for breakfast or what shirt to wear, and doesn't have a bloody clue what he's doing at the weekend unless I put it in his iPhone calendar. He has to ask me to locate pretty much everything for him

Talk about Jekyll and Hyde!

He is aware of it. His excuse is that he works so incredibly hard (he does, to be fair) and uses up all his energy at work, and has nothing left at home, so simply switches off.

Baby DS will be different! I bet my future DIL will still hate me though.

diddl · 24/10/2011 13:52

I just say "don´t know" then ignore so that he has to sort it out himself.

lso to the "where is?" question.

mrskeithlemon · 24/10/2011 14:00

Oh another really annoying habit my dp has is to get in the shower without having got himself a towel or the shaving mirror.

I have even started pre-empting the cries of 'mrs KLLLLLLLLL' 'MRS KLLLLLLLLL' I need a towel and the mirror by surprising him with said items and then turning the washing machine on to ruin his shower

Sparklingbrook · 24/10/2011 14:04

Not forgetting "Sparkling have we got any more loo roll!? whilst actually on the loo Hmm

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