Dh is in the great British towel throw down challenge...

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but doesn't know it. A towel was dropped on the bedroom floor 2 days ago. It's still there. I've entered him into the challenge to see when it gets picked up, but not told him. AIBU?

My DS1 used to put his clothes in the laundry basket as required byt had this strange habit of leaving dirty socks just outside of the bathroom door (opposite his bedroom door).
Nagging didn't work so one day I pucked picked them up and put them on his pillow.
He wasn't happy about it so I explained if socks don't end up in basket I'll do it every tim.
After 3 days of cumulative sock invasion on his pillow he broke. I was victorious!

So, when words are no use you need to take action.
Put yucky towel on his pillow. When he complains explain calmly and if no change keep "annoying" him until he gets the message.

My work is done here

Argh, so many typos!
*but
*ignore the word pucked
*time

We're the cleani clothes folded in the basket before he dumped his dirty ones on top?

I've had that with the kids.

I keep cracking with picking up ds1's dirty clothes off his floor but no more. I feel I have an issue with laundry and it will help both of us if things change. Yesterday he went out in trousers three inches too short as he hadn't put his jeans in the wash. He has four pairs, three were on the line so where is the other pair? He doesn't put dirty clothes in the basket each night and then a few times a week I get tonnes of washing. Sometimes a minute after I've out in not quite a full load or too late to put in to then dry outside.

I'm going for a week tomorrow. I'll send chocolate if I lose.

Bloody iPad. You get the jist.

breakfastattiffanys - an ACE suggestion.

I am going to do that next time we have the stair standoff

It's moved!!! About 2 inches to the right

It only moved because he tripped over YOUR towel...

I don't play that game any more.

When DH and I first moved into this house, he unpacked all his clothes onto the floor in front of the wardrobe but was too lazy to put them away.

I finally cracked and put them away on Christmas eve because I really wanted not to wake up looking at the Heap on Christmas morning.

We had moved in in February.

I'm in a similar stand off with DH, only its socks in the lounge. Every day he takes his socks off, and up to now, the laundry fairy has removed them and they magically reappear clean, in his sock drawer. I have no problem doing the washing, he does all the ironing, but those bloody socks drive me nuts. We're onto day 4 of the stalemate now, he was close to running out but the fucker bought new socks at the weekend.

My husband emptied a laundry basket full of clean clothes onto the spare room floor to get a pair of clean boxer shorts three days ago. It is filling me with utter rage every time I go in there.

Oh I'll see your towell and raise you ALL of dh clothes that he internally combusts out of and leaves where they fall. I bought a sign yesterday stating the laundry rules and have put a laundry basket on the landing. He's got no excuses....there will be random bits of clothing laying around the house but I will be strong..

almostthirty I actually do have more than one muddy trowel in my bedroom! My husband is an archaeologist...

This is a great thread I do this, after nearly 30 years married I still put dirty clothes around the floor of our wash basket in our bedroom. DW gave up asking decades ago . Occasionally i do put it in the basket.

Only done this one. Well sort of done it. DH was waxing lyrical about how lucky I was to have him as he did so much more than other husbands, doing the laundry.

So I didn't wash his clothes, just mine and the DCs (yes I picked his stuff out and put it back). The theory being if he did the washing as frequently as he claimed then his clothes world get washed. After about 10 days he was looking for clean clothes. Explained what had happened - that was years ago, seems to have had the desired effect!!

DrMorbius Why? Just why? I simply cannot understand why anyone does this.
Mumsnet needs an explanation!

I'm quite serious. My DH used to leave clothes lying about. I pointed out that I'm quite happy to do all the laundry but don't see why I should expected to go looking for the dirty stuff. If it's not in basket, it doesn't get washed.
He's an adult, so he does it.
Result. Domestic happiness

I do this, after nearly 30 years married I still put dirty clothes around the floor of our wash basket in our bedroom. DW gave up asking decades ago wink. Occasionally i do put it in the basket.

DrM are you a man, and for real, or a woman having a comedy moment?

Because if that's really your attitude, I despair. Oh how hilarious that you value your DW's time less than your own and are happy to leave her with unnecessary work to do because you are a lazy arse for 30 years

Or if it was a joke, excuse my sense of humour failure!

I have the same rule that of it isn't inside the wash basket it doesnt get washed. It works.

This has given me more resolve to no longer go round picking up bits. I'm doing it for their future partners.

What about bath towels? Not everyone puts theirs to wash and every now and then I gather all and wash them.

This is fabulous. My husband is properly house proud so I don't get to do any of these standoffs but he does always ask for a drink with dinner and never drinks it. For some reason filling a glass with water and carrying it the miles from the kitchen to the dinning table and back again drives me scatty. Every now and again I carry an empty glass just to make my point.
Looking forward to my 4 year old becoming a teenager so I can play the towel game!

Ah, the old "blind spot" bollocks...

Leaving your clothes where you take them off is one thing, going as far as to put them next to the washing basket but not in it, is just lazy.

Unless there really are magical washing fairies who will do it for you. I can live in hope