...to wonder why men can't close a cupboard door properly?

[GreenWithEnvy76]

Over 20 years with my ex and I almost got used to the fact he couldn’t shut a f’ing door properly or at all! Even a new kitchen with soft closers didn’t cure his phobia of seeing to it that the door was shut right. Separation was agony, but just when I thought I was recovering I let a new guy into my life, he stays over for the first time and kindly makes my morning brew. But it turns into The Amityville Horror when I go to the kitchen and discover he has the same affliction to my ex. Not one but 3 doors left ajar, WTF is wrong with them!?

My husband does that.
He takes after his mother. Who does exactly the same.

Because they are lazy fuckers who never have to deal with the consequences of their toddleresque behaviour.

I would never give another one houseroom.

Yes, yes I know not all men blah, blah blah.
Maybe not all, but enough to make it a defining breed characteristic.

It's not something DH does. If he did, I wouldn't just quietly close it for him, I'd ask him what he's doing leaving the cupboard doors open and he'd soon sort it because I wouldn't put up with it.

I am female and terrible at closing cupboards.

It's the bane of my domestic life.

Won't close a cupboard door properly or at all.

Won't fully close a drawer.

Won't fully close the microwave door.

Leaves fridge door open until it beeps.

Fucking SLAMS the car door shut.

SLAMS the laundry basket lid shut.

Won't switch off bathroom lights.

If he's the last one up, he'll leave one light on (we live on the 37th floor of an apartment building, there's no risk of burglary).

He'll sometimes even leave a candle burning.

Won't put his keys in the key tray by the front door, always next to it.

Has to have all his toiletries next to his sink and sometimes next to mine, not in the medicine cabinet in front of his face and above the sink like normal humans do.

I've accused him of commitment issues (which he doesn't have, but all the above suggests he absolutely does), of indecisiveness, of wanting to decapitate me, of thriving in mess and disorder. Nothing. I'm at the stage of sighing loudly and slamming doors shut while looking in his direction. That too will achieve nothing. It's just awful sharing space with him sometimes.

In this house it's me. I also leave windows open, keys in the door, car door open...

Partner is much better house-trained than me and despairs.

Dishwasher stuff piled on the worktop or thrown in upside down, sideways, shoved too close together 🙈

He uses the laundry basket??😂

DH and I were discussing this within the past hour. He knows he's guilty of it, and I believe he's not doing it intentionally, but he can't seem to consistently remember to close doors or drawers, and he does tend to leave lights on, as well. It can be infuriating, because he has an excellent memory in some matters (much better than my own), and he's capable of a lot, but for whatever reason, the good habits of closing things and turning things off elude him. I think it bothers me less now than it did 20 years ago, but there are still moments when I can't help but feel annoyed.

Fortunately, he has many good traits, as well, so I remind myself that I have my own set of irritating habits that he has to endure.

See also not closing lids on jars or bottles properly. All of DH family just loosely place them back on. DH has got slightly better since I flipped after shaking a bottle of mouthwash all over the bathroom because he didn't screw the lid back on.

3 cupboards on our upstairs Landing
Every sodding day my DH leaves 1 open 🤷‍♀️

Apparently I've done this all my life and never realised. It was only when DS moved back home from uni that he asked me why I always leave cupboard doors open. I then started to notice it. I now try not to but I do still do it.

I'm a very tidy person apart from that.

My husband has (many) faults but he can definitely close cupboard doors and moans like mad if other people don't. He's also good at turning off lights and if he goes to bed before me every light in the house is off.

He's a hoarder which, in my book, is much worse. I fight the clutter wars on a daily basis.

OMG this too!! DD and DH both do this. Just rest a screw-top lid on top of the jar and put it back in the cupboard, or at best do a half turn at an angle. DD getting better after the Ovaltine went everywhere one morning and I dragger her out of bed to come clean it up. DH - nada. Nothing.

My DD is a delight - smart, funny, pretty and talented. And utterly incapable of closing a fucking cupboard door. DS and I have followed her around the kitchen closing doors after her and she still doesn't twig.

Sometimes, I walk into the kitchen and announce that we must have poltergeist because so many cupboard doors are wide open.

I feel you.

My husband will never change. If the mouthwash spills, he is incapable of cleaning it up, so I have stopped buying mouthwash.

Yep I always say I walk into the kitchen like Toni Collette in Sixth Sense!