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To be driven round the bend by this...

26 replies

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 12:32

DH picks up the soap bottle and puts a dent in every time he uses it. Half the time he doesn't even bother washing his hands, but when he does, this is the result.
Why does he pick the fcker up??? Why??!!

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Morecatsarebetter · 30/01/2024 13:02

Why do men do half the nonsensical things around the house that they do? 🤷‍♀️ Folding a wet towel in quarters and expecting it to dry? Not putting the tea and coffee canisters back in line? Loads of random irritations to which I have no answer ☹️x

hanka · 30/01/2024 13:19

Or a dirty plate next to the dishwasher, or a knife in the sink rather than the aforementioned dw??? Why? Just why?? Every. Single. Time.
”Sorry, I forgot.” 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Makeitmakesensetoday · 30/01/2024 13:20

Half the time he doesn't wash his hands? That would be a far bigger issue for me the dirty bastard.

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 13:23

Well indeed @Makeitmakesensetoday - just one tip of a multifaceted iceberg.

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Makeitmakesensetoday · 30/01/2024 13:24

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 13:23

Well indeed @Makeitmakesensetoday - just one tip of a multifaceted iceberg.

Sounds like the straw that broke the camels back to me. Do you still want him around?

Jagley · 30/01/2024 13:27

This was my thoughts this morning! Although it's DS18 here. Maybe the bottle is weak as I have the same but in a different scent. Drives me mad!

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WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 13:31

@Jagley These things are fundamentally designed to be left standing on the shelf / sink allowing you just to press the pump down. Aaaaaaarrrrggghhh!!!!

@Makeitmakesensetoday There have been endless straws... I'm very much the broken camel. But I will rise again (once he's gone.)

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Makeitmakesensetoday · 30/01/2024 13:37

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 13:31

@Jagley These things are fundamentally designed to be left standing on the shelf / sink allowing you just to press the pump down. Aaaaaaarrrrggghhh!!!!

@Makeitmakesensetoday There have been endless straws... I'm very much the broken camel. But I will rise again (once he's gone.)

Good for you hopefully soon! The level of disrespect is huge, the little things become big things don't they. I'm super hygienic and I could never be with someone who doesn't wash their hands.

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 13:37

@Makeitmakesensetoday I better not mention the teeth then 😬

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Makeitmakesensetoday · 30/01/2024 13:38

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 13:37

@Makeitmakesensetoday I better not mention the teeth then 😬

🤢 please tell me you've made solid plans to kick him out/leave?!

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 13:41

I'm getting there @Makeitmakesensetoday I can't wait to be able to sleep again and not be immersed in a cloud of bad air like a medieval prison dungeon.

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Makeitmakesensetoday · 30/01/2024 13:42

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 13:41

I'm getting there @Makeitmakesensetoday I can't wait to be able to sleep again and not be immersed in a cloud of bad air like a medieval prison dungeon.

🤣🤣 the vision of that. Hilarious. Good for you, get rid of bad rubbish!

ShennyInfinity · 30/01/2024 13:44

Or why they have no idea how to put a new toilet roll on the holder?

Wednesdaysphiltrum · 30/01/2024 13:48

hanka · 30/01/2024 13:19

Or a dirty plate next to the dishwasher, or a knife in the sink rather than the aforementioned dw??? Why? Just why?? Every. Single. Time.
”Sorry, I forgot.” 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

My H put his dirty dinner plate and cutlery on the side. Above the dishwasher. The dishwasher door was open.

I just said “are you fucking kidding me?”

I don’t want to hear the whole “I’ll put it all in later when I’m finished.”

No. Put it in now so I don’t have to fucking look at the pile of shit you’re making throughout the day.

hanka · 30/01/2024 14:02

I used to do ironic introductions to dcs-
“DC, meet the dishwasher. DC - dw, dw - DC”

I got a few eye rolls but it’s beginning to stick now. They say they can feel my burning eyes on their backs if they don’t do it straightaway 😁

splatmouse · 30/01/2024 14:10

@Wednesdaysphiltrum Mine literally said on Sunday "what does it matter as long as it gets done?" I told him it fucking doesn't get done, that's the bloody point! And also that I had to make my dinner in a small frying pan because the pan I needed wasn't clean. It DOES matter.

hairbearbunches · 30/01/2024 14:23

I think, on balance, I'd take the pushed in soap dispenser (annoying as it is) over not screwing lids back on jars and bottles. I've learned a very hard, and messy, lesson over the years never to grab them by their tops if DH was the last person in their vicinity 😡

NotQuiteNorma · 30/01/2024 14:25

LTB

WinkyTinky · 30/01/2024 15:55

Just got home to find him wearing his cardigan inside out....

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HowDoTheyGetThroughLife · 30/01/2024 15:59

My husband -

cannot seem to be able to close a cupboard or drawer
leaves a (used) knife on tope of the butter dish
change a toilet roll (leaves the cardboard bit on the holder). The toilet rolls are next to the toilet.
put a towel or teatowel back on the rail
wipe the sink after doing the washing-up.

Morecatsarebetter · 30/01/2024 17:40

Another gem. Using the toilet roll up until there is only a tiny scrap of paper left on the cardboard, not replacing the roll and thinking that’s acceptable. wtf? Don’t worry; Mrs Miggins will do it

IloveAslan · 01/02/2024 07:52

Makeitmakesensetoday · 30/01/2024 13:37

Good for you hopefully soon! The level of disrespect is huge, the little things become big things don't they. I'm super hygienic and I could never be with someone who doesn't wash their hands.

Who on earth polices their other half's hand washing?? "Disrespect" - wtf???

I could never be with a super hygienic person, they would drive me to drink.

Fraaahnces · 01/02/2024 08:00

@WinkyTinky & @Jagley - there are two solutions to this problem. (The third is LTB, but this soap business as a reason wouldn’t look great in court.). There’s the wall-mounted, non-touch soap dispenser (that would undoubtedly be empty when you go to use it, but not bent…) and the stainless steel option which if bent by either of your wannabe Incredible Hulks, would at least hurt when you hurl it at them. *Also equal chance of being empty when you go to use it, as well.

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Ladyj84 · 01/02/2024 08:07

Dishwasher will wait till sink is full then transfer to dishwasher but I just pop things in as I go I hate that lol

Coffeeandcatsforlife · 01/02/2024 08:09

This is why I’m now single!