My husband has got the grouting done.

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My husband has got the grouting done. Earlier he finished rubbing down the paintwork.
Does anyone else’s husband seek them out to tell you what they’ve done?
He did something in the garden yesterday I didn’t listen to what he said and I’ve just had to lie and say yes I do think it looks better.

If I don’t tell him everything I’m doing around the house and garden does that mean I haven’t done anything?
Like a tree falling in the middle of a forest.
I do love him. He’s so funny.

In this house if he either of us do that the other says "well done, medal ceremony at 12" it makes the point

Haha we have the weakly “it’s bin day tomorrow” announcement on a Wednesday night. I mentally roll my eyes as it pretty much the only thing he’s solely responsible for. If I did a roll call for my list it’d soon wear thin

This is what my Dh does. I usually just tell him
I'm busy. I hate being interrupted especially if I'm just sitting because if I am just sitting it's usually because I'm exhausted from doing 101 other jobs first!

That's an excellent fence to be fair👏

Maybe I'm in the minority but I would have no issue with this. Probably because mine doesn't do much and if he does, I have to ask him to!

Oh god, I've always worked from home full time but at the start of the pandemic dp was wfh full time too. I got 30 minute updates of what he had done, all day, for many many months... No one is that interested in spreadsheets!

@Isopodia Obsessed with this. I would want to hear every detail.

@qwertyasdfgzxcv I will send him round. He very rarely sits down. The kids always assume he’s up a ladder when they want to know where he is.

Could he come round and do mine?

I knew what this thread would be about from the title. This is my husband!
Do you have any medals hanging around? The kids have a couple of medals we offer him anytime he acts like this and we can (thankfully) all have a laugh about it.

Late DH used to do this when we first got married.
I used to pat him on the head & say "There's a good boy".
It soon stopped.

My husband does this and I am so glad I’m not alone!!

Every little thing he does I have to be informed he’s either done it or is about to do it…. Then I usually have to go and look after (for example mowing the lawn or washing the cars).

Ive started going a bit over the top and showing him when I’ve cleaned the toilet and when he gets home from work listing all the jobs I’ve done but he’s not taking the hint!! 😆

Anyone whose husbands are getting under their feet, please send them my way next bank holiday. I will very happily pop out from time to time and make impressed noises.
Dh has done the washing, and taken us out for lunch, but he's not the keenest on DIY and it normally takes me 3 months of asking, 3 months of nagging and about 6 weeks of threatening to get someone in to pay for it to be done.
He will probably mow the lawn at some point in the next 6 weeks before he finishes gardening for the summer. Tbf our lawn doesn't grow much beyond moss.

I just texted someone to tell them I had painted my radiators! Sometimes you just have to share!

Mine talked me through him plaiting my hair this morning…

Mine likes to hoover and leave the hover splayed across the floor as evidence of his excellence

We do the same and will stand and admire each other's work. If I've got three loads of washing done and line dried I will absolutely announce it because getting all that laundry dried in one day makes me feel like Goddess of Everything.

I have a day at home alone tomorrow. I’m going to have complete silence.

I bet he rings me to tell me what he’s doing.

I'm always telling DH that his washing machine is singing for him and when I've tidied my bedroom for him 😂😂😂 it's completely tongue in cheek. He does the "family" laundry and I am very untidy which drives him crazy.

To be fair I feel like I need some verbal encouragement over the laundry so fair play to him.

It’s the fucking proud face that gets me.

’I’ve done the dishwasher.’ Proud face
’I’ve put my trousers away’. Proud face
’I’ve just mowed the lawn.’ Proud face

Not to mention the ‘Come and see what I’ve done in the garden/kitchen/car! So you can tell me what a clever boy I’ve been!’. He seems to think that I actually want to leave my cuppa and book so that I can praise him. Fuck’s sake.

I tell my DH everything. Here's some things I've said to him recently:

"Look, I completed the grouting! Doesn't it look so much better?" (I have done lots of tiling in the house, I'm not taking the piss out of the title 😆)
"Look, I sanded that piece of wood in the hallway."
"Look at the five loads of laundry I've done today! So much washing!"
"Look, I hoovered the stairs. So much better, don't you think?"

Sometimes I feel like I do deserve a medal. Getting grouting right isn't as easy as putting everyone's pants in the right place.

When DH isn't available I'll phone my mum about it 🤣🤣

when I occasionally reach Laundry Zero, everyone hears about it

DH never makes it to Laundry Zero, but also doesn’t go on about it, so maybe he’s doing ok

My DS was doing this today - was driving me mad but I indulged him because (a) he is 14 and (b) he was making focaccia for the first time, which was pretty impressive