Crepey Corner

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Where the cool and the discerning hang out. New one.

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Aaah, that's where my job is perfect - within reason, I am in charge of deciding exactly what and how I teach

Why do I always have to cook dinner? Is it because I have a vagina?

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I am in a bad mood and think I will use this as my sounding-off name. (Tis me, MrsS.) I have refused to cook tonight - DH and the DCs still haven't eaten (it is 9.40 here) as he "doesn't know what to cook" (NB there is curry in the fridge, plus quiche - both home made - and salad. Both of which would make a perfectly good, and quick, dinner, no? There is no milk, despite the fact that he has been out today - he booked appointment and took hisself to the dentist, but cannot take DD1 to the doc tomorrow for her flu jab. As he is Much Too Busy. I could go on. And on and on and on. But I won't.

MrsS, do I detect a teeny-weeny note of irritation in your post? I would be directing the menfolk to the nearest bread-bin, and retiring to the sofa with a glass of vino if it were me. Are they going to starve?

MrsS I sympathise. Dp did cook, but had to call me to check how long the pie should go in for, and then pulled a face when I asked him to sit with ds whilst he did his music theory homework (note, I have NO musically ability/training whatsoever, dp is concert standard). And I am having the row discussion with the head tomorrow re schooling......

Yes. No bread. To go with the no milk and no dinner. Children should have been in bed an hour ago. DD1 wanted to cook, but DH wouldn't let her as she hadn't quite finished her homework.

Think I will get shouty if I have alcohol so am going to make tea. I don't want dinner - I had lunch out with a colleague.

Although I might have fancied a bit of toast later, but that can't happen. Unless I make the effing bread first. And if he says to me "Have we sent a Christmas card to [insert name of his friend whom I have never met]?" or "What have we got my mother for Christmas?" I will attack him with the bread knife. As it's not going to be used for bread tonight, obviously.

God I hate the 'we' thing too....I flatly refuse to do dp's Christmas cards, or his shopping (although I still end up giving him the ideas of what to buy).
Put the bread knife down, pour a glass and run a bath, and lounge for an hour (or three)

MrS still alive this morning MrsS?

Glad to hear your mum is OK, ruby, but what a night that must have been. You poor thing.

MrsS, I do hope the bread knife is still, er, fit for using on bread. And that you have some bread to use it on. Funnily enough, I have just had a very lengthy and sweary rant at dh about the way he assumes that you have to be female to deal with household filth and to do the shopping. He countered with how I have allegedly banned him from doing the shopping and that's why he doesn't do it. Noooo, I didn't ban him. I just (ahem) criticised him for not sticking to the list and coming back with a vast selection of evil pies and BOGOFs from the Tesco Value range which no one would eat, along with some very elderly cabbage from the "buy this before we throw it on the compost" knock down section. Apparently, that was the same as banning him from ever doing the shopping again.

And his brother is currently not speaking to us because I have always refused to do dh's Christmas and b-day cards, so he hasn't done them for the last 3 years.

I mean, even the dog looked askance at the Value pies fgs.

I have been issuing dark threats re: household personagement about how 'things will be changing in the new year'.

I was virusy last weekend so DH had to do the catering. Actually it's my girls who need to step up a bit.

Mrs S what did they feed themselves in the end.

Ruby, sorry to hear about your night in A&E. Hope that's it for a good long while for your mum.

Love all the rants about DH's - glad you all have the same problems as me My DH needs step-by-step instructions for EVERYTHING. Even jobs he has done before. Emptying the bin as about the only thing he doesn't get wrong! And don't get me started on the shopping.......

Sorry to hear about your mum ruby - hope she's OK and that you get a chance to catch up on your sleep - you might need that couch in Therapy Corner!

Aah, Strops, you fell for the age-old "if I do it really badly she won't ask me to do it again" trick.

DH uses it for dishwasher stacking, shopping, cooking, gardening and laundry. It has proved a very successful strategy.

Ruby - best wishes to your mum.

Hello crepeys. Not sure this will be legible as I am typing on my phone wearing gloves as I'm freezing my saggy tits off watching ds2 play football. Or not watching , in fact. Awesome rant Mrs s, love it, and totally sympathise. Dh is pretty good on cooking and washing up, but he does almost none of the family admin Nd has no clue about bills, budget, what needs doing at all. He got a reminder about the car tax this week (I finally got him to agree to deal.with car stuff) and then had a rant that they hadn't sent him an mot reminder. Err, they don't send those out, love, they expect you to remember to MOT your own car.

Ruby, sorry to hear about your mum's fall but glad she's ok.

ruby, just found your AIBU thread - how heated some people can get about football boots Am now dreading DS's feet growing..... I bet the people giving you all the "advice" don't have DC who play football at a properly competitive level

I am off out for cocktails but will chekc back to see if it si MrsS or her alter ego FuckingWonderWoman who logs in tonight :)

BD, I am soooooooooooo jealous

Could we make out Jan meet-up a cocktail night?

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