Entitled men/women. Have you any corkers? I have plenty of examples :-)))

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Pretty lighthearted thread to laugh at some of the crap we have to put up with from the master race. It's nice to know I'm not alone!

H used to complain if I served up his dinner too hot, as in 'and now I've burnt my mouth'. he wouldn't dare say this now, he'd be wearing it

Or 'I was trying to have a shower but it was cold, didn't you hear me calling (no, I was outside) ...why is it cold....the washing machine and dishwasher are going, ....but I was going to have a shower.... I'll try to brush up on my mind reading skills and in the meantime check your fecking self

I could go on of course, but give me your absurdity to laugh at please

I'm another woman who was very clueless about housework when I met my husband. My parents were super-clean and tidy and we had a cleaner. All chores were done very efficiently and I never paid any attention to them.

I was aware when living away from home that things got messy and dirty and I could do the obvious chores like washing up after dinner but I didn't know how to clean well, what cleaning materials to use or, most importantly, how to establish an organised routine to keep things under control. It wouldn't have occurred to me to dust or polish or clean skirting boards. I only knew to squirt toilet duck in the bowl, not to actually clean the rest of the toilet. I'm honestly not stupid and I have a job that requires me to be organised but housework is still something of a blind spot. Partly because I hate it and I am quite lazy.

My parents split housework equally between them but didn't teach us how to do it ourselves. My husband's mother did it all, but taught her children and got them doing chores when old enough. Hence, my husband actually showed me how to clean, taught me how to cook and still does at least half of it even though he works ft and I'm pt. He's always got up with the babies in the night as well and done plenty of nappies etc. He is not still automatically expecting someone else to do it all and I can be guilty of slipping back into that habit. I'm very aware of this though and fully understand that I need to contribute equally, but I would argue that it isn't a gender issue.

My mother wouldn't let me do anything in the house (not that she was particularly houseproud), including cooking. I think this was so that she could continue to tell me how useless I was. I still think I can't cook or keep a place tidy/clean, even though I'm probably ok at it now.

This thread is making me so happy to be single...
Can't help it but I properly laughed out loud about the man receiving exactly half of his furniture following a break up!

Also, a pie chart !
I like a spreadsheet but a pie chart !

I had an ex who complained that when I cooked the windows steamed up.

Also moaned about me sitting wrongly on cushions.

Also complained that The Times didn't burn as well as The Sun for paper for the fire.

Hence ex!

Re:- socks, next time starch the hell out of them and just for fun...do origami with them. evil

CluckingBelle I am so very sorry about your baby and I hope you had someone other than that selfish, hurtful bastard to lean on.

A relation of DH's (this person has a blue badge) parked in a disabled space in the community hospital car park during their lunch clinic hours purely and simply for this person to eat lunch in the cafeteria. The clinic is busy with people at lunchtimes and the disabled spaces are at a premium anyway. There was no clinical reason for this individual to be there.

A moment of levity: back in my uni days, I made sure nothing would clash with time with (ex)wife - kept weekends for her / family time and occasionally went out mid week with uni friends.
Getting ready one evening (putting my coat on) while she was upstairs in "office" prepping for next day as teacher: lesson plans etc- she got very very huffy that I was going out and abandoning her. When I pointed out tht she was the one who had said she didn't want to be disturbed for th evening to concentrate on work, I was told I was being selfish - and that she might want to take a quick break for a coffee later and I should stay in just in case, to keep her company...

And she did sulk for several days after when I smiled and went out anyway.

I've just remembered something I did as a child!

We used to go to se my grandparents on my mum's side every Sunday, and when we left my Grandpa would usually give a pound note (remember those!) to me and my sis. I guess I was about 8 or 9 and one day as we were leaving the usual treat hadn't been handed out so I said...

"Erm, haven't you forgotten something Grandpa?" Then I rubbed my finger and thumb together in the traditional "pay up!" gesture!

Oh God cluckingBelle. I'm so sorry.

That's awful belle, very sorry about your baby. Hope you are no longer with the man who acted so horribly.

Thank you ladies. I am no longer with him thankfully Although it took some time after to have the strength to leave him, this was a pivotal point in our relationship where I began to see him for who he really is. I gradually stopped compromising myself for him.

Oh so glad you left him!

my friend is 27 y/o works full-time, he lives at home, rent free, with his mother and she regularly gives him lifts to and from wherever he pleases.

Perhaps once or twice a month, he will often make her drive 50 minutes away in the morning and expect to be picked up at night again the same day. He can't see any issue with his mother having to spend almost four hours getting him and from places! And when I asked at one point how much petrol money he gives her, his response was "Why would I give her petrol money, it's her car?"

My Ex used to get angry when I sneezed. I get allergies so sometimes I would sneeze 9 or ten times in a row, she would look at me in disgust and say "FFS".

Got to the point where I would leave the room every time I wanted to sneeze.

Also I used to snore, she would get v angry and insist I woke up until she fell to sleep

RegTheMonkey1

Your MIL = my FIL.
We have to sit in silence while he watched bloody Dad's Army or Morse repeats he's seen a million times before.
If he is ganged up on, as me, DP & BIL want to watch something, he huffs and puffs before loudly announcing he's going to bed.
Even if it's 8pm

My husband hoards shirts. He washes in bulk, leaves them in a massive pile and irons as he requires them. It drives me absolutely off my rocker. One day, I decided to do him a favour and I spent hours ironing over 40 shirts. About a week later he complained that I had ironed creases down the sleeves. Apparently not the 'done thing' I Neely ironed his face.

One from my exH. When asked about his infidelity he said "Well I thought that since I have the successful job and the wife and family I was entitled to a mistress too".

Sadly I did not see things his way!

I pity whoever my brothers marry! They have never made so much as a cup of coffee, have been actively taught by their mother that they should be waited on hand and foot and seriously believe that their future spouses will continue with this farce.

(Quite how they will cope with marriage I dont know...unless they plan on taking their brides to live in the family home, neither have lived away or even travelled without a parent)

Arsehole xp who was caught speeding at 30mph above speed limit then blamed me as he was returning from driving me to work!!

(That makes me sound entitled, getting a lift to work...he always insisted in driving me everywhere in case my eye wandered. We split up when I caught him cheating).

My Ex used to get angry when I sneezed. I get allergies so sometimes I would sneeze 9 or ten times in a row, she would look at me in disgust and say "FFS".

I do this to my dh

Dust really gets him going, but the fucker puts extra emphasis onto his sneezes to make us jump then continues to hype up the drama. Fuck off with the disproportionate 9 sneezes.