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Is it just my H that does this? If not, does it piss you off too?

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Bogeyface · 10/10/2011 01:36

He has a habit of really playing down the little things that I sometimes have to do for/with the kids. Such as dropping off forgetten lunches/PE kits/Swimming bags, party drop offs and pick ups, bathtime when combined with nit combing Hmm, etc. "Well it only takes 5 minutes..." actually no it doesnt, as I have to get the baby out too and we all know how long that can take! And nit combing takes an hour per child as they all have v long hair.

But when he does any of the above himself, he wants the Victoria effing Cross! He does it, and will often offer to do it, its nice that i dont have to ask. Its the fucking martyred air he takes on that drives me up the frigging wall, that and the fact that I am a SAHM so he never has to take the baby with him, just grabs his coat and off he goes. Oh and bringing it up in a row, until I point out that he isnt "helping me out", we are a family and therefore everything is 50/50 unless he counts me cooking his dinner or doing his washing as helping HIM out. Funnily enough, he always backs down after I say that! When he does the martyr bit I say back to him what he says to me "oh but it only takes 5 minutes!" with a wry smile so he knows I am taking the pee, but really, it does bug me.

But my perception is a bit off as we have had a bad time in the last 3 months, so if I am over reacting then I would appreciate being told!

OP posts:
PrimaBallerina · 10/10/2011 15:02

It's definitely not just yours OP!

DH does hardly anything around the house and if he does do me any small favours says things like 'I got your washing in off the line as it was raining'. I'm expected to be super grateful for this!

Even more infuriating is when he says 'why don't you leave that?' (the ironing or whatever). Not because he's going to do it but because the ironing board is obscuring his view of the TV so he'd rather I did it at another time!

It blows up every couple of months but nothing changes. No idea how it will ever change, he's a really good man otherwise so I'm not going to leave him over it exactly but it makes me AngryAngryAngry.

Booooooyhoo · 10/10/2011 20:57

prima my dad used to say the " i got your washing in line" to my mum if he had been home early. i called him on it one day and said " i notice you also brought your own and Dsis's in aswell, so it wasn't just a favour you were doing for mum was it?" he tried to make a joke out of it saying "yes that's how good i am , i look after everyone else aswell as just thinking of myself" but the point got across and he has started doing it now without even mentioning to her that he did it. she would never dream of walking in with teh basket and saying "i've brought your washing in love"

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