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Does anyone else live with a faff?

105 replies

ExplodingCarrots · 20/08/2019 12:19

(Lighthearted)

DH. A lovely man, great dad, lots of fun, caring, does more than his fair share of household chores, never raised his voice to me in the 12 years we've been together , but .....

He's a faff.

Me and DD are currently sat on the sofa ready to go out for lunch (which was planned yesterday ) but as we were about to leave DH decided he wanted to try and roll up an overgrown rose bush he pulled down yesterday and try and fit it in the car to take to the tip. So now we're sat like lemons waiting for him and he's been attempting to roll this thing up for half an hour. Now he's just come in and said it can't fit it in the car 🤦‍♀️.

His usual gems are :-

  • suddenly needing a poo as soon as Wev got coats on and are walking out the door even though he's been doing nothing for the past half hour waiting for me and dd to get ready.
  • he says get in the car I'll be there now but after 5 minutes there's no sign of him. You go back in the house and he's fixing something / cleaning something / suddenly looking for something.

Honestly he's lovely but it drives me nuts Grin

I end up getting in a flap over time and he's so so laid back.

Anyone else live with one of these??

OP posts:
Millymotto · 23/08/2019 00:59

It sounds like my teen DS in many ways. Sounds like a kind of OCD obsessive compulsive disorder thing .... it is v frustrating though ....

FaerieKiss · 23/08/2019 08:33

Expecting people to be punctual isn't controlling. It's basic good manners.

Zaphodsotherhead · 23/08/2019 09:51

FaerieKiss - he's turning into his father, and maybe you need to point this out.

And why on earth didn't (doesn't) everyone just eat without the 'toilet-goer' rather than sitting around starving and waiting for Little Lord EmptyArse to grace them with his presence? Make him eat alone a couple of times and it would probably sort out the toilet-before-dinner thing.

limitedperiodonly · 23/08/2019 19:21

I don't understand why you wouldn't eat as soon as your food is on the table. Unless you're at a state banquet and the faffer in the loo is the Queen.

CheckingOutTheQuantocks · 23/08/2019 20:07

Can't quite imagine HRH The Queen shuffling orf to the bog as soon as her ready meal is on the table. Prince Philip, on the other hand...

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