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AIBU?

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Husband leaves me a list of duties

162 replies

JanineCody · 22/02/2026 13:54

My husband of 18 years bought a little whiteboard a few weeks ago which goes on the fridge so you can write reminders for groceries etc on it but over the past week or so he's been leaving me a list of "duties" on it.

-(My name) "Pick up my suit from the dry cleaners."

-(My name) "Go to Supermarket and get those biscuits I like."

-(My name) " Iron my blue shirt for tomorrow."

-(My name) "Take chicken out of freezer to defrost."

AIBU for thinking I am not his slave?

OP posts:
Catwalking · 22/02/2026 18:26

Does husband think this is amusing?
Think my whiteboard would somehow go missing.

MrsChristmasHasResigned · 22/02/2026 18:28

Massive cross through the middle and in big red caps at the bottom STOP GIVING ME FUCKING ORDERS.

NeedWineNow · 22/02/2026 18:30

my response would be

(Husbands name) - Off you fuck

canuckup · 22/02/2026 18:41

What are your requests for him?

Ilovepastafortea · 22/02/2026 18:59

BIWI · 22/02/2026 17:56

Sick of these 'post and run' threads started by posters with no other history.

Disagree - it's rather fun.

OP probably digging a deep hole for a new patio. 😂

Miloarmadillo2 · 22/02/2026 19:31

Response to any rude request/demand in our house (and this is pretty f’ing rude) is ‘Tell me, what did your last slave die of?’
There’d be no nice biscuits for him for a while….

mathanxiety · 22/02/2026 19:34

I'd write 'shove whiteboard up H's arse' and consult a solicitor.

mathanxiety · 22/02/2026 19:37

RollOnSunshine · 22/02/2026 18:13

You have not provided us with enough information to make an informed judgement.

Basically - Do you work?

If you have a job then YANBU.
If you do not work YABU.

No, there is absolutely no context in which one grown adult in a relationship leaves a list of orders for the partner to carry out.

RollOnSunshine · 22/02/2026 19:42

mathanxiety · 22/02/2026 19:37

No, there is absolutely no context in which one grown adult in a relationship leaves a list of orders for the partner to carry out.

Oh behave.

If the husband it working 40 hours a week and she is sitting at home doing sweet fanny adams then he is not being unreasonable in the slightest.

But the point is there is absolutely zero context given.

notacooldad · 22/02/2026 20:42

Actually I can imagine a world where we have a list, we kind of do but it's in our messages, we've both been trying to book a Sunday lunch for weeks so we'll message each other if one of us is off 'if you get a chance can you call nd book Sunday lunch for next week and order the dogs medicine' then after work we'll see if we managed but it goes both ways and it's prompts but I can imagine one of getting a whiteboard and writing a weekly to do list for us collectively.

Sure, but there's a world of difference between someone saying ' if you get the chance' and leaving a list of demands.

Theres not a chance Dh would say
-(My name) "Pick up my suit from the dry cleaners."
-(My name) "Go to Supermarket and get those biscuits I like."
-(My name) " Iron my blue shirt for tomorrow.

BIWI · 22/02/2026 21:17

Ilovepastafortea · 22/02/2026 18:59

Disagree - it's rather fun.

OP probably digging a deep hole for a new patio. 😂

Edited

OP has apparently deregistered. So this is clearly a thread not started with the best of intentions.

HoskinsChoice · 23/02/2026 00:37

halftermhalfawake · 22/02/2026 18:23

I don't think op is coming back...maybe a job on the whiteboard was "make fake thread on MN"

😆 And yet we're on page 2 and people are still taking it seriously! 🤷‍♀️

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