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To be quick about stuff?

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 06:45

DH's alarm didn't go off so he woke me up at 6.15 (I don't get up until 7) to make his sarnies.

It took me 7 minutes and I'm now back in bed with a coffee and my phone.

He is agog. Apparently it takes him a good twenty minutes and he is astounded that any human being can move so fast. He's calling me The Flash.

All it involves is buttering six slices of bread and slicing cheese and cucumber. I can't see how he drags it out for twenty minutes.

He made ds's lunchbox yesterday as he was off and the took him twenty minutes as well, 2 pate sarnies and a babybel, yoghurt, banana and biscuit.

When I decorate, it takes me a day to do a room, roughly. One coat in the morning and another late afternoon or evening. He's used to it now but it used to make him twitch.

Don't get me wrong, I am very lazy and will happily spend a day watching Netflix, but when I do get moving I like it to be speedy.

He also has half hour toilet trips but I'm not going there.

I think he's a faffer, he thinks I rush things. I say the results speak for themselves and my way is the best. If he would embrace my ways he'd have an extra 13 minutes in the morning to spend in the loo.

AIBU?

(This post actually took me ages because ds woke up and I had to make his breakfast and get him dressed, but that was a quick job as well).

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Sirzy · 09/12/2016 06:49

6 slices of bread? I assume that wasn't all for one person misses the point

I would say he is a faffer but I am like you and just get on with things

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 06:55

Yes he has six slices. He used to have eight. He's six foot and 11 stone. He eats more than anyone I've ever known but has a crazy metabolism.

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FeckinCrutches · 09/12/2016 07:02

My husband is a faffer, takes him an age to do any task. An HOUR to put the toddler to bed, takes me 15 mins. He's always agog when I come back downstairs.

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 07:02

I think it's as simple as I like to get things done so I can get on with the important business of sitting down.

He gets bored easily so likes to drag things out a bit.

We both have an hour in the mornings. He spends the whole hour getting ready. I get myself and three kids up and ready and still have time to have two leisurely coffees and a ciggy. It's just different priorities I think.

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Alexthekid · 09/12/2016 07:04

You put cucumber on cheese sandwiches??
misses point

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 07:04

Oh yes bedtimes as well. He's out three evenings a week and I get the kids upstairs and out of the way by 8.30 so I can watch telly in peace. On 'his' nights he doesn't sit down until 9.30 (and then falls asleep by 10pm...).

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ExcuseMeButtingIn · 09/12/2016 07:04

I also do things very quickly but am the laziest person imaginable. It's so I have more time for lazing.

I've always been like this and I'm 43 now - always first to finish at school, I can clean the house from top to bottom in an hour but it takes DP an hour to clean a bathroom!

It pisses me off when people assume that because I've done it quickly it's a shoddy job. It never is, I just don't faff about.

Keep speedy OP!

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 07:05

Yes. And sandwhich spread. I didn't judge, I just made what he wanted. Envy ---that's a puke face.

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InTheDessert · 09/12/2016 07:05

I'd say you go at normal speed. He faffs (that just autocorrect to farts Blush).
20 mins in the morning I sort the kids breakfast, and then make 2 packed lunches.

PurpleMcPants · 09/12/2016 07:09

I have a faffer too. Although he's actually pretty speedy in the mornings because he also hates getting up. But it takes him 40 minutes to get himself ready to get out the door (no breakfast) it takes me the same time to get myself and three kids ready and breakfasted.
But cooking! I've never met anyone who can take an hour to cook a stir fry!

Alexthekid · 09/12/2016 07:10

Oh hang on, 6 slices of bread? So is that one cheese sandwich, one cucumber sandwich and one sandwich spread sandwich?
Because if it's all 3 on one sandwich that is all kinds of wrong!
3 separate sandwiches though I'll be able to move on
still missing point

InTheDessert · 09/12/2016 07:12

Purple May I introduce you to my husband. An hour for stir fry (and about 4 pans. HTF???) sounds about right.

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 07:14

Yep, cooking as well. And hour and a half to make a pasta bake. Confused

However, when he works from home I notice he goes at super fast speed and gets through more work than any of his colleagues. He often has to wait around for someone to finish a bit of code so he can get on with his bit.

He likes to set aside a day for jobs as well. For example, we are going Christmas shopping at the weekend so he isn't going to hoover the leaves in the garden, because that would (in his head) require a free day.

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 07:15

All three in all the sarnies. He mixes it up sometimes by having tomato instead of cucumber.

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Alexthekid · 09/12/2016 07:16

All 3 in one?! LTB!!

cantmakeme · 09/12/2016 07:18

My dp takes ages too! In the evening he dreads packing his work bag (it literally contains five items) and making his sandwiches. When he washes up after dinner, it can take him twenty minutes. I tend to speed about. I don't think I'm better though, I could slow down a bit and feel less stressed.

cantmakeme · 09/12/2016 07:20

And I don't think your dh's sandwiches sound bad. But tomato gets soggy, so that's wrong.

SocksRock · 09/12/2016 07:21

On work days my alarm goes off at 6.30. I manage shower, dressed, 3 lots of breakfast for 3 children, 1 packed lunch, 3 sets of school bags ready by the door and 3 children kicked upstairs to get dressed. Then I leave for work at 7. DH usually manages one cup of tea and half a shower in the same time.

BubbleGumBubble · 09/12/2016 07:21

DH's alarm didn't go off so he woke me up at 6.15 (I don't get up until 7) to make his sarnies.

I assume he woke you up to do it because both his arms are broken?
if not they soon would be after waking me up to make his lunch

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 07:23

Grin he woke me because he was panicking he wouldn't get it all done in time. I didn't mind, but I did laugh at him a bit as if he would just do things my way it wouldn't have been an issue.

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WipsGlitter · 09/12/2016 07:23

DP was the same it was like watching an arthritic chimp trying to make a packed lunch.

I'm intending to do a flash house clean tomorrow morning!!

Lovelybangers · 09/12/2016 07:24

That sounds like our house too OP.

I like to just crack on and do the thing that needs doing. DH can spin it out for ever.

I suspect that if he had to do the jobs more frequently then he would hurry up i.e vacuuming the dining room does not take me 20 minutes.

Sandwiches sound good to me - minus the sandwich spread. Cheese and cucumber is nice as it just gives a bit of moistness to the clagginess of the cheese.

Grin
SpotTheDuck · 09/12/2016 07:25

Hah DH honestly believes he can't possibly have a shower, brush his teeth and style his (tiny amount of) hair in less than 50 minutes of focused alone time.

I've tried explaining (and even demonstrating) that it takes me 10 minutes to do all this, including styling long curly hair, and entertaining the toddler, but he just can't get it.

It's extraordinary, and constantly makes us late for things as he oversleeps but still needs his 50 minutes!

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HardLightHologram · 09/12/2016 07:25

I did mine on Wednesday. Two hours from top to bottom including sorting out the kitchen pile of doom and cleaning three bathrooms. I then had the whole rest of the day to myself.

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Crunchymum · 09/12/2016 07:28

Waking you up to make his sandwiches??? Wow.

Ever heard of flattery to deceive?

'Oh wow you make the best sandwiches. You are so fast and they taste amazing" = compliment to get you to make his sarnies.

I make the occasional sarnie for my DP. Never, ever, ever do I make them 45 minutes before I am due to be up.

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