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AIBU about cleaning?

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Blancmangecushion · 21/08/2021 09:28

DH does not do any cleaning housework (20+ years living together). He has occasionally offered, and I would always say no it's OK, as he doesn't know how to do any jobs, doesn't know where the cleaning stuff is kept etc. and asks so many questions it takes up more of my time than doing it myself. But it's gradually been dawning on me that I am enabling him to be a lazy arse, so I made up my mind that the next time he offered I'd say yes. After some months he comes up to me while cooking and says is there anything he can do? So I say yes can you wipe down the downstairs loo. Instructions & products given, loo cleaned, then I hear the front door slam & he disappears for 2 hours, and silent treatment when he returns. Turns out he was actually offering to help with cooking. AIBU to think he behaved like a childish tw*t?

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HeyDugeesCakeBadge · 21/08/2021 09:42

Fair play OP, you are quite right in that you have been enabling him to be a lazy arse but things can change - I'm the same so not judging you. You have inspired me to do the same! Happy weekend OP, keep the good work up.

poullou · 21/08/2021 09:44

Well yes he did behave like a child but he has acted (and been treated) like a child for 20 years - what size is your house if he hasn't been able to figure out where the cleaning products are kept?

RiojaRose · 21/08/2021 09:55

He could have said immediately, “Oh, I meant can I help with the cooking; could we leave cleaning the loo for another time?”

But he didn’t. So yes: childish twat.

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