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

I'm perfectly capable of doing the bins. However, it is one of DH's household jobs.

I already do more than him because I work less hours and from home. I'm not particularly inclined to sort the bins out as well as everything else that I do , even though it might involve me walking past them during the day, as DH will do it when he's home.

Sounds like you've hit a nerve here, OP...

Men’s work here , he does very little as it is so happy to defer responsibility to him plus he is up early to put them out before van comes

Is it that the women think it's a 'man's job' or more that it's one their partners will accept as such and do? If a bloke won't do his fair share of household chores then it's better he does the bins and mowing than the woman has to do everything.

I walk past mine with the pram and an older child, and then quote often it does get left until the DH gets home as the bins near us are left all over the street, and to do the bin hunt with 2 kids left inside isn't the best idea!

I wouldn't say it is a 'blue' job, just something that isn't on my radar as I walk in with 2 kids and a pram full/car full of stiff after a busy day at work!

For 50 years we've been trying to pretend men and women are the same.

Other than making lots of people miserable and pitting the sexes against each other needlessly I really don't see what we've gained from this nonsense.

Seems kind of like a good time to admit that, yes, men and women are different and let them get on with the things that suit them.

I can’t pull a wheels bin and a pram at the same time, same with toddler on bike/scooter/walking. I also don’t want to handle the bin, then my toddler/pram etc to get him in the house. If I’m along I bring them in, otherwise I wait till I’m free to do it. Guess I’m a princess but why do you care? Does it make you feel better about yourself to be so judgemental?

In my house the bins and mowing the lawn are DHs job. Not for me thanks. Would rather clean the bathrooms than bring deal with the bins or recycling.

Than deal* apologies for any random words in my post

“In my naice area a neighbour stares at me when I walk past a bin. I believe she is keeping notes on whether DH or I bring it in. AIBU to report to the police or the council? She’s making me uncomfortable.”

@Annasgirl

I agree OP, I never understand women who thinks bin = man’s job. But, as usual, I am in a minority on MN 🤨

It's not that it's "man's job" or "woman's job". As perfectly demonstrated here, it's a whole myriad of reasons from "can't" to "don't want to", bypassing "bin wars" on the way 🤷🏻‍♀️

I usually am coming back to the house , holding baby /car seat, with toddler , toddler paraphernalia, bags etc. OH is much more often than me coming home empty handed , therefore it's easier for him to bring in the bins. Maybe this is the reason why you see it, especially as you said women with kids/pushchairs.

@SmidgenofaPigeon

I could easily walk past a bin and not do anything 😂

This.....yep

YABU

Whilst DH is putting the bins out and sorting the recycling I'm meal planning and filling the basket for my grocery delivery which DH then unpacks and puts away the next morning.

Is that a satisfactory divide of jobs for you OP, or do we need to work on our pink and blue jobs?

Are you saying there isn’t one single task in your life that you walk past/leave for your partner to do?
Because you just be very very busy if you do absolutely every thing.

OP, have considered that he probably does nothing else?

@CBUK2K2 you’re taking rubbish (pun).

On our house DH sorts all the bills too 🙊

Different strengths. I’ve no head for the numbers and we’d probably end up with a CCJ if left up to me.

I do all the cooking.

This is curtain twitching extreme. . .

Its a mans job. Like changing lightbulbs.

Theresa May is a bin princess.

One of my Wheely bins is quite heavy and I actually can't manage it so I'm a princess every other bin day 😄

This is all sounds very Essex. One of our games to pass the time in traffic is looking out for cars with a man and woman in the front seats where it's the woman driving. It's rarer than hen's teeth, and should get 5,000 points in car cricket.

In Essex, Real Men won't be driven by ladies, and Nice Ladies don't dirty their hands with vehicles unless there's no other choice

DH has 2 jobs in our house and the bins is one of them. He slacks in other areas so I refuse to bring them in, he can do it, therefore it's his job - end to end.

This is us. I could perfectly well do the bins but I'm not doing one of the very few jobs he has actually signed on to doing.

Tell you what's more annoying!
When you drag the bin to the end of the drive before he gets home from work, and he drags it back down when it hasn't even been emptied.
Tool!

^ clue is in the name

It’s DH’s job to do the bins - so he empties the inside bins and separate them into the containers - but I actually put them out as they’re meant to be out before 7 and I get up first. He used to put them out the night before but seagulls / foxes / wind make a mess and I’m up early anyway. Whoever goes past them first brings them in. We don’t have wheelie bins though, only smaller bags for different types of rubbish.