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 a proper bin princess. No reason why I walk past it beyond 'I can't be arsed'. DH put it out so he can bring it in. I also leave barking to the dog.

I can walk past it quite easily because these are my DH's 'jobs':

1. Bins
2. Dog walk
3. Mowing the lawn

My jobs are:

Literally. Every. Other. Fucking. Thing

So yes, I can walk past an empty bin.

DH walks past a full washing basket maybe 15 times a day, I should get him a crown for being such a prince about it all.
Or I go back to not caring because he has his jobs, I have mine and that works great for us both.

I'm not a princess because I don't do bins, ffs. Judgy git.

The bloke at no.100 isn't a pwincess but he is a seriously annoying man. He leaps into his car every morning with all the pumped up masculine energy of a 1980s Tom Cruise movie. Unfortunately he must use up all of his energy being very very important at work because the twat is clearly too exhausted to EVER remove his FUCKING wheeliebins from the middle of the pavement.

He is a twat and I loathe him. Yes I fully accept that IABU but I care not.

If I'm going to be given a title I'd rather be Sweetheart of the Rodeo than a Wheelie Bin Princess.

How dare men empty bins!

I'm going to start a petition.

Sometimes my elderly neighbour puts my bins back. How do you feel about that OP?

disclaimer I often put hers back. It just depends who goes out first

Lots of strong opinions! Tbh - I get it in the neck every Thursday from my mum (who is 82 and has arthritis) who puts out her bins and takes them in quickly- because she can because she's retired. The bin men leave the bins NDN's driveway most weeks. DM has a young next door neighbour who walks past the bin on mum's driveway. DM can't understand why she can't at least move it nearer her house instead. DM thinks its inconsiderate behaviour - is she too old school?
Total coincidence that my NDN is also a WBP

My NDN and I are both at home at the moment and it’s turned into a race to see who can get to them first after they’ve been emptied.
I’m not sure if that makes us awesome or losers. Or maybe awesome losers?
He is male and I’m female. Doesn’t make much difference where I live.

It's Wheelie Bin Queen, actually.

Me and DH spilt pretty much every job 50/50 or just do whatever needs doing. The only exceptions are the bins that he does and the ironing that I do (admittedly this is pretty minimal these days now we're both working from home). It works for us and I don't much care if you disapprove.

The only one acting like a princess about the bin is you!

I often walk past mine if I have my toddler in his pram. I'm not lugging my bin round the back with my pushchair! Partner will grab it when he comes back from work because you know he has a spare pair of hands. Sorry to disappoint you.

You sound a bit attached to your bin.

I'm also a car princess. DH does all maintenance, changes the tyres, cleans it inside and out, and even goes out on a Sunday to fill it up for me. I could do it all myself but why would I when he happily skips off to do it for me.

I always do our rubbish, bags and wheelie bins.

It’s definitely a ‘pink’ job here -like every other job in the house- 🙄

@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

Wot you sayin' then You middle class?

LMAO

I haven't touched a bin in 4 years. It's not gendered because I have some crap jobs too. It doesn't make me a 'princess'.

Bugger, strike through fail 😂

It's a gender neutral job but yabu. I don't think I've ever noticed who puts the bins out on my street. My DH usually does it, but there's jobs I do that he doesn't. I don't know why you care how strangers split their household chores.

My husband does the bins cause it’s one of the very few jobs he does and I really struggle to get the general bin (it tends to be heavy) down the few steps of our garden without it tipping over 😂

JUdging by Mn, a lot of women don't ever have anything to do with the bins because their useless misogynist spouses don't do anything except put out the bins, which, along with occasional DIY and grass mowing, constitutes their sum total contribution to the running of the household.

It's completely ridiculous, of course, but in their minds, bins are a Man Thing. While cleaning, cooking, childcare, laundry are things that are 'naturally' done by someone with a vagina.

I honestly couldn’t tell you what day ours go out
My partner couldn’t tell you what cycles the washer does
Swings and roundabouts really

You've drawn the short straw there. Doing the washing throughout the week is way more work than doing the bins on one day.

DH mainly does the bins but I'm happy to do them if walking past at the right (wrong?) time. He also does the ironing and general dusting and tidying. I do lawn mowing, cooking and bathrooms. Washing is whoever notices it first and is around to do it.

That’s so weird my local Facebook page this morning was grumbling about missing the bin man because she was busy doing ‘pink jobs’. Baffled. What on earth is a pink job? Are bins a blue job? Does my uterus prevent me from touching? Have I missed a leaflet?

Did you conduct a survey to find out what these princesses think or are you psychic?

@reallifegetsintheway2

You lost me at 'I live in a naice, middle class area.'

NAICE is right up there with spider willies... Naff, overused, and ten years out of date.