To expect DH to replace the carpet he has destroyed

[Roostersmum2]

I say carpet, it's a large rug but covers most of the living room. I paid £200 for it as a treat to myself two years ago on my birthday as I spotted it and fell in love. It's a bit of a boring thing to buy on your birthday but hey.

I asked DH to give it a deep clean the other day and he reluctantly did. (Whole other thread). I went to bed only to get up and find him asleep on it the next morning having fallen asleep whilst playing the xbox.

He didn't air the carpet properly or open windows, instead he laid straight down on a wet carpet it to play his stupid game before falling asleep on it.

I've been smelling a "wet dog" odour all day and have discovered that it's the carpet which has developed mould/mildew due to not being aired properly and being smothered by him when wet.

He's not happy to be told he's now responsible for replacing it and thinks it was a good gesture of him to clean it in the first place...

Who's unreasonable?

This is a really overly dramatic thread. Nothing to do with the rug imo....more to do with the state of the marriage.

If you have to throw it out, a rolled up rug is a great place to hide a body...

No offence but if it is precious why didn’t you clean it?

Hope you're ok op.

@RainbowGlittersandSparkles not being funny if you want to know that RTFT?

Jesus why can't people just rtft!

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If you have to throw it out, a rolled up rug is a great place to hide a body...

😆🤣🤣😳🚓👨🏽‍✈️🧑🏼‍✈️🏫 (need jail emoji now)

Hope "the talk" goes ok OP.
Sounds like you'll have to include the
'Doing a half arsed job causes more work to fix damage than if you'd never done it in the first place ' point

(Half a. Job is worse than not doing job at all so don't sell it short' is what I say to my DC. )

The real problem is his attitude and priorities are selfish, lazy and a neglectful parent. He changes and gets with programme that you are two adults with two young DC and equally joins in parenting and taking care of the house, or he finds a pit to live in where no one wants to visit. And shows everyone that you were a "married single mother" all along.