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AIBU?

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To think hiring a cleaner for 1 week only is not the fabulous mutters day pressie my DH thinks it is?!

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Littlegiraffe · 10/03/2015 10:38

I am raging ð??¡ Proper raging.

Text this morning read: "I have hired a cleaner to come on Friday to do the bathrooms, floors, kitchen, hoovering and general clean, as a Mother's Day pressie from all of us"

Firstly, I have had a horrendous chesty cold for over 2 weeks, as has our 2.8yo DS. We have both been coughing loads, day and night, so there has been little sleep for us. DH sleeps like a corpse and is generally useless if woken out of a deep sleep anyway, so I have been up &down during the night with DS - and working Mon-thur in a pretty demanding job - despite feeling miserable myself.

Secondly, we agreed before xmas that DH and DD (almost 19yo) needed to pull their weight more around the house. DD is just lazy and has - as a result - not only had the allowance we gave her when she started Uni removed, but also her travelling expenses too. Travelling expenses (which only amount to around £35/week) were stopped after she failed to keep to the rota we all agreed (all that was required was clean her own en suite, keep her own room tidy, clean the microwave and do 1 washing per week)

DH has also failed to keep to his part of the agreement, which was to hoover the upstairs at the weekend and clean our en suite. He has cleaned our en suite twice since December (me doing it the rest of the time as dirty bathrooms are minging) and has hoovered upstairs 3 times (again being done by me when I eventually crack after reminding him it needs done)

Thirdly, DH is always training for something (triathlons, marathons) leading up to an iron man in 2 years. This results in A LOT of extra washing, which I need to keep up with. I started going to classes on a Wednesday night (and a Friday morning, one I can take DS to in my day off - metafit with a toddler, bonkers Grin). Exercise is important to me, especially for my mental health, as I have been to hell and back since my Mums suicide 4 years ago. So I NEED this time out the house, but it's at the expense of tidiness/cleanliness. I don't see why I should be the only one running myself ragged trying to keep up with everything.

So I sent a reply saying he had ruined my day, as a one off cleaning session is not what I need, those 2 pulling their weight on an ongoing basis is what I need (&we all know you have to tidy before a cleaner comes so this is even more hassle for me)

He thinks it was a nice gesture. I am seriously livid. Tearful even (but that's probably due to the exhaustion of the last 2 weeks lack of sleep)

The lack of sleep is possibly clouding my judgment, so MN - AIBU??

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notnaice · 10/03/2015 18:35

Offer dd the job as your cleaner. Do not hesitate to sack her if she fails to perform.

magoria · 10/03/2015 18:48

Brilliant text.

Now back it up.

Stop doing so much so that he does more of his fair share. I suggest that you leave his iron man shit as he is the one who makes it dirty and he is the one who will need it next so will have to do it.

All you do by hiring a cleaner is emphasise that is it anyone else's job (normally another female) to clear up their own shit but your H & D's.

TheRealMaryMillington · 10/03/2015 18:59

As a one off thing to make this week easier, and the weekend more relaxed, it was a perfectly nice and reasonable thing to do.

As a "mother's day pressie" it is makes him a lazy sexist arse of a husband
Ditto as a means of getting out of pulling his own weight

Sadit · 10/03/2015 19:12

Can I justs suggest that if you get a cleaner, she doesn't clean your DDs room?
My sil had a cleaner and the kids used it as an excuse to do nothing. The cleaner came once a week but (as an example) the bathroom sink needed wiping down daily, the Hoover needed doing in the week. Your DD should be responsible for her own room.

EveBoswell · 10/03/2015 19:52

Keep at it, OP. Flowers

Littlegiraffe · 10/03/2015 19:53

Sadit DD has just tidied her room after finding out about the cleaner coming, and says she'll keep it tidy if it means it can be cleaned every week.
We'll see. I'd accept that though.

I appreciate what others are saying about getting about cleaner just reinforcing DHs and DDs laziness. However, I need to find a solution to this eternal struggle. So, whilst it may not be ideal, its the best way forward.

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