To wonder at the "Mysteries of my House" with photo ..

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Feel free to join in with your own mysteries .... I've got several, but I'll kick off with this one:

Mystery One.
How can my DH get the dirty plates to the worktop above the (empty) dishwasher, but not be arsed to open the door and pop them in? .... How? Just how? ... it's a mystery to me...

In our house we stack all the plates above the dishwasher and then my DH loads it all in at the end of the day while I'm settling DD to bed. You fit more in the machine that way and only get your hands dirty once.

So glad I don't live with someone who takes photos of my untidiness and posts it on the Internet to have a gripe! If you're not compatible then just leave him, life's too short

I can’t take a photo as too outing but my mystery is the house itself.

How could an architect who has many years of study behind them think a family home ( designed for 2 adults two children) can make do with only one useable sized room downstairs? I have a hallway, downstairs loo, tiny kitchen and living dining room.
There is no space in the kitchen for even a foldable table and stool so everything has to be done in one room. Kids, dogs, guests, work, dining, tv. It’s nuts.
It’s also supposed to be a“home for life” design with a wider hallway and doors in case someone needs a wheelchair at some and has to sleep downstairs.

In my house it’s finished toilet role tubes being left on the bathroom windowsill rather than being placed in the bathroom bin, which is closer to the toilet than the window sill.

Feel your pain OP. I make a point if unloading the clean dishwasher first thing in the morning and stuff still gets left on the side. I don't understand the logic of leaving it on the side to move into the dishwasher later. Why handle it twice? Put it in the right place first time!

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I don't know OP, my OH fills the dishwasher as he goes along and I don't think it's the best idea. It's not the most efficient use of space so we end up running it more often.

@lightisnotwhite surely you chose to live their though??

Lovely pic with extra points for the topical beer

Surely you all know that the dishwasher / loo roll / washing fairies do all of these jobs? They do in my house apparently!

@Mummy1608

In our house we stack all the plates above the dishwasher and then my DH loads it all in at the end of the day while I'm settling DD to bed. You fit more in the machine that way and only get your hands dirty once.

So glad I don't live with someone who takes photos of my untidiness and posts it on the Internet to have a gripe! If you're not compatible then just leave him, life's too short

How do you fit more on the machine? The machines capacity doesn't change.

The whole point of a dishwasher is to keep it tidy not have things piled up.

I agree OP that drives me bananas, when it's done in this house I ask the offender who he thinks is going to do it ,the dishwasher fairy?

@lightisnotwhite - oh gosh, you've beaten mine (which was lightheaded) ... assume it wasn't your DPartner who was the architect?

@Crunchysnap That's nothing! My DH doesn't even take the finished loo roll off and put the new loo roll on the holder. Instead he balances it on top of the holder/empty loo roll.

@Mummy1608 sorry but that method is bonkers.

I don't understand how you get dirty hands from putting an object that you have just been using anyway into a dishwasher?

My fridge and pantry are magic.

A naughty wizard must have put a spell on them because now I'm the only person who can see what is in there. If DH or DS are hungry and look into the magic fridge or the magic pantry all they see is a swirly vortex and then they cry out in frustration "there's nothing to eat" or "why is there no food?". I feel dreadful for them.

If anyone knows how I can contact the relevant wizard and get the spell reversed, I'd be ever so grateful.

[quote MrsTophamHat]@Mummy1608 sorry but that method is bonkers.

I don't understand how you get dirty hands from putting an object that you have just been using anyway into a dishwasher?[/quote]
I agree. And even if you do need to wash your hands or run your fingers under a tap after you bung something in does it matter? Surely that’s better than having dirty stuff all over the side. We put everything in as we go and then turn it on when it’s full.

No photo but a pile of washing in the bathroom floor next to a washing basket.. How difficult is it to lift a lid?

I have already trained my DS9 to change the loo roll if it runs out. I'm currently on the "things get put back in their place" training regime

[quote MrsTophamHat]@Mummy1608 sorry but that method is bonkers.

I don't understand how you get dirty hands from putting an object that you have just been using anyway into a dishwasher?[/quote]
Agreed.

Who wants dirty crockery and cutlery sitting on the worktop all day? That’s grim.

@Santahatesbraisedcabbage

No photo but a pile of washing in the bathroom floor next to a washing basket.. How difficult is it to lift a lid?

My dh drops his washing on the floor and he has to walk past the laundry basket to do it. I have a rule that I only wash whatever is in the basket. Doesn't change him and suits me as I have less washing to do 😝 Eventually he has to do his own washing.

This is one of many mysteries in my house, luckily I have special glasses which enables me to 'not see it' or I'd go insane

[quote MrsTophamHat]@Mummy1608 sorry but that method is bonkers.

I don't understand how you get dirty hands from putting an object that you have just been using anyway into a dishwasher?[/quote]
From eg scraping out the food waste from it.

It works for both of us, that's what matters! But OP and her DH don't seem to have aligned views on their dishwasher methods. As I say, I couldn't live with that level of daily grief. Either get him to change, let it go, or let him go.

Male entitlement is not a mystery & could be eradicated if women refused to facilitate.

Dishwasher and washing basket fairy here!
Yes, another whose DH's idea of tidying up is dumping dirty crockery on the worktop above the dishwasher. Drives me bonkers.
And the avalanche of washing spilling down from the top of an empty washing basket is a sight to behold 😞

My teenage son has (a) a bin and (b) a laundry basket in his bedroom. However rubbish is shoved behind items of furniture rather than in the bin, which must be more effort. I've figured that this "effort" is to try and avoid/delay the Herculean labour of bringing the bin down for emptying once it is full.

Meanwhile the dirty laundry is strewn across the floor or kicked under the bed. DH does the laundry but will only wash what's in the basket. When asked son will confirm that there's "nothing" to go in the basket. Eventually he'll run out of clothes and being down a brimming full basket and then piss and moan that he can't go out because he has "nothing to wear". At least I think that's what he says as we are usually laughing loudly at this point.

@Mummy1608 it’s something annoying that her husband does, I’m not sure it shows the world that they’re completely incomparable and that the marriage is over and they should split up. Even for Mumsnet this is A Bit Much.

@Sunflowersinthewind

I have already trained my DS9 to change the loo roll if it runs out. I'm currently on the "things get put back in their place" training regime

Come back in 4 years time and you too will be posting pictures of loo roll tubes on the back of the loo
You will keep their bedroom doors shut to keep the pong inside and wonder where all your glasses are.