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Aiona (713.8 days ago)
Before we lived together, a friend suggested that we have separate hampers for our laundry, and that has been wonderful!

domsmom2009 (714.2 days ago)
I used to but learned my lesson when the sink was FULL of dishes (I had to do them in the tub cuz there was SO much). if it`s something small (like his clothes on the floor) sometimes I will leave the clothes there but I have OCD issues so it usually doesn`t last and I pick it up lol

Bek 30 (714.3 days ago)
MJS: My hubby is the same, but the clincher is, it`s mainly his crap. He is worse than the kids, he will undress through the door and leave a trail of dirty work clothes in his wake, goes to the bedroom and gets dressed...so how hard would it to be to actually get undressed in the bedroom also? I just kick the clothes into a pile, then after a week he will ask for clean work clothes, that`s when I reply they are where you left them, he will whinge that it isn`t hard for me to pick up and wash them..at which I reply if they were in the bathroom, I would have washed them. I clean up myself and the kids, but not hubby, then after a week or so, he will nag me to clean the house, I won`t, then he does it...but as I said, it`s his crap. But the one that gets me angry is when I cook dinner, have trouble getting the kids to bed, then have to clean the kitchen at midnight, while he watches T.V.

BethSilva (714.4 days ago)
ha clean up after himself what`s that???!!! lol I have to ask my Dh to do something. Take the trash out, pick up his socks ect. However being that I use to work full time and he works extra just so I can be a SAHM I try not to let it bother me too much :) He`s a good man and I figure he works hard at work, and my job is a mom and house wife. I like it :)

nmck (714.4 days ago)
No, because I am the one who will end up being REALLY annoyed waiting for him to do it, and he will not know it is bothering me. Just a bad idea when I try to help the harmony in my home along. I just ask/remind him to do it.

maimai (714.5 days ago)
EllaG, I have the same thing so you`re not alone!!

Lou-Li-Ro (714.5 days ago)
So funny to read this Ella, cuz I do try this the odd time, and just tonight I told him to empty the hoover bag, and he said he wasn`t gonna do it(he was hoovering up after letting the kids play with sunflower seeds all over the house, yes ALL over the house) so I thought, I wonder what`ll happen if I just DON`T empty it next time it needs it, and see how long it takes him to actually empty it himself!!! And many other times I think this kind of thing, but I know it would not work, because he just does not mind living in a mess, whereas I HATE it, and will end up doing it for my own sanity before he even thinks of it!!! I find rather than waiting to see if he does it eventually, I just end up nagging and nagging and nagging and I am beginning to hate the sound of my own voice!!!

mjs (714.5 days ago)
I am in an opposite and odd relationship when it comes to cleaning. My husband is the one who nags about cleaning, he gets annoyed with me if things aren`t done. But the kicker is, HE doesn`t do it himself! He cleans when he is ready and expects me to be ready too, at that exact moment. Which is usually once every few weeks. So he will go for weeks without cleaning or caring about the household chores and the WHAM, one day he gets pissed and nags me for three days about cleaning the house. He doesn`t realize that those weeks that he didn`t care I am keeping up with everything alone. Which if he didn`t see it then it didn`t happen. So either I wait until the house is a noticable wreck and then clean the entire thing so he has to notice, or I wait until he is home and physically sees me cleaning and doing chores. I don`t mind doing it all myself, I don`t even mind stepping over his clothes, or dealing with random messes he leaves behind. I just don`t like to be nagged about cleaning! Basically cleaning is the only thing my husband and I fight about, so I feel pretty lucky :) He used to say we can`t argue about cleaning because it was too small and petty of an issue, not worth our time. So finally I told him I would go out and cheat on him so that when we discussed this more worthy issue (infadelity) then maybe we could discuss our cleaning issues in that conversation too. He just laughed at me, aparently the idea of me hitting on another guy is funny (kinda is!) and he decided that cleaning issues might be a topic worthy of discussion. HA!

EllaG (714.5 days ago)
The other day, DH dropped the soap in the downstairs bathroom, spattering the wall and sink with blue liquid soap. Its killing me, but I think he needs to learn to clean up after himself a bit more, so I`ve left it there. I frequently move his laundry (after I`ve washed & folded it) in a basket where he`ll trip over it as he often won`t put it away for weeks & I`m just wondering if any of you ladies do the same thing or am I being ridiculous?



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