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Cleaning the Shower Room/Guilt

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MitziK · 10/06/2019 21:52

I don't think I am, I think it's perfectly fair.

I usually clean both the bathroom and shower room. Not because there's any rota, I don't mind it, it needs doing and I'll usually do it whilst he's cleaning somewhere else in the house. I generally clean up after the DTwatCats, as, well, they need looking after and cleaning up after. DP normally feeds them. He's a bit squeamish about these things, but can just about handle removing half a Wood Mouse or a furball from the kitchen floor armed with rubber gloves, several layers of kitchen roll and a shovel doesn't bother me in the slightest other than feeling a bit sorry for the mouse. Dealing with cat poo is that bit beyond him.

However, DP has ignored my 'the DTwatCat has to have grain free cat food'. Again. With the inevitable results over the shower room floor, as she obviously couldn't get to the litter tray quickly enough.

Whilst I usually don't mind cleaning up puddles of shit, coming in from work to find it again after repeatedly telling him she cannot have 'normal' cat food and it not being fair on her, really annoyed me. He'd been in from work himself for about two hours by then and had noticed it enough to tell me that the floor needed cleaning.

I didn't actually refuse to do it - I asked 'When you're the one who bought her food that makes her ill?'

I'm now listening to the sounds of scrubbing, choking and near puking. And thinking it serves him bloody right for not getting her the GF cat food because he didn't want to walk as far as the nearest stockist.

Consequences of actions, innit? He'll be picking up the posh food tomorrow and today, her Royal Guts will be soothed by poached chicken as will the cast iron guts of the Destroyer of Mouses, but it's not his fault the other one now needs a whole new class of catering

But then, he does look a trifle peaky as he's now emerged to get some air.

Nah. I need to stop feeling guilty and enjoy his discomfort, right?

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FlibbertyGiblets · 10/06/2019 22:14

Why is he deliberately feeding the cat stuff he knows will make her ill? That is really cruel. Can you get rid of bloke, maybe? Cat will then be safe. Only half joking about getting rid of partner.

MitziK · 10/06/2019 22:20

Cos he's a twat who believes the bollocks on the packets about it being 'high quality'. He adores the DTwatCats.

I think now he's had to actually deal with the consequences of not going to the one shop in the area that sells to posh stuff (yes, I keep meaning to get a bulk buy online, but it's a fuckton of money to spend at once when we get dribs and drabs of income through the month), it sounds as if he's not going to make that mistake again.

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MissingPanda · 10/06/2019 22:20

YANBU As you say actions have consequences. His discomfort is nothing compared to poor Dcat's must have been having been given the wrong food due to his laziness.

Hope poor Dcat feels better soon. Sympathies from Missingcat.

Outnotdown · 10/06/2019 22:21

As much as children, adults need to learn that actions have consequences. Otherwise, their behaviour would stay the same.

No guilt!

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