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Post by fluffysmom on May 8, 2011 21:45:25 GMT -5
Perhaps it is time for all of you women to outwait your spouses. Let the mess become untolerable, but don't do anything. You are not your husband's parent!!! He is acting like a child...and, unless he moved right from his mother to you, he has at some point had to take care of himself. Clean one dish for yourself. If he wants to eat on a dirty plate, let him. Otherwise he needs to do his share. Men can be real jerks. No offense to any of you men who aren't jerks. In my case my husband did live with his parents in their ultra clean house until we got married. He leaves crap all over the counter and then is annoyed that it is full of crap. Some of it I can't put away cause I don't know where to put it! He always has a pile of clothes on the floor that aren't dirty but aren't clean either. He wears them after work for a few hours and then throws them on the floor. Yet it really frustrates him that I don't keep an ultra clean house like his mom does. Sorry I'd rather spend time with my kids and my friends than dust! Sorry I don't have any advice to share. |
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Post by MrsM on May 8, 2011 21:48:06 GMT -5
^^^ I agree. I have 2 kids to take care of and play with. An ultra-clean house is not high on my priority list!
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Post by sportsgirl on May 9, 2011 8:05:14 GMT -5
Isn't an ultra-clean house when you have kids an oxymoron? ;D
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Post by Minako98 on May 9, 2011 8:17:54 GMT -5
I have to admit, like Carla... I'm the slob.  I absolutely ABHOR cleaning. My husband is the neat freak. He does the laundry (although I *LOVE* to fold the clothes), he washes the dishes (I cook), and he cleans the house. He takes care of the dogs, but they get loved on constantly by me. It works for us. I work outside the home, he works from home (he's an author & artist). One good thing is he doesn't complain (too much) about my slobishness. He does give me looks when I make piles though (clothing, papers, etc.). ;D |
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Post by MrsM on May 9, 2011 10:39:39 GMT -5
Isn't an ultra-clean house when you have kids an oxymoron? ;D Yeah I think it is right up there with jumbo shrimp! |
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Post by ghoulgirl on May 9, 2011 10:46:50 GMT -5
Ha ha @ SG and MrsM.
It is impossible. My husband builds houses for a living and he comes home from work only to plop on the couch at night and do an occasional bit of work. He is tired and exhausted after the hard labour he does all day so he seems to think that he doesn't have to assist in the cleaning. I tried once to do nothing for a couple of days just to try and get him to help out but he still didn't but now that my boys are older, I make them do some of it like unloading the dishwasher and putting away their own laundry. I get Ava who is only 3 to vacuum. She loves to vacuum. LOL
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Post by DancingDays on May 9, 2011 11:01:16 GMT -5
As soon as I could reach the top of the washing machine/dryer, my mother informed me that I was old enough to do my laudry. When I turned 10, my father let me know I could earn $15 for cutting the yard. I've been doing chores for a long time. Now that it's my house, it's my rules. I clean when I want to, or when I just can't stand it anymore. Either way, it's MY choice and I do it when I chose to.
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