Wheelie Bin Princesses

[reallifegetsintheway2]

In my naice middle class area, there are multiple able bodied wheelie bin princesses who think that putting out the bins is a 'blue' job i.e. male (obviously if in male / female relationship). Worst still is those princesses who either walk past them when they return home in the car or with the pram / kids from school and wait for their (male) partner to bring them in. I admit they annoy me more. For reference, I do both, as does DH, and I am female.
Yabnu - it is a gender neutral job
Yabu - get a life, reallife

The “do see” is an autocorrection gone wrong, but I can’t remember what it was meant to say, except knowing that it pertains to essentially me agreeing with the bin princesses 👸

Threads like this make me laugh! I’m a single parent so don’t have the luxury of waiting for someone else to do it 😅

My husband does our bins, I quite happily walk past them. I couldn’t tell you who puts my neighbour’s bins out or takes them back in.

I’m perfectly capable but I don’t like doing it. There are other ‘blue’ jobs that I do, but bins will never be one of them whilst I have an option not to. I do jobs that my husband doesn’t like so what’s the issue?

Far from a princess too!

Whoever is home first puts the bins back, I tend to put them out and bring them back as home first.
I don’t subscribe to his and her jobs, everything that needs doing just gets done between us.

When my boyfriend is here he does it for me.

If not, the man who cuts my grass does it.

I’m unstable on my feet and it’s hard for me. Why wouldn’t I let someone do it to help him (and who I pay in the case of grass man)

But hey ho. Nice to know that’s another area of life I’m doing wrong and getting judged for. I’ll add it to the list.

YANBU

Am pissing myself at wheelie bin princesses!

🤣🤣

@TenPenceMix

YANBU it's weird that people walk past their own bin... it's hardly a difficult task is it? Regardless of whose chore it is!

It is for me! I'd rather wait for DH than subject myself to unnecessary pain.

I have no desire to become one one of those

Surely anyone able bodied çan put the bins out?

Or am I missing something?

@SkinnyMirror
So I meant for the people without pain etc who can get it but choose not to.

Do you check whether the DHs walk past the washing machine which needs attention.
I think you need to get a life.

I am a single parent. I wait until DS2 is about to do it as part of his "life skills training".

DH does the bins
The outdoor paintwork
The recycling
All French end admin
pays the bills

I do/or did
All things children
All shopping (food, home, clothes)
All cooking and organising entertaining
All organising of domestic maintenence
A couple of house renovations
Organised All holidays
All Christmases/birthdays etc
Organised All other domestic issues
Have a full time professional job

My OH does the bins. They are heavy, I'm very weak. But I bring them in because I usually get in from work first and they are light when empty. It's that simple. I hate them being at the front of the house so I'd always bring them in.

I’m a single parent so don’t have the luxury of waiting for someone else to do it

Where did you want us to send the medal?

Neighbour's would leave their bins against our wall. When me and my DP wheeled their bins closer to their homes they got the hump. They should be grateful they don't have to wheel it to far to their door. Now we leave them where it is and they come and get them when they want.

Christ just focus on you own bins and let everyone else focus on theirs. Why are you even bothered?

Wherever you want to send it but I do think it’s ridiculous that grown women can’t bring their own bins in 🤦‍♀️

We don't set chores for each other like we are children we get things done. My children get set chores and they still complain.

@DoylyCarte

I hate doing bins and rubbish. Personally I do see the vast majority of potentially vile and filthy jobs I’d expect the man to do. I always judge a man who watches or goads his partner to do the grubby tasks. I just feel that seeing we’re in already in a patriarchy, why should we get the arse-end all the time?

Well, patriarchy is a theory. Men doing the vast majority of dangerous and dirty jobs in our society is fact.

I’m a wheelie bin princess AND a vacuum cleaner princess. You’d hate me!

I often walk past mine and I'm the only person living in my house! Sometimes my neighbour will bring it in for me.
I call him my bin bitch.

I walk past the bin when I get home with DS because I have enough on getting a baby and all his stuff and whatever shopping I've done in the house. DH literally gets out his car and walks through the door, he can bring the bin in with zero effort.

You don’t have a fucking clue who is disabled and able bodied op. Very few people know I’m disabled and qualify for a blue badge. I hide it as I am able to for the most part… only incredibly empathetic people notice enough to care.

Some woman yesterday when I was on a short dog walk yesterday smugly told me I should get a job. Really pleased with herself. When I told her I was too unwell, she basically told me her daughter didn’t have that luxury. Just horrible. All I want is my health. I would love to have a normal day free of pain and without hours of planning to do basic things like walking the dogs or making food.

There are some funny comments. But the message behind your thread is smug and unkind. You should really think about what you’re saying. You don’t have a clue who on your entire street is able bodied and who is not. Only one neighbour in my entire road knows and the rest don’t have a clue.

My (ex) (tall, strong) husband dislocated his knee bringing IN the bin(actually, his mother's). Hmm, oh dear.....

At the time, I had just found out he was seeing my (ex, best, only) friend, and the message (before mobiles) came to me just as I was setting off out on my horse. So, I still went....

Went to the hospital later (no issues with ambulances in those days either...) and he had a full length cast on - and, like you do, I wrote a message in bold, black capitals: "If you were a horse, they would have shot you".

I was bit of a bitch back then.