dh pointed out a smear of purple paint on the wall tonight...

[bigmouthstrikesagain]

but he didn't wash it off, he said 'whats this' and llooked relieved when I say it was washable. Then carried on away to his 'study'.

Sitting in the bath it has occurred to me that I should have said heres a cloth or something instead of saying 'oh I missed that' ... he points things out without realising he has the ability to do something about it - I do not beleive he is malicious about it just in need of instruction as yet I have not discovered the magic form of words that doo not end with him saying 'you need to get a cleaner' that is not the magic bullet!

its a guy thing. nxt time just hand him a cloth/dustpan/hoover ,smile and say thankx .it works!!!

thank you Dr - you are right of course - I am just having one of those 'doh'! moments I am truly rubbish at getting people to do things.

My dh and I are currently engaged in a Mexican stand-off about some shaving foam on our bathroom wall. We both know it's there. We have both commented on it. Only one of us shaves at the sink.

It's been there just over a week now.

We've been together for 17 years so have to make our own fun.

i've had this every night for two weeks-

'hmmm there's another fruitfly! there must be rotten fruit somewhere...'

em, try the fruit bowl knobber (i covertly checked already and there's not but that's not the fecking point).

and let us not speak of the placing of things BESIDE a receptacle rather than INSIDE it....