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confused, annoyed (and hungry)

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illbethereforyou1 · 10/10/2019 23:44

Hi, I'm hoping people out there could shed some light on this issue albeit it might be minor and I'm probably being a bit daft it's starting to get to me.
Living with my OH for 2 years now & the agreement was that I'm the cleaner he's the cook. I clean our flat spotless twice a week, he probably cooks once a week so the rest of the week it's a bit all over the place like he'll grab a wrap from the shop & I'll put something in the oven. The last few months when he gets home from work he'll sit down we'll catch up & then he or I will ask what each other fancies for dinner, decision gets made then when he doesn't move I assume he's tired so of course I offer to cook but get told 'no, I'm doing it, just let me finish watching this' then this goes on for a couple of hours by which point I go in the kitchen to start & he'll say go sit down I'll do it but he doesn't! I have digestive problems (IBS) & don't want to eat late at night so by the time he eventually goes to cook I say no thanks & go to bed. It's not just with cooking though, for instance : bin night.. we'll have 2 or 3 bags to take out the front & around 8/9pm I'll remind him, I get the usual 'I'll do it later' to which I say ' I'll do it now in case you forget' but no... he insists on doing it so I leave him to it. Wake up the next day bin men have been & ours are still in our bin! This is happening a lot & my mom said I should just DO it all & not listen to him but that seems a bit unfair considering I will then be cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing & taking out the bins. Any idea's what I should do? Thanks for reading.

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SignedUpJust4This · 11/10/2019 19:16

Telling him nagging is a word invented by lazy arseholes who cant do stuff on their own with a mummy to remind them. Hes an absolute twat.

Zaphodsotherhead · 11/10/2019 20:16

That' cleaning up, ostentatiously, when guests were round was exactly what my XH used to do. Which made it worse in a way, it showed that he knew what he should be doing, he just couldn't be bothered to do it for me. He'd only do it when he thought onlookers would comment on what a great husband he was...

But for me? Bleh, what was the point in helping me? Why have a wife and clean yourself...

Jog22 · 11/10/2019 20:45

Well you certainly won't be feeling like sex if you have stomach ache because erratic eating has worsened your IBS. Does he acknowledge that his (non) actions have a detrimental effect on your health? Does he care?

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