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DH is hoovering Dad's teddies

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CoalCraft · 20/03/2022 10:09

He's doing a proper clean apparently Confused

YANBU = He's gone insane
YANBU = All teddies need hoovering occasionally and he's behaving completely normally

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TurtlesAndTropicalFish · 20/03/2022 11:33

This is the time to strike when the irons hot with a ‘while you’re at it, it would be wonderful for the {insert} oven to be cleaned/toilet de-scaled/mould on windows to be deep cleaned.

And follow up with. ‘I’m planning on making your favourite dish tonight’ to for moral support whilst he sorts everything 😃

PinaColada123456 · 20/03/2022 11:36

Do you mean vacuuming? Teddies shouldn't need vacuuming unless they are very dusty. A wipe over with a damp cloth should be enough.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 20/03/2022 11:58

He's a mere amateur.

I used to vacuum the dog.

Not a toy dog, a full sized Beagle who really enjoyed the sensation on his back - and it got out loads of the long, white hairs he would shed everywhere without this attention every Saturday morning. As long as I made sure to turn the suction down when it got close to his ears, he was happy as Larry.

CoalCraft · 20/03/2022 12:45

@TurtlesAndTropicalFish

This is the time to strike when the irons hot with a ‘while you’re at it, it would be wonderful for the {insert} oven to be cleaned/toilet de-scaled/mould on windows to be deep cleaned.

And follow up with. ‘I’m planning on making your favourite dish tonight’ to for moral support whilst he sorts everything 😃

Unfortunately DH is the primary cook and definitely prefers his own cooking to mine!!

I'm not completely lazy, I do all the other house cleaning, but the hoovering hurts my ears and back so DH usually does it.

@PinaColada123456 I sellotaped the tupperware lid closed the other day, then sharpie'd all over some post-its on the fridge. Unfortunately the post-it glue was no good so I had to blue tac them instead Grin

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sheiselectric · 20/03/2022 13:00

My mum used to put my teddies in a carrier bag and bung them in the freezer. To kill dust mites. So hoovering sounds totally normal to me!

2bazookas · 20/03/2022 13:22

I have machine-washed and tumble dried teddies and soft toys , then groomed them with a hairbrush.

(many times, after they got sicked on, chewed/licked by dog/visiting children, fell in lav/bath, left out in garden. It's a hard life being a teddy).

BoldMove · 20/03/2022 13:49

Tell him he now needs to bag them up individually and put them in the freezer overnight to do a thorough job!Wink

BoldMove · 20/03/2022 13:51

Just seen sheiselectrics post so it must be right. You now need a aibu to ask him to put them in the freezer.

SoyaChai · 20/03/2022 13:51

I would rather hoover them and wipe them down than put them in the washing machine. They take ages to dry properly and sometimes the stuffing goes lumpy. I have never put them in the washing machine.

Marvellousmadness · 20/03/2022 14:23

Complaining about your dh hoovering
Ai ai ai. Many on here would kill for a man actually lifting a finger Grin
Let the man hoover your dd's teddy's. Wink

RightOnTheEdge · 20/03/2022 14:46

@NeverDropYourMooncup

He's a mere amateur.

I used to vacuum the dog.

Not a toy dog, a full sized Beagle who really enjoyed the sensation on his back - and it got out loads of the long, white hairs he would shed everywhere without this attention every Saturday morning. As long as I made sure to turn the suction down when it got close to his ears, he was happy as Larry.

I wish my cat would let me do that!
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