To begin with, I’ll say he’s a lovely bloke and a wonderful father, so he’s no bastard but I swear, his attitude about housework does my head right in!
Right now he’s doing the dishwasher, and is veering between expecting a medal and a parade thrown in his honour and whining his head off. As if he does this all the time and is sick of the way people leave things for his tired and under appreciated self. No, honey, that’s MY role!! You do this maybe once every month if I’m lucky! So it irks the hell out of me having you sigh and say loudly to the dog, “it seems as if nobody in this house can rinse a plate” or saying, “brilliant” in a flat, sarcastic tone louder and louder until I ask “what?” -only to have you sigh louder and respond with, “nothing. Doesn’t matter.”
IF he ever cooks anything, he complains loudly about everything not being exactly where he wants it, and about my organisation of the kitchen. It’s MY kitchen! I’m the one that prepares 499 out of 500 meals. I think I’m entitled to have it how I want it!!
If I ask him to put a wash on (maybe once a fortnight?) he will whinge and whine loudly about the way the kids leave their clothes with a sleeve inside out, or socks aren’t in pairs, etc.
The part that winds me up the most is the fact that he finds this so unbearable and outrageous, yet he is guilty of everything that annoys him!! AND, it doesn’t seem to register that he’s annoyed by the housework for 15 minutes a month..... this is my goddamn life!! I’m at home with one young child and one older child who has a severe mental health issue. He only notices when it becomes his problem for quarter of an hour. Not when he adds to it being my problem every day! Seriously, AIBU to be annoyed by it?? Are other blokes like this?? I might throttle him if I have to hear him moaning about inside out sleeves on the kids laundry when I extract his boxers and socks from his discarded trousers daily!!