to follow DP to work today and point out every speck of dust??

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"This place could do with a bit of a hoover..." he says to me this morning.

Yes, he has a point, it could do with a hoover.

However, he said this while I was cleaning out our bunny, hanging towels on the line, washing up and sorting out a huge pile of SATS revision work DS brought home.

I have a kidney infection (which is fucking agony), currently halfway through a painting (commission), need to sort out a pile of stuff for our holiday, need to take DP's ridiculous cat to the vet and sort out all of the washing. Working tomorrow and Sunday so I need to do it all today.

So, quite frankly, the hovering can fuck off.

How unreasonable would I be to travel 40+ miles, wander into the store DP manages, say "This place could do with a bit of a hoover..." even if it doesn't and then leave immediately?

Or would it be a waste of time?

It WNBU no, but better revenge would probably be to say sweetly "oh thank you DP, yes, I am struggling doing all the housework, painting to earn us money, sorting out our son's revision and organising our pets as well as having this dreadfully painful kidney infection. The hoover is in the cupboard, and the bathroom could do with a scrub when you've finished." then swan off for a nap.

It would be a waste of your effort to go there but you could phone and say you are a customer and you noticed that the staff were incredibly busy with customers and that there was some fantastic customer service going on but you were horrified to note that the floor needed a bit of a Hoover and don't they agree that hoovering should come before everything else??

Do it! And take photos.

so did you say to him "F#cking hoover it then" ?

I'm surprised your DH didn't go to work wearing the hoover as an arse ornament.

I'd rather get the hoover out, and put it by the door, so that he finds it when he gets home.
Then give him a kiss, thanking him for noticing that the floor does need a clean and for offering to do it.

And in future tell him to leave his shoes outside and follow him and ask him to pick up every single speck of dust he drops.

need to take DP's ridiculous cat to the vet

Its a bloody cheek to moan about the things you don't do, if he is giving you extra jobs that are his responsibility. Get him to take his own cat to the vets if he is so concerned!

I would be totally ignoring the hoovering on principle (but I am very good at ignoring housework anyway!)

well, I understand your frustration, but why on earth didn't you tell him to a) hoover himself and b) sort out his own cat, as you have plenty of other things to be getting on with?

don't be a martyr!

Ain't nobody got time for that, as the saying goes, you don't have time to go to his work you have the housework to do . Wish you better, the hoovering can wait or your husband can do it if he is so bothered by it x

YWNBU, reserved in fact .

I would also have gone along the lines of "fucking hoover it then!".

Text: 'just to let you know, the hoovering is done. Thought I'd prioritise that as you seemed so worried about it. It means you'll have to take YOUR cat to the vet and sort out the holiday stuff though, as (as you could see this morning) I already had a completely full schedule, so some things had to go to the back of the queue. Still, I'm pleased you're taking more of an interest in the housework. Hopefully there will be lots more jobs you can share now you've started noticing the flaws. Cheers!'

Love Bruno's text .

"Yes it could, dear, you know where the vaccuum is"

Oh OP please please send the text Bruno has suggested!!

Bruno