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To think if dh can't put the laundry away in the correct place I'd rather he didn't do it at all??

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Scabbersley · 02/11/2017 18:56

Dh is a tidy freak. I am more laid back - we both work, have three children, we all do different sports - there are tons and tons of different sizes and types of kit going through the laundry at any one time.

I tend to wash it, and when its dry, I fold it and put it into piles. one for each dc, then one for each type of sport. I put the sports stuff away in the kit bags or dedicated baskets - eg we have a special basket where all dds football kit goes so we know where it is when we are off to training.

Dh hates the piles of laundry. Every morning when he gets up he spends 20 mins putting the piles away. Almost every time he does this he doesn't put things in the correct place - tonight dds training top was folded up small with dd2s ballet kit and put away in dd2s drawer - so I've had to go through the entire house to find it.

When I say please please can you look at what you are folding and putting away and if its sports kit can you put it in either the basket or the appropriate kit bag - he sulks, says he's doing the best he can, or usually that 'most men don't even help with the laundry'.

AIBU to think I'd rather he just left the fecking laundry alone for me to sort? Even if I get a day or so behind and the piles have to sit for a couple of days before they are sorted?

The dds do put their own laundry away, he never asks them to do it though and because he gets up first he gets to it first!!

One of the reasons I have dedicated bags is so I can put it in there without him suddenly deciding he must put it all away in random drawers where we can't find it. ARGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

OP posts:
Scabbersley · 03/11/2017 07:07

Ha! Better I actually HAVE a problem and ask advice rather than someone who writes a long dismissive post about something they claim to care nothing about! Calling someone a nutter is against the ethos of mumsnet by the way.

Are you a man by any chance?

OP posts:
Scabbersley · 03/11/2017 07:10

I'd love to see you up against a 14 year old girl who can't find her ballet kit Grin you'd be begging your cleaner to make neat piles of different sports kit then!

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speakout · 03/11/2017 07:16

My Oh never touches any laundry. That's my department.
We make equal effort into running a home, but that includes ownership of certain things.
We don't share every task 50:50.
I do most of the housework anyway, he works long hours.

Love51 · 03/11/2017 07:26

most men don't even help with the laundry
I'd be tempted to mishear as 'most men don't even need help with the laundry and let him have responsibility for the whole lot - you wouldn't want to emasculate him. But in actuality I'd tell him I'm not married to most men, and I don't give a shit if he does more than another bloke, he needs to be doing more than me!
This situation does seem to be causing a lot of stress. Can it become his problem when the kids can't find something? Or will it just be their / your problem?

Willow2017 · 03/11/2017 08:45

Kimmy
Dont be soft!
A system that makes life easier all round is much better than putting washing in the wrong place so it takes 3 times as long to find it!

Its not rocket science. Sports kits go together in certain places in ops house even the kids can do it so why the hell her dh cant is not a mystery.
Its simply a case of "i am man, this is womans work but you should be greatful i am even doing it never mind that i cock it up for everyone else in the house." Bullshit.

How does he manage at work? Does he tell his boss to be greatful he did something wrong?
If he doesn't understand that purposely doing something wrong is PA crap and annoying for everyone else in the house he needs to learn pdq.
It basically says what is helpful to everyone else doesnt matter as long as i a proving how super fast i am at doing this. Even though its wrong and actually makes more work for everyone else, I am much too important to consider others.

OP I would leave his laundry for him to do himself and tell him to fuck off doing anything with anyone elses.

Mittens1969 · 03/11/2017 11:02

My DH used to do this! It used to drive me up the wall when my DDs’ clothes were in the wrong piles, created extra work for me to sort it out. Our DDs are aged 8 and 5, how difficult can it be to check the age on the items??? Now he just leaves the clothes on the bed for me to sort out, much easier!! Smile

Maria1982 · 03/11/2017 18:53

IvorHugh crunch gusset, argh!!!

We each do our own laundry but OH does the 'letting things dry in lumps' - socks, underwear etc
Sometimes I catch myself straightening out his laundry once it's hung up ..

Maria1982 · 03/11/2017 18:53

Crunchy even, sorry

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