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Ironing his stupid trousers!!!

85 replies

SnotBlower · 16/08/2019 08:20

DP doesn’t live with me, he visits at weekends. He lives at home with mummy who does everything for him.

He recently had a hernia op. He bought some cargo trousers as he was told jeans would be too tight around the ball sack.

So he comes to my house to stay for the week. During which he leaves his stupid trousers on the bathroom floor and soaked them with shower water. Next day he asks me where his trousers are. I suggested they may be where he left them. He acts horrified and says “you left them in that state on the floor?!” So I say “no, YOU left them in that state”. He storms off muttering to himself and then asks me to wash them. I tell him to put them in the wash basket and they will be washed with next load. He does this whilst continuing to mutter to himself. A few hours later he asks where stupid trousers are. I say they’re on the line drying. He snaps “for God’s sake, I need them! Couldn’t you have put them in the dryer?” So I simply say “no”.

Now the best bit, he comes up to me later with said stupid trousers and asks where he should put them to be ironed. I sarcastically reply “the ironing board”. Stupid twat only went and laid them on the ironing board to await my arrival!!

I refused to iron them and told him to do it himself. He kicked off saying he didn’t know how to. WIBU to not do it for him?

OP posts:
TapasForTwo · 16/08/2019 08:22

How old is this man child?

TinyGhostWriter · 16/08/2019 08:23

You were definitely not being unreasonable. He sounds like a teenager!

Tish008 · 16/08/2019 08:24

Of course you shouldn't iron them, you need to throw them out along with dp back to mummy.

Slightaggrandising · 16/08/2019 08:26

Get rid!

Chickychoccyegg · 16/08/2019 08:26

omg 😂 i hope you've dumped this ridiculous man child

SignedUpJust4This · 16/08/2019 08:26

Brilliant OP. I think you should run a boot camp for men who need house training.

FrancisCrawford · 16/08/2019 08:27

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MollyCuddle · 16/08/2019 08:28

This should be you.

Ironing his stupid trousers!!!
Reindeerssmellbetter · 16/08/2019 08:28

He's not going to get better. Run now.

slavetolife · 16/08/2019 08:30

WOW! Get rid asap! I once dumped a boyfriend like this, I think he genuinely expected to move out of his mother's and in with me, whereupon I would assume the role of mother. I had an epiphany about this during a dream and dumped him the following morning. That twat couldn't even make himself beans on toast.

Found DH a couple of years later who is a bonafide Independent Man who can do Stuff for himself (and me!).

PhilCornwall1 · 16/08/2019 08:30

What @Tish008 said. Bloody hell, how hard is it to wash some trousers and iron them? If he whinges that's he's had an operation, tell him to grow a set. It was for a hernia not open heart surgery!! Been there and done that too. Just swallow the codeine, enjoy the trip and get on with it!!

Chickenish · 16/08/2019 08:30

Don’t let this man-child any further into your life. He has shown you who he is. Pay attention. And send him back to Mummy.

Bananalanacake · 16/08/2019 08:31

don't let him move in with you

HeyMonkey · 16/08/2019 08:32

OP please tell me you did not iron them.

Jeezoh · 16/08/2019 08:32

If you felt the need to iron then, I’d have starched a knife sharp crease right down the front of them. Well played though OP!

Horehound · 16/08/2019 08:32

Fucking RUN!!!!

Vasya · 16/08/2019 08:33

Honestly, can you still find him attractive after that?

PhilCornwall1 · 16/08/2019 08:34

My previous post looks like I said I've had open heart surgery!! I meant hernia op!! Shock

FuriousCheekyFucker · 16/08/2019 08:34

Be honest, this didn't actually happen.

Unless you're dating six year old boys?

SnotBlower · 16/08/2019 08:35

No I didn’t iron them!! Christ I don’t even iron my own shit 😂

On holiday recently he loudly complained to me that the room was an absolute tip. He was right, it was ... there was clothes all over the floor ... HIS clothes!! Somehow I missed the memo which stated it was my job to pick his shit up from wherever he throws it

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StillCoughingandLaughing · 16/08/2019 08:36

Cargo trousers are indeed pretty stupid, but from the number of exclamation marks, I thought we were going to have posh boy red trousers or even golfing trousers levels of stupidity. I feel misled. YABU.

PancakeAndKeith · 16/08/2019 08:36

Ball sack.

Thehop · 16/08/2019 08:36

Haha brilliant

I’d love to have seen his face

SnotBlower · 16/08/2019 08:36

@FuriousCheekyFucker I’m afraid it did happen. Many incidents like this have happened and I’m sat here now wondering whether to end it now or once he’s fucked off home.

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AmIThough · 16/08/2019 08:36

Oh my god I'm so glad you've stood your ground with this. What a child!

Has he ironed them?