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to throw DHs dirty washing in the bin ?

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OhdearNigel · 16/04/2012 23:00

I have asked DH repeatedly over the last 5 years to stop leaving his dirty socks and underpants on the floor where he drops them. Frankly it is equivalent to trying to get a slug to converse in formal Japanese. We have two laundry bins and a washing machine. He is not disabled and is perfectly capable of putting offending items in the laundry bins. I told him 2 weeks ago that the next time I found underwear not in the laundry bin it would go in the rubbish bin. I have not followed this threat up yet. However after a row about whose turn it was to change the cat litter this evening I have found his socks on the floor. Again. I have thrown them in the bin.

WIBU ?

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OldGreyWiffleTest · 16/04/2012 23:03

Get a bin liner, put all dirty washing in it (gradually) and keep hidden. When he asks where all his stuff has gone, give him the bagful of dirty washing.

All the time you pick them up, place in washing bin, and wash......guess what.......he will continue to do it. Stand firm.

JarethTheGoblinKing · 16/04/2012 23:04

What ^she said

Bambino81 · 16/04/2012 23:04

Throw him in as well :o

I think he needs To be taught a lesson but won't new socks come out of the household funds?

I take it you do the laundry and not him? If so, just stop doing his laundry for him, he'll soon stop being a slob when he has no clean clothes.

Beamur · 16/04/2012 23:07

YANBU - but it seems a bit wasteful to throw away socks to make a point.
Would you find it intolerable just to leave them there?
I'm liking the idea of just bagging up the dirty ones until he notices though.

BonkeyMollocks · 16/04/2012 23:07

Leave it, tell him he can do his own bloody washing.

He is not a child, he is a adult who cba!

MrsMcEnroe · 16/04/2012 23:10

Yep, bag up the dirty ones or just put them in the laundry basket and don't wash them. And don't crack and do them when he runs out of clean ones.

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OhdearNigel · 16/04/2012 23:11

OGWT - The only problem with that is that it's not really carrying out the threat, is it ?

A bit like saying "if you do that again you won't have your Easter Egg" to a child then giving it to them a week later - they just learn that you aren't actually going to carry out the entire threat. I did think of doing that but I am so used to picking them up that I kept forgetting.

Beamur, would you want dirty underpants and socks on your living room floor ? I have tried ignoring them but I just can't.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 16/04/2012 23:11

YABU. DH was told that if he left his stinky underwear inside his workout clothes for me to fish out and wash, he would find them wrapped around his pillow. It hasn't happened since.

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OhdearNigel · 16/04/2012 23:11

Maybe I will just try and be strong and leave them. It will take a will of iron

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BonkeyMollocks · 16/04/2012 23:12

Why does he take them off in the living room? Confused

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OhdearNigel · 16/04/2012 23:12

MTP - he wouldn't care. He'd just chuck them on the bedroom floor instead

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PinkFondantFancy · 16/04/2012 23:12

My friend had this same row over and over with her DH till she got bored of it and instead used to pick up his socks and throw them out of the bedroom window into their back yard. One evening when I was there he asked if she knew where his socks were - it was snowing outside and was hilarious when she presented him with a frozen disk of dirty socks Grin Grin

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OhdearNigel · 16/04/2012 23:13

Because the first thing he does when he gets in is sit down, take off his shoes and socks, discard his socks wherever he fancies, goes upstairs and gets undressed into his dressing gown.

I cannot describe how much I hate it

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Bambino81 · 16/04/2012 23:13

MrsTP - that's hilarious!!!! I'll have to remember that one.

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OhdearNigel · 16/04/2012 23:14

PFF - they would go on the roof in our house. That would be hilarious Grin

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ToxicToria · 16/04/2012 23:14

I agree with oldgrey I have done the same thing recently. Everything dp left lying around I would ask him to move it and if he didn't it was put in a bin liner and put in the back of a cupboard. It taught him a lesson but he's back to his old ways so will be doing this again soon

Beamur · 16/04/2012 23:15

I wouldn't - which is why I asked the question! But I have threatened the kids with no laundry if clothes not in laundry basket - but theirs get left in on the floor their own rooms which I can live with. (I just close the door)

Pandemoniaa · 16/04/2012 23:15

I'm a tolerant person but not of underpants in the living room. Once over the age of 5 anyway.

BonkeyMollocks · 16/04/2012 23:15

So why can't he take his shoes off and then go upstairs and take his socks off when he gets undressed? Confused

Either chuck 'um out or leave them or put them in his car!

DO NOT PICK THEM UP FOR A WASH!!!!

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OhdearNigel · 16/04/2012 23:17

So why can't he take his shoes off and then go upstairs and take his socks off when he gets undressed?

because he is lazy

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Beamur · 16/04/2012 23:17

He's been doing this for 5 years? No wonder you've had enough.
What about a special sock laundry bin by where the shoes are kept so he takes off his shoes and socks at the same time?

ToxicToria · 16/04/2012 23:18

Although I have to point out it wasn't just underwear it was clothes, belts, a watch a phone charger, headphones etc he was of course looking for them pretty quickly Smile

BonkeyMollocks · 16/04/2012 23:18

Maybe you should get some of that itching powder and coat his socks and pants.....

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OhdearNigel · 16/04/2012 23:20

Because the thought of having a laundry bin in the living room is Shock

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BonkeyMollocks · 16/04/2012 23:21

Because the thought of having a laundry bin in the living room is Shock

Surely its better than dirty socks on the floor?