To be raging that dp can't do a job properly?

[Boredbumhead]

Do needed to tackle the lawn today. It hasn't been mowed for about a year. Massive piles of stingy nettles and dock leaves everywhere. Do got out the strimmer yesterday. Took over 3 hrs to fix it whilst I cleaned house. Today he spent the day strimming the edges of the lawn then the strimmer stopped working. Then he went for a nap. The day has ended and there are still big piles of nettles and unsightly clumps of dockleaves everywhere. Was I bu to expect him to at least sort the lawn by the end of today so it is useable for the kids?

Dp not do. Autocorrect!

Maybe its too big a job to do in one go? Three hours in the hot sun working hard is tough.

Meh.

Next time you go out and do it and he can do the housework.

Hot sun??? Hardly 30 degree heat today

He was fixing strimmer on the kitchen table

I'd have done it myself
Why was it left a year?

I'm a bit nervous of the petrol strimmer otherwise I would do it.

Can you not cut grass? Its something I tend to do. You could have worked together and it would have been finished faster

I have a small mower but this requires a heavy duty strimmer

I don't get what the issue is here, seems like it was a big job that hit an unexpected snag?

I think you're probably being oversensitive due to cabin fever tbh

He's just a messy bugger too. Piles of tools still on the kitchen table. His shed is a disaster. Just annoying today.

I think he sounds disorganised but not sure why it's taken a year to get done with two adults in the house.

If it was really that bad, i would have done it in stages or hired someone to do it. My DP is the same when it comes to getting things done - he's a major procrastinator and disorganised so I prefer to just get tradesmen to do stuff or do it myself, or it will never get done!

So the strimer broke so he couldn,t finish the job, (But had already spent 3 hours on it) Think YABU. Why don,t you do the lawn, or fix the strimer or clean the shed. If you don,t want to fine but don,t complain at him. But Yes he can tidy stuff from the kitchen table.

We've both been away with work a lot. Now we are both working at home we need to tackle the garden. He won't let tradespeople in. Bashes his ego or something.

Tools and fixing things on the kitchen table would annoy me as that's where we eat so I'm with you there op. I would want it done outside. Also i hate unfinished jobs but if the strummer has broken how would he finish it?

Order a petrol mower and do it yourself in its highest setting. I did, a couple of years ago when our garden was an overgrown mess. Dh & I do it together now: he mows and I strim.

I have disabilities and live alone single parenting. My lawn is a clusterfuck of unkemptness and nettles, my kids still manage to play outside. If you're really worried then clip the nettles at the base of the stem, use them to make tea, soup or compost. Check out the Internet for nettle ideas and turn your frown upside down buttercup
I'm taking the piss slightly but... Don't make it such a thing. We're in the throes of a pandemic ffs. 700+ people dying everyday in this country, choose your battles.

A year?!

I'm sure the OP wasn't chilling out with a tea while he slaved away, he was doing one job (well, half a job) while she was doing other stuff I assume.

Photo of part of lawn for context. Just want a lawn that the kids can run around on. Perhaps it is cabin fever making me loose perspective. He just went around the edges and left this

This

Well, they've waited a year. Another few days won't break them.

It’s been overgrown for a year. Why the sudden rush now? It sounds like you’re both a bit lazy to have left a lawn unmown for a year.

Well a bit less than a year. But all through the winter it hasn't been mown

@famousforwrongreason ah thank you you have made me feel a bit better.

It's not the end of the day, there's daylight for at least another hour yet. DH has been known to mow our lawn into dusk.