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<blockquote data-quote="Abbey" data-source="post: 136931" data-attributes="member: 179"><p>Boy, oh, boy...do I know your pain.</p><p></p><p>I'm constantly amazed at how *I* unload the dishwasher, yet dirty dishes sit inches from it. I also have two laundry baskets, but husband's clothes sit again inches from in on the floor. He consistenly has 3 piles of clothes in 3 different areas. (He doesn't even know we have a laundry room.)<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/furious.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":furious:" title="furious :furious:" data-shortname=":furious:" /></p><p></p><p>I clean the kitchen every night before bed. Since husband doesn't sleep, I get up in the morning and there are popcorn bags, cereal bowls...whatever littered everywhere. I would just like to one day wake up to a clean house.</p><p></p><p>Running a farm/ranch is <strong>BIG</strong> work. Lived it for 20 years. When I married ex-husband, they literally gave us as a wedding gift a huge chunk of land, 400 cattle herd, and a house. I turned it down. I watched all those years my mom taking the bulk of the work. Nada. Now I know why my grandmother had 18 children...help with the burden of running the farm. </p><p></p><p>I go on mini-strikes at home. It doesn't go so well as it drives me nuts to have mess, but easy child and husband don't seem to care. I sweat at the thought of someone popping by for a visit. I can hold out for a couple of days, but eventually end up doing everything just for my own sanity.</p><p></p><p>Right now I'm on parrot strike. We have 3 different cages in our house. All you have to do is <strong>PUT SOME PAPER DOWN OUTSIDE OF THEIR CAGES</strong>. It takes all of a few seconds. But, husband lets them out of the cages and they **** all over the tile floor. Now, you bird lovers will know that bird **** is like concrete. You can clean it up, but it takes 10X longer than if you <strong>just put some paper down</strong>!! We also have a long granite counter. He'll put all kinds of treats out on the counter for the birds (grapes are the worst) and let them munch down. Then...doesn't clean up the mess. Every day I swear I'm NOT going to clean it up, but can't stand the site of it in my kitchen.</p><p></p><p>I am quite sure that in 17 years he's never unloaded (or loaded) the dishwasher or done one load of laundry....washed, folded, etc. He claims he doesn't know how to work them. The man has a PhD in Physics, for God's sake.</p><p></p><p>I do know that he is clinically depressed. But, he refuses to get help for the reasons others have described. It's a 'man' thing. Believe me, I've tried and tried.</p><p></p><p>Ok...done venting.</p><p></p><p>Abbey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abbey, post: 136931, member: 179"] Boy, oh, boy...do I know your pain. I'm constantly amazed at how *I* unload the dishwasher, yet dirty dishes sit inches from it. I also have two laundry baskets, but husband's clothes sit again inches from in on the floor. He consistenly has 3 piles of clothes in 3 different areas. (He doesn't even know we have a laundry room.):furious: I clean the kitchen every night before bed. Since husband doesn't sleep, I get up in the morning and there are popcorn bags, cereal bowls...whatever littered everywhere. I would just like to one day wake up to a clean house. Running a farm/ranch is [B]BIG[/B] work. Lived it for 20 years. When I married ex-husband, they literally gave us as a wedding gift a huge chunk of land, 400 cattle herd, and a house. I turned it down. I watched all those years my mom taking the bulk of the work. Nada. Now I know why my grandmother had 18 children...help with the burden of running the farm. I go on mini-strikes at home. It doesn't go so well as it drives me nuts to have mess, but easy child and husband don't seem to care. I sweat at the thought of someone popping by for a visit. I can hold out for a couple of days, but eventually end up doing everything just for my own sanity. Right now I'm on parrot strike. We have 3 different cages in our house. All you have to do is [B]PUT SOME PAPER DOWN OUTSIDE OF THEIR CAGES[/B]. It takes all of a few seconds. But, husband lets them out of the cages and they **** all over the tile floor. Now, you bird lovers will know that bird **** is like concrete. You can clean it up, but it takes 10X longer than if you [B]just put some paper down[/B]!! We also have a long granite counter. He'll put all kinds of treats out on the counter for the birds (grapes are the worst) and let them munch down. Then...doesn't clean up the mess. Every day I swear I'm NOT going to clean it up, but can't stand the site of it in my kitchen. I am quite sure that in 17 years he's never unloaded (or loaded) the dishwasher or done one load of laundry....washed, folded, etc. He claims he doesn't know how to work them. The man has a PhD in Physics, for God's sake. I do know that he is clinically depressed. But, he refuses to get help for the reasons others have described. It's a 'man' thing. Believe me, I've tried and tried. Ok...done venting. Abbey [/QUOTE]
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