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To expect partner not leave dirty socks in lounge?

61 replies

Mollie3 · 17/09/2019 08:54

If IANBU please hp me how do I solve this issue?! I have tried asking him and nagging but he still does it. Without fail every day there they are on the floor. If I’m lucky he might throw them on the stairs to be taken up to the laundry and then subsequently taken back down with the other stuff to be washed 🙄

To expect partner not leave dirty socks in lounge?
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Mollie3 · 17/09/2019 08:56

help

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MostlyHappyMummy · 17/09/2019 08:57

Why can't you just leave them there?

pelirocco123 · 17/09/2019 08:58

Mine does that too, drives me mad
I have no cure unfortunately

BruceAndNosh · 17/09/2019 08:59

Leave them there, or push them under the sofa is you don't want to look at them.
He'll run out of socks eventually....

madcatladyforever · 17/09/2019 09:00

If he wants to behave like a child treat him like one. Throw them straight in the bin. Job done.

Rezie · 17/09/2019 09:32

I'd kick them to a corner if they bothered me.

SoundofSilence · 17/09/2019 09:35

I kick them under the sofa and wait for him to wonder why he doesn't have any socks. Not a perfect solution, by any means, but I've given up on any higher expectations.

MoMandaS · 17/09/2019 09:38

I used to have this problem. What cured it was putting the socks on his pillow. Only took a couple of times.

BigusBumus · 17/09/2019 09:39

I have a black lab who cannot greet anyone in the house unless she has a sock in her mouth to bring to us. They are fucking everywhere, all over the garden and house. I can't hate her for it though, but a grown man has no excuse.

BeepBeeep · 17/09/2019 09:39

Pick them up and put them in the dustbin.
Then when he has no socks left, voilà, problem solved 😁

LakieLady · 17/09/2019 09:39

My DP used to do this, but after 6 years of persistent nagging he's almost cured.

I started by shouting "Socks!" at him the next time he went upstairs after dumping them on the floor. Now he mostly takes them up without prompting.

He has occasional lapses, but they're getting much rarer. The other night, he left a pair on the landing window sill!

Beetie1 · 17/09/2019 09:40

I fight this battle too Hmm. He has a habit of leaving other things around and not putting things away in general. When I'm tidying up I chuck all his belongings together in a bag and leave it down his side of the bed. That way I can get things tidy but he still has to sort his own stuff out. I also use this method for my 12y DD.

HugoSpritz · 17/09/2019 09:47

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Windydaysuponus · 17/09/2019 09:50

Put every one in his car with a note attached
Wash me.
The smell will hit soon enough..

oldenoughtobehavebetter · 17/09/2019 09:53

Omg I do this i am the sick monster. Of all the suggestions I think putting them on my pillow wd work best

oldenoughtobehavebetter · 17/09/2019 09:53

Sock monster not sick monster!

MrsPellegrinoPetrichor · 17/09/2019 09:54

I'm not sure I could get het up about it tbh ,dh takes his shoes off and leaves them in the front room ,some days it bothers me and I just pick them up and put them by the front door. Houses are meant to be lived in ,they shouldn't be show homes and I say that as so wine who likes a tidy house.

Yoohoo16 · 17/09/2019 09:55

I roll them back into a ball and put them away unwashed.
If he can’t put them in the correct place for washing then he can wear dirty socks!

Wiltshirelass2019 · 17/09/2019 09:56

This is a none issue

dollydaydream114 · 17/09/2019 09:56

I do this myself, to be fair.

Limensoda · 17/09/2019 09:57

YANBU to expect him to behave like a responsible adult but you don't have to let it bother you.
Just leave them where he drops them until he has no clean socks. When he complains tell him it's his choice to leave them there and your choice to leave them there too.
Or just throw them away.

SuchAToDo · 17/09/2019 10:01

Simple solution...leave them there to pile up...when he runs out of clean socks and asks where all his socks are tell him they are exactly where he left them and that if he wants fresh socks he should put them in the wash as the sock fairy is on strikeGrin

Or just hide all his socks, when he asks where they are, feign innocence and say, well I did say to you you shouldn't leave them laying around, what do you expect ...

BertrandRussell · 17/09/2019 10:01

Only form adult relationships with other adults. Problem solved.

Newmumma83 · 17/09/2019 10:03

I have that with every item of clothing it’s like having a toddler as he strips off when he gets in a sock in the lounge jeans in the dinning room jumper on the kitchen side ... or just down the side of the bed ... let me know if you figure out how to sort it.

For about a month i collected them and threw them in his office but it bit me back when one day he actually put a months worth of washing in the laundry basket and I had to stay up late for the machine a few nights in a row 🙄

SpamChaudFroid · 17/09/2019 10:05

And the common misconception is that women train their partners. If only!