Men choosing to do tasks at inconvenient times (lighthearted!)

[Echobelly]

I used to wonder if it was just my DH who would decide to put up some shelves that had needed doing for months, 15 minutes before we need to leave for somewhere, but I know I'd better let him do it or it might be months before he actually feels like doing it again, but I have heard that some other people's DPs have a habit of belatedly doing things at the worst moment as well!

DH also decided to fell a bunch of sick trees at the back of our garden when DS was a newborn. I mean, great, needed doing, but was the task over a few weeks (for an amateur) and not really an ideal activity when I had a toddler and newborn to manage.

The other night my DH decided to try fit a new light in the dining room as I was cooking tea , trying to bath the kids and generally had a day from hell, he managed to blow all the electrics in the house for 2 days till we could get it fixed 🙈🙈🙈 gotta love Them they try

Glad its not just mine. Hell sit there and watch me sort the nappy bag out and ask DS if he needs a wee etc etc all an indicator im getting ready to leave wait till im done THEN need to clean his shoes, do his hair, trim his beard, de fluff all his clothes with the lint roller im sure hes having a love affair with🙈 drives me bonkers!

Whenever I need the sink or something from the larder, there he is, doing something that doesn't really need doing at this moment of time, as opposed to what I'm doing which is always necessary.

Drives me bonkers.

I would use going out soon, newborns and cooking tea as reasonable excuses to defer doing whatever it is . Adding up all the reasonable excuses sometimes comes to quite a long time. So I would advise to let him get on with it if he has actually started!

Oh yeah, I let him get on with him - as I said, if we miss the window of motivation it might be another several months before he feels like it again!