To be exasperated by my family's inability to put things away!!!!

[Molehillmountain]

You know, take off the clothes, one fluid motion to put them in the laundry basket. Use the milk, put the lid on and away in the fridge. I include myself in those I am exasperated with. Done an hours tidying this morning and most was stuff that could have been tidied instead of just 'put'. Do we lack a gene or something?

Probably. Its annoying isn't it, and I am the worst offender. I piss myself off regularly!

Seriously I wish I had the tidy gene.

I do a GREAT 'blitz' though... :)

This gives me such rage I fear if I talk about it I may spontaneously combust.

Yeah - me too on the blitz. A roll of bin bags and the rest of them out for an hour and nothing's safe

Dishwasher emptying onto the work top is my favourite! It was tidy and not put away now it's messy...and not put away

My family are like this.

DH will make himself toast - leaves the bread open, the lid off the butter dish, the lid off the jam jar and the buttery/jammy knife on the side.

He thinks it's petty of me to call him back into the kitchen to tidy up after himself!

The thing is, I'm naturally like it too and I fight really hard against my natural tendency to just 'put'. It really grates that the other don't!

I live by 'a place for everything, and everything in it's place' but still have to say every-single-fucking-day:

"if you've taken your shoes off, where should they be?"
"if you're finished with that, you need to put it away"
"if you don't know where it is, it's because you didn't put it back where it should have gone and no, I won't help you look for it "

Barrel of laughs in my house

I'm not a neat freak. Just put stuff back! It's not hard. Grrrrrr.

Don't get me started on leaving lights on...

folkgirl I think we have the same DH. Mine goes one step further though by not using a plate for said toast, so crumbs everywhere too. Arggh!

Also cupboards left open, milk and butter left out every morning, clothes left beside (beside! Why not in?) the laundry basket, jackets over the banister... I could go on. Trouble is I am guilty too!!

I think it grates especially because I'm learning to fight my natural tendency. I guess I'm a reforming messy person who has regular relapses!

If you don't tidy, don't untidy. Drives me maaaad. Open a drawer ? Close it. See how those clothes are flat and smooth . That's because I ironed them, don't rummage and not put things straight, I'm getting on now, those minutes I spent ironing count, and for the love of buddha, put the fecking lid back on the butter in the fridge, don't just lightly place the lid on top you bizarre man.

I have a family the same -
socks / boxers beside or on top of laundry basket, not in
Kitchen cupboards left open (why, why??!!)
Empty loo roll left on holder with new one balanced on top
Recyling left in a pile near door - instead of opening door and putting it in recycling bin
Clean washing 'folded' into lovely creases

I could go on. And on. And on a bit more...

TheFirstMrsGClooney my DH does use a plate. And then slides it under the sofa when he's finished with it.

I don't know which is worse!

Clothes 'chucked' into the laundry basket but with arms and legs escaping over the sides like a big squashed spider. Nice.

TOTU same for me, I might just record myself and play it on a loop.

My DH walks passed the dishwasher to put his dirty plate/cup/bowl on the side

YABU

DH is one of the worst. He would never drop litter in the street, ever. However he merrily leaves rubbish around his home.
He walks through the dining room leaving rubbish on the table to the kitchen where the bin is.
If there is a carrier bag somewhere even better he stuffs it in there, it drives me mad when I take clothes back for a refund and find the bag is also full of old yoghurt pots.
He also thinks the oven and microwave have magical refrigeration properties,
leftover chicken put back in the oven,
leftover cream cake in the microwave,
it's a wonder we haven't all had food poisoning.

• past

gasp Not only do we both have mole in our names, but we are both messy beggars living with other messy beggars! We must be kindred spirits!

Whackamole - are we hand twins too?

I'm the untidy one in my house, but if it drives you nuts then teach your kids to put their things away.

Prolly. Did you saw through your finger with a breadknife earlier as well?

Can believe I was so stupid. Literally cutting a bread roll towards my hand. My dad told me never to do that! Don't worry though, I stopped short of full-on amputation.

Ooh-weirder and weirder! Not today, but I do bear the scar from a previous encounter with a bread knife! Hope you're okay