to want to punish DH for this..........

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yesterday i discovered the words 'CLEAN ME' on a mirror in the house

DH is definitely the culprit
do i qualify as a lazy slattern?

do i need to MN less and do more housework .......No

would your DH do this or is mine too cheeky? what punishment would be suitable for him?

I would write a message back to him saying

"you do it if it bothers you that much"

Stick a note to his back saying 'KICK ME'

SHAVE ME

in toothpaste on his arse

He could have cleaned it himself in the time it took to write that.

This is not about your cleaning standards, it is about his rudeness.

My dh draws stick men in the dust sometimes.

I don't take offence, I clean it when I feel like it (have coal fire so gets v v dusty every day excuse)

"I am an arse" written across his forehead in permanent marker while he's sleeping would be a good start.

thanks girls, i was cross yesterday and he obviously thought it would be funny to write that.

i can see the funny side today but wondered what fellow MNers thought.

Sure he was only having a laugh. Not an especially funny one as we can all be a little touchy when our lack of house work is pointed out to us.

I would leave it there and see if he comments on it.

It's only offensive if you think it's your responsiblity to keep the house clean. He might have been making a comment on the state of the house in general - not as a dig at you. I'd choose to take it that way if i were you. If you get uppity it makes it OK for him to comment without doing anything about it.

it isn't "our lack of house work" is it? it's his job as much as yours. I wouldn't see the funny side if my dh did that to be honest.

Add to it, so it reads - CLEAN ME, DH'S NAME.
See if he finds that funny.

it could have been worse. he could have written "If only my wife was this dirty"

saw that written in the dirt on the back of a van once. very funny.

thanks ladies - need to do school run.

@ Pfftthemagicdragon

Hmm, I'm a bit old school and think that if one person works f/t and the other either not at all or p/t then the latter should do the housework.

I know I'm probably a dinosaur. My dh doesn't really give a stuff about dust so I do the cleaning when it suits me (on the 2 days off during the week while he's slaving away at the pit face)