AIBU?
Don't want DH sitting on kitchen island/worktops - AIBU?
BearBirdBaboon · 21/09/2022 21:30
Do the adults who live in your house sit ON the kitchen island or worktops?
YABU - it's OK for them to sit on the kitchen island/worktops
YANBU - they should sit somewhere else
Am I being unreasonable?
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Violettaa · 21/09/2022 21:31
I do. My trousers (and the worktop) are clean, and I’m not going to damage it. I don’t see a problem.
yogonop · 21/09/2022 21:34
As long as he doesn't do it in his outerwear and cleans it before cooking/eating id say it's fine
mum11970 · 21/09/2022 21:36
Don’t do it very often as there isn’t much without wall cupboards and there are plenty of seats in my kitchen but I’ll climb on them to reach the top of the wall cupboards. Everyone used to sit on the worktop in my friends house when we were kids. Wouldn’t bother me in the slightest.
LadyMonicaBaddingham · 21/09/2022 21:36
yogonop · 21/09/2022 21:34
As long as he doesn't do it in his outerwear and cleans it before cooking/eating id say it's fine
So if he does it in his pants it's fine? 🤢
clowerina · 21/09/2022 21:36
I wouldn't be bothered personally. Sounds like you're being uptight.
mynameiscalypso · 21/09/2022 21:38
I do it. It's a bit high to get on comfortably but if I'm chatting in the kitchen, I'll happily hop up.
Sunnyqueen · 21/09/2022 21:39
I've always sat on kitchen work tops at other people's as well as my own. No better place to be on a Friday night with some wine and the chewnes on!
Try it some time.
Snoopsnoggysnog · 21/09/2022 21:40
I used to do this as a child, but I wouldn’t be happy about it now. I think it’s unhygienic, I would not sit on the worktop wearing trousers I’d been out in all day and sat on the tube on the way home 
boak
Snoopsnoggysnog · 21/09/2022 21:42
I also don’t like it when people come round and put their handbag on my kitchen table. Yuck! No idea where bags have been - on the floor of restaurants or a public loo, floor of tube etc. I always politely move them away or hang them up.
NellesVilla · 21/09/2022 21:42
OP, your post made me chuckle as it immediately reminded me of Harry in SATC daring to sit nude on Charlotte’s pristine couch. The horror on her face as the thought of the skid marks!
bellac11 · 21/09/2022 21:44
No way would I have this.
I was brought up that this wasnt allowed. Its where you prepare food. Would you sit all over the kitchen table?
I cant stand it when I see kids (its usually kids) sitting all over their parents worktops
LuckyLil · 21/09/2022 21:46
Unless he's naked at the time I can't get excited about it myself.
Rowen32 · 21/09/2022 21:46
I love sitting on the worktop! Obviously only in clean clothes..
mynameiscalypso · 21/09/2022 21:48
bellac11 · 21/09/2022 21:44
No way would I have this.
I was brought up that this wasnt allowed. Its where you prepare food. Would you sit all over the kitchen table?
I cant stand it when I see kids (its usually kids) sitting all over their parents worktops
Of course I'd sit on a kitchen table (so long as it was sturdy enough to hold my weight).
sheepdogdelight · 21/09/2022 21:51
Totally fine.
Surely you don't generally put food straight onto the kitchen worktop when you prepare it, anyway?
thebluehen · 21/09/2022 21:51
I'm with you op.
I have chairs in my kitchen. There is never any need to sit on the worktops. Aside from the hygiene issues, it also means everyone else has to crane their neck to talk to them.
titchy · 21/09/2022 21:51
bellac11 · 21/09/2022 21:44
No way would I have this.
I was brought up that this wasnt allowed. Its where you prepare food. Would you sit all over the kitchen table?
I cant stand it when I see kids (its usually kids) sitting all over their parents worktops
Surely you prepare food on chopping boards not the worktop 
Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 21/09/2022 21:53
Get a cat. Then there will be no room for your DH to sit on kitchen surfaces.
Luredbyapomegranate · 21/09/2022 21:55
Snoopsnoggysnog · 21/09/2022 21:42
I also don’t like it when people come round and put their handbag on my kitchen table. Yuck! No idea where bags have been - on the floor of restaurants or a public loo, floor of tube etc. I always politely move them away or hang them up.
Dinner round at yours sounds v relaxed..
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