The laundry basket fight

[MumJ21]

Why oh why can DH never put his dirty clothes in the washing basket? I have asked 100 times, told him anything left on the floor is going to stay there, but then it’s there for days he just walks over it, so I always end up picking up after him!

Now it’s just like an ongoing joke between us but I know this can’t just be my DH who does this. The washing basket is right outside our bedroom door and I even put another downstairs but still he seems totally oblivious to it.

Tell me I’m not alone in this!

You'll not get many lighthearted replies to this OP cos there's a lot of butthurt people who haven't got anything more important to bring fire and brimstone down about than a man putting his washing in the wrong place. Leave the bastard etc...

Sometimes I leave my laundry on the floor/chair sometimes it goes in the washing basket...then DH does the laundry.
Sometimes DH leaves his laundry on the floor/chair, sometimes it goes in the washing basket...the I do the laundry.
Sometimes DS sheds socks everywhere/sometimes he loads the washing machine (toddler)

I’m sure OP has some things she’s rubbish/lazy at and her husband moans about them too.

Get him his own basket & only wash what's in it.

He'll learn eventually...

I have a strict 'if its not in the wash basket, it doesn' t get washed' rule. As a result, DP mostly does his own washing as he prefers the floordrobe to the washbasket. My favourite bit of this is his Monday 6.30am realisation of no clean pants, socks, work trousers or work shirts..it never stops being funny (to me!)

Why don't you actually just wash what is in the basket? Kick anything on the floor to his side of the bed. He can either do a floor sweep and wash his own clothes if he runs out or put them in the basket. No drama. Unless you keep picking up after him.

Bin it.

He'll soon learn when he has to go to work in pyjamas and a pair of your knickers.

Why would doing your own washing mean more washing or that the washing machine was on constantly? That is nonsense.

I have a washing basket, when it is full I wash my clothes.

When his is full he washes the clothes.

The loads are full and the washing machine is not constantly on.

Washing has never and will never be in issue with us, as from day one he did his own washing. He is a grown man after all with a job and can function a box with a button in it. where in my vows does it say wash another humans undercrackers?

For the poster that said I do all the washing and he mows the lawn....

Are you in England/somewhere with winter right now? as there wouldn't be much mowing at the moment so how are they picking up the slack in other areas? All the ironing? Cooking?

I have a washing basket, when it is full I wash my clothes.
Do you not sort into different coloured loads?
I don't put my red towel in with my white top so I make full loads from the whole family's laundry.

Seriously, if my DH cooked dinner every night and cleared up after, I would not complain about picking up and doing his washing!