To expect partner not leave dirty socks in lounge?

[Mollie3]

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 🙄

“Where does the OP say that her partner expects her to pick up his socks and wash them?“

Oh, just a wild guess......

This feels like such a non issue in the grand scheme of things.

DH and I paid quite a bit for a storage seat near the front door big enough for every shoe in the house to stop the kids dumping their shoes at the door. Now they get three chances. First time I find shoes dumped beside the box they get thrown into the garden even if that means its overnight. If it happens again within a short timeframe the shoes find their way across the road. This has only happened once. My third option hasn't happened yet which would be shoes put in the bin.

I would suggest a similar training technique for the DH. Bag the socks up or bin them. He'll soon run out.

Cut the toes off discarded socks then drop them back where you found them every single time until he gets the message.
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.

So cute and made me smile because it reminded me of my old dog (rip Sam ).

OP cut the toes off every discarded sock you find then return to floor, every single time until he gets the message.

My x also did this and I could not fix it in 10 years of nagging and trying various solutions like baskets etc the idea being him to use this instead of floor. So with current DP I let this issue go, really I should tackle it but my track record suggests it would be a non starter

Yes, it will be a non starter because you aren't prepared to do what you need to do.
You can't change him but you can change your response to what he does. Stop picking his stuff up, Stop washing them or stop complaining about it and just carry on letting him treat you like a servant.

“just carry on letting him treat you like a servant.”
And training your sons to treat women badly and your daughters to accept it.

I dumped messy blokes asap. Worked for me.

Thanks everyone for your a fantastic advice. Congratulations to everyone who has a tidy DP they really are a rarity

The socks disappeared at lunchtime, can only assume he picked them up 🤔

Or they ran out the door??

Mine does that too.

I've tried letting the dog destroy them.

Still doesn't stop him.

I've given in and just pick them up and throw them in the washing machine now.

You're lucky they're on the floor. My DH has started this really annoying habit that when going outside after work to water the garden, rather the walk to the front door to get some shoes, he takes his socks off to go outside bare foot. He keeps leaving his sodding minging been wearing them all day socks on the dining table by the back door. 🤢