Let me start this post by stating that I love my husband very, very much. He's a great man, a great partner, and a great father. He possesses many exemplary qualities, not the least being his ability to put up with me and all my annoying habits (chronic sinus sniffling, inability to screw the peanut butter jar on tight, terrible habit of leaving all the cabinets in the kitchen gaping open, paralyzing fear of spiders, etc.).
THAT SAID, there are a few things he consistently does around the home that drive me absolutely batshit crazy. Please observe my meticulous photo documentation of these 9 husband fails and tell me -- am I justified in my wifely rage? If found guilty for reasons of household insanity, do I have a shot at a sympathetic jury? *craftily begins planning courtroom defense*
The dirty cereal bowl, caaaaaaaaarefully placed RIGHT at the juxtoposition of sink and dishwasher.
Speaking of cereal: are all the boxes left open so as to more efficiently allow the contents to become stale? Ding ding ding!
Points for not just leaving the empty cardboard tube on there, I guess.
Ohhhhh, so close. AND YET.
"That one paper? It's on my side of the desk," he says. O RLY? Excuse me while I send in a team of highly-trained search and rescue dogs.
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN.
Random Occurrences of Dropping Off the Face of the Earth, Cellphone-Wise. Hello? Hello? THIS IS THE UNITED STATES ARE WE REACHING?
"What? I did the laundry." No dude, you put a bunch of clothes in the washing machine, turned it on, then all thoughts of laundry instantly left your brain forever and ever, and all the clothes got mildewy-smelling from sitting in their own moist juices, and they by default became MY problem. WASH + DRY + PUT AWAY = LAUNDRY.
Hey I just vacuumed
and this is crazy
But you tracked in a shitload of dirt
so clean it maybe?
Whew. I'm glad I got all this off my chest. So, tell me -- what household habits does YOUR spouse have that drive you nuts?
Images via Linda Sharps
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My husband does the laundry thing too. It really drives me crazy. He also does this thing with the toothpaste and gets it all over the sink. How he does it, I have no idea.
I second All of your complaints! But at least your husband got his clothes near the basket. Mine leaves his on his side of the bed, so I am currently on strike. I refuse to wash them if they aren't in the hamper. Lets see if its the size of his pile, or lack of clothes that gets through to him first!
The ONLY cleaning crime my SO commits is one I hate from the bottom of my soul.
He wears his oilfield work boots through the house. I tell him every day, take them off in the mud room, every day he forgets. I stepped on 6, count them SIX goat heads *those hard pokey stickers from a field* in one day, because he tracked them through the house on his boots.
I wish he had those boots up his ass. ;)
I've had the Toilet Paper Battle in my house for years. It's gotten to the point where I have my own stash, because he won't put the new roll anywhere near the dispenser, just leaves the empty roll there. For days!! And the new paper is *right* *there*.
Thanks for NOT doing the slideshow, by the way. I know people get tired of us complaining about them, but it's really annoying to open a post and find out that you can't participate because the shows don't load on our machines!
And? How can you see ANY mess in your house, when you have those gorgeous views??