To think the bathroom is not comparable to the garage?

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Dh never cleans the bathroom, i try to just let it go because he does lots and lots of other things and is generally a lot better than a lot of men I read/hear about.

Sometimes it just bothers me that it never occurs to him to give the bathroom a clean, it's not a job I enjoy, I've told him it bothers me before he says he'll do it more often but then just doesn't.

Anyway, today was one of those days that it bothered me, I said to him that he never cleans the bathroom. His comeback is that I never clean the garage.

Surely the two aren't in any way comparable? The garage is where dh hoards all his crap, which I am totally against, but he won't throw anything away. I don't really believe that a garage needs cleaning, it's just storage, there's sod all of mine in there.

The garage doesnt get used several times a day by everyone in the house, it isn't a health hazard if unclean/messy and is his space not communal household space.

Tell him you'll clean the garage. Then hire a skip.

No they aren’t comparable and he is being a dick

It depends what else he normally does. I never clean the bathroom put the bin s out or iron because those are DH's jobs in our house but he never puts any laundry away or vacuums or does the supermarket shop because those are my jobs. There are jobs that we would both do as and when they needed doing e.g. today I cleaned the hob but he did it the other day. It evens out. I would only really be annoyed if I was doing a lot more than him.

If they're comparable, tell him you'll swap jobs for a month. He can do the bathroom and you'll do the garage.

Of course they're not compatible but I know in this house that, whilst there are jobs that DH rarely does , like the bathroom, there are jobs that I never do, like mow the grass and wash the car.

You say he does do his share, if that's the case you need to take on a real job that he does and swap if it bothers you.

Does he regularly poo in the garage then? No. You are not being unreasonable. He’s being a lazy dick.

Tell him from now on you’ll take over cleaning the garage and he can do the bathroom.

He never cleans the garage, either, though, does he?
Why not swap? You do the garage to his usual standard, and he does the bathroom to your usual standard?

YANBU!!

Has he been pooing and bathing in the garage? If not, not comparable.

If so.. definitely don’t clean it

Does he regularly poo in the garage then?

LOL!!!

Pff dumping stuff in the garage and shifting stuff around so more stuff can fit isn't cleaning!!

Tell him you're happy to swap for a bit so it's fair

Tell him you'll clean the garage. Then hire a skip.

😂😂🤣

How often do you clean the bathrooms and how often does he clean the garage.

Some very amusing answers here, by the way. Good ol’ Mumsnet.

How many times a week does he clean the garage?

But I mow the lawn...But I take out the recycling...
But I do all the laundry...But I prepare all the meals...

Most jobs get done, but there are always some jobs that no-one likes to do (for us it is ironing. We both hate it with a passion). Unfortunately you're just going to have to draw up a rota for cleaning the bathroom and either stick to it or trade things off.

Love some of these replies.

Tell him you'll clean the garage. Then hire a skip

Pff dumping stuff in the garage and shifting stuff around so more stuff can fit isn't cleaning!!

^*Has he been pooing and bathing in the garage? If not, not comparable.

If so.. definitely don’t clean it*^

Definitely using these ones!

It's that whole thing of fairness isn't it? Dh has never been the cleanest tidiest person, but I feel he tries to be tidier, I also try to worry less about the cleaning so I don't drive myself mad. We don't really have specific jobs, but things get done, dh doesn't laze around or anything like that. The bathroom is just one of those jobs I hate and I wish he'd take his turn of cleaning it without some ridiculous comeback.