He turns the lights off...

[extremelyfedup]

Am i being unreasonable?

I find it a bit irritating when my husband walks into a room and turns the light off ...while I'm brushing my teeth for example (as it's an extravagant use of electricity!)

I suppose I've come to think of my husband as a kind of (admittedly less glamorous) superhero saving the world in the most insignificant way one watt at a time...

thinking about it another thing is he puts his socks in the washing basket balled up so I have to separate them!!

No judge will blame you if you murder him.

Tell him that continuously turning off the lights will lead to additional wear and tear on the light switches which might then require to be professionally replaced = £££. I haven't done a CBA on that (CBA) but it sounds vaguely plausible.

And as SquigglySquid said - no judge would give you more than a 'tut-tut'.

no female judge that would be

Arggh the socks balled up to be washed!!! I could fucking kill my DH for doing that. I have literally screamed at him for doing it and when he still didn't stop every pair i found i either threw them in the bin or put them in a bag until he had no clean socks left then handed him the bag of balled up sweaty unwashed socks and said "there you go" when asked "TruJay? Have u seen any of my socks anywhere"

He hasn't done it for a while

This thread reminded me if when my brother lived in a room at this dudes house. He would be using a lamp or a plug in his room and he would see this arm appear and snake low to the floor towards the switch and turn them off. Never a word spoken.

I agree, turn the telly off when he's watching the get a point across.

"Put the fucking light back on" in a very loud voice should suffice.

"Put the fucking light back on" in a very loud voice should suffice.

Definitely put the light straight back on. Also, do as others have said and throw away his hot drink as soon as he puts it down.

As to the socks, I have this with DS2. I now don't do anything. I just wash them as they are and give them back to him like that.

ROFLMAO at "annoying pisswasp". I do this, but only when so drunk that my sense of danger is impaired.

Two more bottles to go I reckon, then it's jalapeno farting, shouting at the telly and maudlin discussion of the Peel Sessions.

DH has a 'thing' about lights being on.
I cannot bear a gloomy room.
He no longer turns the lights off because I -threatened to kill him- explained calmly how I felt at him making my decisions for me.

wash the socks as they are. He will stop - mine did!

Make him use your dirty bath water to save water!

Gah, no YANBU.

I this house, adults are expected to make their own lighting decisions. Unless utterly skint and counting the actual pennies, this is not unusual ffs.